Zak Forsman

Doubling down on my "Blackmagic Mini Cinema Camera" guess. not much room left on that banner for anything much longer.

Saw bit more. the letter "M" follows Blackmagic.  My guess is "Blackmagic Mini Cinema Camera".

banner also says it's Super16, built-in RAW, and some radio such-and-such for remote control over it (for drone and gimbal use).

Prototype...

Very welcomed, in my opinion...

"The Veydra Mini Anamorphic Project is an ongoing development project to manufacture true 2X Front Anamorphic lenses exclusively for the Micro Four Thirds camera bodies."

"The Veydra Mini Anamorphic 2X 25mm T2.2 M4/3 should be available at the end of 2015. We will simultaneously develop other longer focal lengths with the aim to make a 3 lens set available sometime in 2016.  Expected pricing per lens is to be around or under $5,000 USD per lens."

http://www.veydra.com/news/veydra-nab-2015-announcements/

Yeah, I'm assuming this new model is a fixed lens camera. More in line with the DVX & HVX models. Not an AF100 successor.

here's the blog Andrew referred to in his post...

http://panasonicprovideo.tumblr.com/post/116206425587/dvx100-something-new-at-nab

there's a couple obvious typos in there too.

don't think BMD has ever used roman numerals in the naming of a product before either. pretty consistently use straight numerals for all their products that need one.

would be great if this were new lenses, not just an adapter for their primes.

i'm in the states and if I don't use 24hz or 60hz I get aggressive rolling bands under artificial light. all three frequencies are fine in daylight.

​For the GH4, I'd also love to see 4:3 mode capable of 23.976 and 24fps, as well as keeping the HDMI output active. Also, if they could somehow manage to record 10bit internally, but i'm sure that's a long shot.

For shooting anamorphic, I'm dying for a 4:3 mode with 24fps and the HDMI port enabled.

You've got to research your festivals. And then have the willpower NOT to submit to the shitty ones just because it looks like an easy in. There are 100% legit regional festivals that have huge sponsors and attract audiences to the festival. They don't simply rely on who the filmmakers can bring.

I'm leaving in a few days for the Phoenix Film Festival. This is a regional fest in a largely conservative state that attracts more than 23,000 ticket buyers of independent cinema every year. I had a feature-length movie world premiere there in 2013 and we sold out 2 of our 3 screenings without lifting a finger. There are many more like this... deadCENTER in Oklahoma City, Dances With Films in LA, Cinequest, Austin, Sidewalk in Alabama. 

It takes work but there are ways to learn which festivals to submit to. Moviemaker magazine puts out yearly lists of great festivals worth the submission fee. This makes it easy to avoid festivals like the Buffalo-Niagara Fest that pressures filmmakers to buy advertising in their program and whose screenings are routinely attended only by other filmmakers who happened to travel in for the festival.

All in all, there are too many festivals, I agree. Most suck. But there are a select number that do a great job and serve a large audience that's hungry for independent movies. They might be harder to get into, but that's the point right? They have to be more discerning because they've built a reputation based on the movies they program each year. Which points to the real difference i see between successful fests and unsuccessful ones. Successful festivals make the experience of the festival AND the films they screen into the main attraction, unsuccessful ones rely only on who the films attract, which as we know, often doesn't amount to jack shit.

I've learned to navigate through the garbage and thankfully, it's been more years than i can count where i had the misfortune to attend a festival I'd describe as "lonely".

great! thanks Hans.

I searched the forum and came up empty. Anyone happen to have a Redstan clamp for their Kowa Bell & Howell who can tell me what the rear thread size is? Want to know what step-up rings I'll need to connect to various taking lenses.

​Kowa B&H for me.

The chromatic aberration you see isn't the Anamorphot 2x's fault. It's the vintage Nikon taking lenses I'm using. I held the 2x by hand in front of my Sigma 18-35mm and there was not a trace of CA. I've read elsewhere, from another tester, that it is better suited to modern lenses. Waiting for a 72mm > 62mm step down ring to arrive this week so i can experiment more with the Sigma.

BrooklynDan, of the three, I like shooting with the 35mm the most. Here's some more stills from another shoot this morning. In order form top to bottom: 35mm, 35mm +1.8 dopter, 50mm, 35mm.

Shoot was conducted with three Nikon AIS taking lenses: 35mm f/1.4, 50mm f/1.2 & 85mm f/2. There are a few close-ups in there where I used their new +1.8 diopter too.

Took the SLR Magic Anamorphic 2x out this afternoon.

And shot a variety of compositions and taking lenses (35, 50, 85) with some friends who also happen to be terrific actresses.

The top and bottom frames were shot on a GH4 with a Nikon AIS 35mm f/1.4 @ f/5.6 and the middle CU is with a Nikon AIS 50mm f/1.2 @ f/5.6.  

Will post video later.

I have a black 3FF-W coming in a month or so. Will post some sample clips then.

I have the 77mm and that is not normal. mine turns smoothly. no grinding.