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1 hour ago, Snuff said:

I'm going to use with the new Pocket 4K vintage full frame manual lenses with Metabones Speed Booster XL 0.64x (Nikon to M4/3). 

1. Tokina 28-70 f/2.8, with BMPCC4K (crop 1.9) and 0.64x booster it covers 34-85mm f/1.8.

2. Leica Summicron-R 50mm f/2.

3. And I would like to get Angenieux 70-210mm f/3.5.

Im also thinking about the XL + Tokina 28-70, I (regrettably) sold my copy but might look for another. 

It depends weather you are willing to wait until September for the pocket or not. on your budget, the gh5s might be too expensive if you need grip and light equipment also. it appears you are looking for a 'do it all' camera, maybe the Gh5 might be a good pick for that, pair it with a zoom. 

Remember buying used is a good idea on a limited budget.

Will Contax Zeiss MM lenses interfere with m43 Metabones speedbooster?

Yeah In test it looks awesome, it looks tailer made for narrative work. I might even be inclined to buy both depending on what they go for...

Im currently bidding on both the 25 and 28 on ebay UK, ill see how it goes! (the 25mm is already Leitaxed)  Focus breathing also doesn't bother me in the slightest. Thanks for the tips, I was also considering Leica R's.

Thanks for the reply, Do you think the 25 is more preferable than the 28? I heard they were very close in focal length

Ive been looking into Contax Zeiss lenses and I think ive settled on the 28mm 2.8 50mm 1.4 85mm 2.8 anyone had any experience with these lenses?

5 minutes ago, BTM_Pix said:

It was just over £300.

Wow thats an incredible deal

Im not a director so I can't give you any in-depth advice but Judith Weston's Directing Actors book is meant to be the bible for directors.

As far as price to performance it puts other lenses to shame,  although I do prefer lower contrast and a softer image 

I picked up a Helios 44-2 for £5 in a local camera shop... Its battered with large scratches on the elements but delivers a fantastic low contrast image, blooming highlights and good looking flares and outstanding bokeh. for £10 (£5 adapter) it puts many lenses to shame. I paired it with my GH5 & Speedbooster to test it out on a dog walk.

All images have been transformed to Rec709 with minor contrast adjustments on some images. (loving the low contrast!)

Integral also do cheap CFast 2 cards

I like the low con look of the nikkor but the Leica does  pop

The Nikon looks best to my eye

42 minutes ago, anonim said:

Leica R's - both brilliant and one of the two best longlife solution if they are in optimal condition ... but be careful with adapters Leica R to M43 - from three of Chinese origin that I had, no one doesn't completely focus to infinity! The same story with Leica R to Canon EF (and than to speedbooster EF/m43)... Even first version of Metabones isn't perfect... I don't know about second, I sold Leica R lenses just to, out of curiosity, invest on further lens testing... Now I'd keep them.

Did you find an adapter solution for the Leica R's that focuses to infinity? Ill be using them with a m43 speedbooster?

Wow that lens combo looks great, the flares are awesome!

Make sure to show us some test footage with those lenses!

Its a good sign that different companies have units of the camera

the images are from the Wooden Camera instagram page. 

In the UK they decreased the price by £50

Just a heads up - doesn't look like it includes a battery In the box - it does have the power adapter instead.

Atomos Ninja V is decently priced: only £650

11 minutes ago, Davide Roveri said:

I know it's probably not very relevant as price might change again many times before the actual shipping date but CVP lowered the price from 1029£ to 975£ (1235£ and 1170£ respectively inclusive of VAT). Is not much but is a slightly better exchange rate from $1295 :-) 

Yeah I got this pleasant suprise from CVP also!