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    The Bolex-Anamorphot 16/32/1.5x thread

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    @Dick Sweeney I will have to compare it to my 44M - which I love. The Nikon has a more modern "punch" to it, contrasty. If I remember correctly, it had fairly few aperture blades, so when stopped down the bokeh gets some edge. Mechanics-wise I found it very good, smooth focusing and robust build. However, it is a pancake lens, so dont expect a proper grip on the focus ring. Thank you for the compliment! The music was by Sigur Rós.

    The Bolex-Anamorphot 16/32/1.5x thread

    In: Cameras

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    A little film from my latest trip to the home-place of my girlfriend, the Lofoten Islands.

    Brought along the 5D Mk3, Bolex 16/32 + HCDNA and two new little gems:

    The Helios 44-2 Silver, which I have to say I did not become too fond of coming from the 44M. Might have just been an unfortunate sample, but way softer than my 44M as well as a blue-ish tint.

    And the Jupiter 9 Silver, which I absolutely loved. Nicest colours of my assortment, not to mention impressive sharpness wide open (read a lot of hate on that part on-line).

    Shot in 1748x 618 (or something) stretched to 2160x778

     

     

    No Joke - RAW 4K on the 5D Mark III

    In: Cameras

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    2 hours ago, hyalinejim said:

    (Although, the GH5 has more usable dynamic range - at the same exposure there seems to me to be 0.66 stops more info in the highlights and 0.66 in the shadows.) 

    Have you compared them after highlight recovery and a LOG-curve applied to the raw? Just curious :) 

    The Bolex-Anamorphot 16/32/1.5x thread

    In: Cameras

    Posted

    5 hours ago, Dave Reeve said:

    Yes there is a difference. I had a 16/32 and a moller 32 - one with great front optic one with great rear optic. I took it to a lens repair shop to see if the elements could be swapped to make one great lens and there were subtle differences in the optics. Also worth noting that the repair shop got hold of a couple of another 16/32s and went to undertake a swop from one of those and the element was a little different there as well. So not only are there differences between the 32 and 16/32 but not all 16/32s are alike...

    Interesting! I have also heard something about the Möller 32 having bigger elements, is that true @Dave Reeve? 

    Better then iscorama 36?

    In: Cameras

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    I am biased, as I have the Bolex myself (and love it), but in terms of usability - I think there is nothing that really can match the Iscorama on that front (looking past the close-focus workarounds). It is smaller, lighter and can go the widest (at 50mm on FF). The Bolex/HardCoreDNA combo vignettes at 58mm, and the Kowa is even "worse" from what I have heard (75mm). I personally shoot widest at 58mm with a 1.2x crop on ML raw, to be safe.

    No Joke - RAW 4K on the 5D Mark III

    In: Cameras

    Posted

    Have been curiously n00bing with the experimental builds the last few days and still trying to get my head around the actual crop factors as RAW video displays 1.00x, no matter what I change in the Crop mode module. Judged by the suffering live view there is a difference, but I might be wrong.

    Will the crop factor change accordingly to the resolutions or is it constant ≈1.6x from 1920 up to >3k?

    (Btw, if there is any magic lantern moderators here, I would have loved to get my account approved :D)


    Can not express how much I look forward to the day its included in the nightly builds!

    Cheers

    Selling my a7s for a 5D mk3 (???)

    In: Cameras

    Posted

    31 minutes ago, Justin Bacle said:

    What resolution are you using ?
    According to http://rawcalculator.bitballoon.com/calculator_desktop, you can get continuous recording on the 5d3 at 1776x1184 (3:2) in 14 bit. (1696x1130 3:2 for the 5d2)

    Are sandisk cards recommended ? I thought only the lexar and komputerbay are able to deal with the bit rate. Anyway, do a write speed test and see the resolution you can achieve according to that ;)

    Thanks Justin! Will do it right away :)

     

    Selling my a7s for a 5D mk3 (???)

    In: Cameras

    Posted

    Took my new "Alexa Micro" for a quick spin when my Rectilux HardCore DNA arrived.

    Some soft focus, forgot to remove vertical lines and low h.264 compression, but can't say I hate the colors!

    This is probably something I can figure out on ML forums, but did not achieve more than 26 seconds on a SanDisk 128 160 mb/s card... Wrong formatting? Global draw on?

    Cheers,
     

     

    Selling my a7s for a 5D mk3 (???)

    In: Cameras

    Posted

    18 hours ago, webrunner5 said:

    Yikes! :grimace:   Pocket Cinema Camera (1080p25)   64 GB card, recording RAW = approximately 15 minutes and I thought that was bad!! I think BMPCC Raw is 12bit??

    Yup, 12-bit on BMPCC. Actually it is now possible to record both 12- and 10-bit raw on the 5D3. However, its still at an experimental stage, but will potentially be two really nice features!

    Selling my a7s for a 5D mk3 (???)

    In: Cameras

    Posted

    3 hours ago, webrunner5 said:

    How much data does Raw generate comped to the A7s compressed files? Is it crazy like a BMPCC can be? Only camera I have ever had that I used raw with to compare.

    Its 3.5MB/frame (14-bit 1920x1080), gets you around 6 minutes on a 32 gig card! Yes, they are huge!

    Selling my a7s for a 5D mk3 (???)

    In: Cameras

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    1 hour ago, webrunner5 said:

    I think I would have gone the other way LoL. Giving up low light, 4k and a better Codec well hmm.. Now going to a C100, well yeah to that.

    Yeah, I will definitely miss the ease of the a7s. The 4k and low light don't concern me much, as I have always found the awkward rigging of the shogun well.. awkward haha! For lowlight, the 5D holds up very well to ISO 3200, maybe even 6400 - which is plenty for my use. There is also an NAB-factor here. Will be interesting to see whats gonna happen to the older generations of the a7-line cameras, if Sony keep outperforming their products :) Price wise
     

    Selling my a7s for a 5D mk3 (???)

    In: Cameras

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    1 hour ago, tweak said:

    5D2 is a waste of money, 5D3 is a lot better and worth the extra from what I've experienced and read.

    The shots weren't so different until you shot the anamorphic stuff, then the 5D3 looked noticeably a lot better.

    I'm also trying to get the cash for my own 5D3 at the moment, like you I think it could be a great all round performer. I'm shooting 7Draw all the time at the moment, but I can see how the 5D3 is a lot nicer (also for pictures, especially the DR).

    I actually said goodbye to my a7s yesterday to make space for the 5D3 :) Looking forward to explore the magic!

    Selling my a7s for a 5D mk3 (???)

    In: Cameras

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Geoff CB said:

     

    Not just space on your Desktop, the cards that you have to buy to record a full shoot day. You will need a lot!

    Also look into the monitoring of the RAW signal. I don't think you can use and external monitor with the 5D Mark 2 and last I saw there was some issues with the Mark 3.

    Yeah, thats actually more of a concern than storage space. Why I am thinking of switching in the first place, is that I see myself shooting more fictional content in the nearer future than slow-mo required stuff. Therefore, the raw VistaVision is very tempting. But if a day of shooting requires 700 GB worth of card space - then transcoding - backing up twice, etc. I might be stressing my wallet more than necessary as the days add up...

    Well, just bought a DP4 for anamorphic monitoring, which I have kind of become dependent on! So that definitely needs further investigation! 

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