docmoore

I have the ZF.2 version of the Zeiss 135 F2 Apo and the 55 and 85 Otus lenses also ZF.2.
Previously owned just about every ZF.2 lens 21mm and above.
The 135 is so good that I cannot imagine it being redone as an Otus lens. It has a superbly balanced manual focus 
rack and while not at the level of the Otus lenses it is very easy to manually focus with the lens. It balances well on 
medium sized cameras ... not so well on the A7s size camera without a cage. Fairly heavy but not frontwardly balanced.
Bokeh is wonderful ... great Zeiss 3D rendering ... wonderful micro contrast. It is a fairly contrasty lens with Zeiss colors 
and very white whites buy not overly cool in color.
Here is a bit outside on the C100 Mk II :
 
https://vimeo.com/135901284
Password is daysend.
 
All of these lenses are expensive but you only need to buy them once ... not every two years like most cameras seem to be turning over. ZF.2 is almost the
ideal mount as it can mate to most cameras.....Nikon, Sony, Canon, any M43 mount.
 
Bob

Mind you, the pocket was/is a great little camera. I still feel the footage looks great. I just hated working with it... And if you hate working with something... well... you probably won't.

Ed I believe that you would like Jim and that your sense of his transgression would be lessened if you were around him ...
The shame of the written word and the internet is that it casts those one off statements into stone ... forever etched in the memory of 
someone. And they more than likely will take offense ... now a word spoken in a moment of weakness can be easily forgiven if we know the
person and the circumstance ... those are wholly outside the perimeter of the internet forum.
My concern about the Reduser Forum is that everyone there engages in a shy form of Orwellian double speak ... as they know that being 
BANNED is a real possibility. Everyone exists as the classic battered spouse ... waiting for the next crisis and shoe to drop.
My Red One had major mojo ... color and grading very organic ... the Epic replacement was too sterile and clinical for me.
 
But no one ... with a couple of exceptions either saw it or were willing to call out the Emperor's new clothes.
 
Self destruction can seem rewarding ... but ultimately how we remember ourselves may not be how history depicts our actions. It is 
a tightrope act to pull off without a safety net ... I recommend you find one ... safe place with individuals of substance and integrity to 
stand in the gap when needed.
 
We should all save our pennies ... perhaps a F35 replacement is just around the decade.
 
Bob

Ed I believe that you would like Jim and that your sense of his transgression would be lessened if you were around him ...
The shame of the written word and the internet is that it casts those one off statements into stone ... forever etched in the memory of 
someone. And they more than likely will take offense ... now a word spoken in a moment of weakness can be easily forgiven if we know the
person and the circumstance ... those are wholly outside the perimeter of the internet forum.
My concern about the Reduser Forum is that everyone there engages in a shy form of Orwellian double speak ... as they know that being 
BANNED is a real possibility. Everyone exists as the classic battered spouse ... waiting for the next crisis and shoe to drop.
My Red One had major mojo ... color and grading very organic ... the Epic replacement was too sterile and clinical for me.
 
But no one ... with a couple of exceptions either saw it or were willing to call out the Emperor's new clothes.
 
Self destruction can seem rewarding ... but ultimately how we remember ourselves may not be how history depicts our actions. It is 
a tightrope act to pull off without a safety net ... I recommend you find one ... safe place with individuals of substance and integrity to 
stand in the gap when needed.
 
We should all save our pennies ... perhaps a F35 replacement is just around the decade.
 
Bob

Shooting a BTTF parody today with the M2. Love this camera
 
 

Oh ...
 
Password for both is: daysend.
 
Bob

Oh ...
 
Password for both is: daysend.
 
Bob

Interesting Wiki thread ...
 
http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Radioactive_lenses
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_thorium
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/garden/24granite.html?_r=0
http://solidsurfacealliance.org/G-radioactivity-radon-issues.html
Bob

My tripod weighs more than that....
 
 

For anyone who is a 1-2 man crew and does their own audio I highly recommend the H6. I've been using the H4n for 4 years now and it finally fell and broke. I decided to get the H6 since it had such good reviews. The preamps absolutely destroy the H4n's. Not only is the audio quality 2x better, the menu system is much easier and has colored screen with a small boot up time. Just thought I'd throw this recommendation out there if anyone is wanting to improve on sound recording (with an H4n).
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audio_recorder.html

So I had this camera in my BH cart for weeks ... then opted for a C100 Mk II ... mainly due to the size and concerns about Slog colors. After struggling with the A7s
I was not excited about wrestling with Sony color space. Although the 4:4:4 RGB output is truly the selling point.
 
So I drag my CD Odyssey 7Q+ along to get a paltry 4:2:2 Prores HQ out of the C100 Mk II ... not that smaller than the F3. But I get dual pix AF and a color science that
I can easily work with....
Still ... a sale of this magnitude makes you want to but it even if it is a bad decision.
Bob
No I think it is his cat ... and sometimes the better part of discretion is to let sleeping dogs lie.....
Discernment and judgment are polar opposites ... pray that I err on the gracious side.
 
Bob

So I had this camera in my BH cart for weeks ... then opted for a C100 Mk II ... mainly due to the size and concerns about Slog colors. After struggling with the A7s
I was not excited about wrestling with Sony color space. Although the 4:4:4 RGB output is truly the selling point.
 
