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@Mattias Burling I literally just saw and liked this on IG... nice shot.

Nice as well! I’ve heard good things about that 35mm. Here’s a few more from the Minolta...

Minolta MC 35mm 1.8

The obvious explanation is that Ebrahim kidnapped BTM and sold him to another forum?

That recent photo you posted on IG of gunpowder shot with the 7artisans is absolutely stunning!!!

@Andrew Reid That’s right... it would be a perfect walk around lens for me. If you need some length, keep the 85mm 1.4, non Art (half the price of the Art version but probably the same lens or close enough) in your bag, just in case. Great two lens solution.

It gets great reviews but it’s big and heavy. But I love my old Minolta 24-35mm and my Tokina 24-40mm... just a great focal range for a zoom in my opinion... so awesome as a two primes in one solution with that ability to punch in or out a bit when needed.

Yes, I would guess that there have been more EF lenses sold than Nikon lenses... partially due to Kit lenses being included as both a lens sale as well as a camera sale.

@webrunner5 honestly, having grown up shooting Super 8 and VHS, I am blown away by what any of these cameras are capable of. Hell, a t2i and a GH1 are insanely better than the mini DV I used for my first short and that was monumentally better than the Hi-8 camera I had before that. We’re really lucky.

The GH5s uses a Sony sensor capable of Dual ISO... so I’m pretty sure Sony could have Dual ISO on an upcoming camera, so I doubt Sony is too worried about Panasonic. Hell, Panasonic isn’t even in the top 3 of mirrorless sales in their own country.

I thought you lived in Greece?

I agree, I just want more mirrorless options. I actually like DSLRs, but it seems that Nikon and Canon May introduce more video oriented features in a mirrorless. To add, at first I thought it was a bad move for Nikon to go with a new mount and make it more difficult for their loyal pros to use the lenses they’ve acquired over the years but since the flange distance is so small, it may have been brilliant in the end for choices. On the other hand, I think a FF Canon mirrorless absolutely needs to be in EF Mount.

This!!! Films are first and foremost a visual medium. Every film should make sense without any sound. Sure sound enhances the experience but dialogue and sound effects support the visuals. Obviously, an exception would be music videos.

One of the reasons Canon is King is that their Auto functions work really well. I know this post is about Raw stills but I’ve even shot with Shutter priority and ML Raw... with surprisingly okay results. I think if I had the time to really test it... Shutter Priority, +2-3 stops, in conjunction with AEL Hold, one push AF and an IS lens... the 5D3 becomes a P&S cinema camera. Btw, nice images.

The z Mount is interesting because of the flange distance. I hadn’t realized that the Nikon 1 Mount has a longer flange distance, so I assume they’re going to make an adapter for both their F Mount lenses and their Nikon 1 lenses, and possibly just use all of their Nikon 1 designs and production and put the new Mount on their 1 lenses. Also it’s very cool to see that a lot of C Mount lenses will work in FF with the Z Mount. Hmm. Also with Sony having IBIS, I assume Nikon will have to have it as well to compete early on with Sony’s head start.

But to quote Cinegain... I don’t think IBIS would/should have any affect on motion cadence.

@webrunner5 sorry I thought @Cinegain was referring to motion cadence as the way movement looks inside the frame, not necessarily camera movement, but subject movement... the fluidity of a person’s stride or a car driving down the street. I imagine it has to do with motion blur on a technical level but when it’s off, I notice it... sometimes it’s subconscious, but sometimes it’s a slap in the face. I feel it is a factor that helps make a moving image cinematic or not. Some cameras have it, others don’t. Sometimes it’s in the settings, I think. I noticed with the FZ2500 that it looked/felt better in all-i, true 24p, with shutter angle set to 180 instead of shutter speed set to 1/50th.

I think most people who can “tell motion cadence” usually notice when it’s not quite right. This is why it’s rarely mentioned in regards to actual cinema cameras.

Please do! Even with that basic post work, the images look so thick and juicy... cinema cameras cannot be beat. If I wasn’t such a run and gun shooter, I would definitely consider the F3... but I doubt I could go incognito on a ferry to shoot a scene while looking like a tourist. But for the price...and maybe double the price... the F3 is the best image around.

@TheRenaissanceMan nice... was that with the F3?

The two MC versions are optically the same lens... one would have a rubber grip (that’s the one I have) and one would have a metal, scalloped grip. I think there’s also an MD W which may be the same optically as the MCs and then the newest, smallest version which is the plain MD version. That lens is said to be different optically but they are still supposed to be pretty similar. Thank you, I’m in the US, so this is perfect. The seller told me Buchanan did the conversion, but I have a feeling he may have messed with it himself. Either way, the lens is in good condition otherwise and well worth putting some money into it to get repaired... if the problem isn’t too obvious to me when I open it up.

Hmm, I’ll have to look at my settings on FCPX... it’s possible I’m exporting as Rec709, Rec710... whatever it takes... lol. But I thought sRGB and Rec709 were fairly close? Thanks for the tumblr tip... I’ll look into it.

@kaylee I exported the frame from FCPX and saved it on my desktop and then from there I sent it via iMessage to my friend where it looks exactly like it did on my timeline. When uploaded here, through the site’s file upload option, it looks different... mostly more contrasty... which does affect the color a little... so to answer you’re question... in the longest way possible... I’m unsure how the site interprets them? Ok, so on IG it looks like it did on my timeline... so the site must do something to it. I guess I’ll have to find a hosting site... which I should do anyway.

Yup, this is one of the toughest things I have encountered. I just posted a couple screengrabs in a thread and I sent the same two screengrabs to my friend via iMessage. Now the ones posted here look a lot more contrasty than the ones I sent to my friend even though they came from the very same jpeg and I’m looking at both on my phone and they still look different. Ugh. And with the video in question here, the girl’s skin looks a little magenta but not enough for me to say it looks horrible. This stuff can be so frustrating some times...

Thanks, it’s an amazing lens, that’s why I’m so bummed by its issues. I was half tempted to open it up before I contacted the guy but I didn’t want another Mitchell Lens B4 war story... so I waited until I spoke to the seller. Now I’ll probably give it a go before I send it to someone else. The focus ring hard stops at it’s nearest point... like it should, but then at about 4’ or so it has a friction stop.... so I’m hoping it wasn’t aligned properly or there is something it’s getting caught on. The aperture I’m not too concerned about. If I can get it to work great, but what’s strange is it clicks into every stop, but no blades appear... I assume the spring wasn’t replaced or it popped off. But the good news is the glass is clean... So yeah, we’ll see. I was always curious about that Beck lens... is it supposed to be a good performer?