So I drag my CD Odyssey 7Q+ along to get a paltry 4:2:2 Prores HQ out of the C100 Mk II ... not that smaller than the F3. But I get dual pix AF and a color science that
I can easily work with....
Still ... a sale of this magnitude makes you want to but it even if it is a bad decision.
Bob
No I think it is his cat ... and sometimes the better part of discretion is to let sleeping dogs lie.....
Discernment and judgment are polar opposites ... pray that I err on the gracious side.
 
Bob

Wooden Camera has a fairly complete line of products ...
This is the high end for the Sony A7 series....
 
http://woodencamera.com/Sony/Camera-Support-Sony/Sony-A7s-Accessory-Kit-Pro.html
 
but look at their complete listings.
 
Bob

When it gets Texas hot ... 106F at 5PM today I shut down long before any camera will.
 
Bob

When it gets Texas hot ... 106F at 5PM today I shut down long before any camera will.
 
Bob

And I just moved from 4K with A7s/CD Odyssey 7Q+ to a C100 Mk II ....
Today.
Looked at the FS7 and could not get the little plastic thing to focus the LCD ... too many little into the menu things.
Do not want a 20K C300 Mk II but was pleasantly surprised by the well thought out format of the C100 Mk II.
So my A7s Woodencamera Cage and mount and the CD Odyssey 7Q+ will be on the market.
I have owned Sony EX1R Red One Red Epic a huge number of MF Digital Cameras and have extensive experience 
in color correction but I will not continue to play the find the correct LUT for each damn clip and try to match them all.
Ideally an ARRI Amira would work ... but I will try to duplicate a simple color balanced film look from this camera.
Oh its fan is imperceptible in use but it does not overheat.
And a simple ATMOS Ninja Star will give me Prores.
The AF is delightful and it weighs not much more than the A7s and cage.
Easier to balance and I can start recording without setting off a seismic perturbation that takes 10 seconds to still in video.
Now when they give me 4K or 4.6K at this level for a moderate price I will be there.
Played with the Canon EOS Cinema lenses .... seem as well made as the Zeiss CP.2s
Overall a big day ... 
 
Bob

Best not ask....
And I have no clue....
Bob

Full frame noise performance sucks balls, Crop rolling shutter performance sucks balls.
Peoples grades of 8 bit slog2 will suck balls as the Cinema 5d video above proves.
Please don't sell your cameras, this camera will be old hat in less than a month.

Did lots of lens tests today during our morning walk. Haven't edited, will probably use it for a review. But I puled some frame grabs.
Closest Focus at 24 mm (20 cm)

Closest Focus at 240 mm (50 cm)

240mm Lets you keep distance (but of course less background).

"Shallow" depth of field 24 mm f2.8

"Shallow"depth of field 80ish mm f4.0

"Shallow" depth of field 240mm f5.6

Try&return but its looking like i will keep it. Have been so close to buying a XA20 or Xf100 for years now. Love the HMC151 I borrow from work every know and then. 
 
Here is a test from today, I had zero time for grading so I just used some of my presets. No time for a Tripod either.. No keying or power windows.
So it is what it is
 

My experience was from a Lacie failure and moving to the Hitachi enterprise drives in the G Techs.
 
Here is a sampling of reviews from Apple online store.
As an external storage device it does the job it is supposed to. It is relatively quiet but if you are doing any recording that n … More(Read full review)
Written by Michael H from New York   Mar 21, 2015 23 of 26 people found this useful
Was this useful?External DriveYes No Defective, right out of the box
1.0out of 5starsPlugged into my iMac 5K and the lousy drive made my Mac reboot continuously. I asked for any other drive besides LaCie and was ass …More(Read full review)
Written by Carleton J from OTTAWA   Mar 14, 2015 18 of 26 people found this useful
Was this useful?Defective, right out of the boxYes No Don't mistake this for an enterprise grade device
2.0out of 5starsBogus power supply within six months (which is a VERY common complaint if you search the Web). The service department responded qu … More(Rea
 
Bob
 

Doug Jensen has a series of training videos for the FS7 and a number of well done videos using the camera...
he has gone F3 F800 F55 FS7 and now shoots mainly with the F55 but uses the FS7. His setup videos help
nail color and exposure for pro shooters. Worth the price if you go FS7 ... and you have the option for RAW out of
that camera in the future with the CD Odyssey 7Q+.
Thunderbolt 2 Drive .... would caution against Lacie as they have had terrible failure rates.
The G Tech uses Enterprise class drives in its best RAID configurations ... highly recommended and at not
a huge premium in price.
 
Bob

Thanks so much but I'm not - just trying to learn things as I go along.  It's a confusing bumpy road and it's an interesting world of taste and preferences, of influence from other forms of better films and life.

It's unfortunate that so many of the replies here come from a spec sheet formed opinion.  I personally couldn't afford to invest in this camera, however if i were an artist/film maker who values the benefits of true monochrome, or one who's art practice is purely in b+w this is definitely the cheapest option.  It's sad that so many seem to compare this to the bmpcc and the currently not released bmmcc.  It's also sad that it seems ISO's are more important than image quality to strong mouthed eoshd-ers.  Rag the hell out of a b+w sensor and i imagine the grain is rather pleasing - as it is when you rag monochrome film.  it;s only colour noise that looks nasty.  film grain looks lush      

​Here
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
And the color version is very appealing:
 
 
 
 
Bob