thephoenix

9 minutes ago, mercer said:

Sweet!!! Get yourself the SMC Pentax K 50mm 1.4 to go with it... a nice lens as well.

and cheap, got myself one yesterday

to me it is enough to work on a project and when done you can send files on a nas, but 2to will come soon

5 hours ago, mercer said:

So, I was able to get my lead actor to sit through another one of my lens tests. This is the Nikkor 24mm f/2...

what did you shoot at ? f2 ?

it's a bit soft to me on the skin but if shot at f2 this is normal or maybe he is moving on this shot, some distorsion too on his face but hey this is a 24mm and it isn't bad at all. colors look good.

waiting to see the footage not just an image.

5 hours ago, Matt Kieley said:

Finally got my hands on a Canon V10X15 15-150 c-mount zoom lens for just $20. I shot this very quick test on the bmpcc (shot wide open) and I love it so far. The lens is pretty big so I'm using rails and the SmallRig lens support. I like the zoom range--10x is the same range as my beloved DVX100 (though the FOV is different). It has nice round bokeh at 2.8 that doesn't have those odd "dips" as the smaller range c-mount zooms I've had (V6X17 and similar Fuji lenses I've had).

for 20 bucks this is a steal

i like it, retro looks nice bokeh and finaly not perfect and that is why you are gonna love it.

https://www.wd.com/products/internal-ssd/wd-black-sn750-nvme-ssd.html#WDS100T3XHC

the good news: new m2 ssd from wd comes cheap compare to previous ones and is pretty fast. will be great for 4k or even bigger files.

supposed to be 3 470mo/s in reading mode and 3000 mo/s in sequential writting mode.

comes also with an optiona l radiator.

249$ for the 1to i think is a fair price for new product

there's always something new arriving

main reason for never buying anything ?

too bad he doesn't test it with the bmpcc4k

2 hours ago, mercer said:

I just watched a bunch of great comparison videos between the X-T3 vs P4K by @jsfilmz and although popular opinion gave the win to the P4K, I really must say I thought the X-T3 won and when you consider the specs, it probably shouldn’t have.

I am more and more intrigued with this camera with every passing day as a great hybrid second camera for me. 

I also love that it shoots actual 2K... can anyone confirm the quality?

I don’t know if this has been posted but I think it’s a real nice example of a different look you can get with F-Log...

 

it is a great camera. especialy if you shoot images too like me.

i have shot some film during my LA trip 3 weeks ago, only night shoot as i didn't have a nd filter and the only one i wanted wasn't available.

need to edit and grade as soon as i finish building my new pc.

can't compare with bmpcc4k for image quality but for what i've seen it is different in the way that i think you can use the xt3 with less accesories than the bm. you also have good af and slightly better baterie life. cons is the menu that is too much for me in the xt3 but hey the camera can do tons of things. cons is also 422 external and no raw.

but so far everyone find this camera to be fantastic for the price so...

also will test soon the vintage lenses i've recently bought, i know you like vintage lenses

the thing is, if you follow his advice, that you would shoot 1200iso in daylight and 400 at night.

so why constructors spend time and money building dual iso cameras ? as most of us need high iso to shoot at night and low to shoot in daylight.

people doing photography are used to zone system, at least the one that shot print film.

you just need to set the exposure for the result you want more than for standards exposures.

with film we used to expose as wanted and we processed the films with order in order to complete the process

Fous peaking Is good on the xt3, as long as you chose the right color. Forget about Red.

I used red all the time on my 5dmkii and can barelly see It on the xt3. High yellow Is actually ou choice and then focusing Is easy 

i might not be the only one but i live cars, mostly vintage ones.

so i plan to film some in the future.

and of course you need some special equipment to do so.

so i wanted to create a subject where we can add all the equipment, gears, tricks that are usefull to film cars and people in cars.

thanks to all that will share their experiences

it's already been posted but at least he is testing both the moza air 2 and the bmpcc4k

10 hours ago, mercer said:

So, I took a drive yesterday in the cold to do a test of a few lenses... the Nikkor 24mm f/2 vs the Carl Zeiss 25mm f/2.8 in the Rollei QBM mount. 

Here are the results...

Nikkor 24mm f/2

Carl Zeiss 25mm f/2.8

I found the speed of the Nikkor to be pretty helpful considering that that shot was taken about 10 minutes after the Zeiss shot, but there is just something about that cold Zeiss look that has a definite pop to it that seems more cinematic... maybe it's in my head? 

Full disclosure... I didn't attempt to match these images, I just did a basic Rec709 conversion and a little bit of curves and saturation. Also I am still using my MacBook Air screen for all of this preliminary color work and lens tests. I'm in the process of deciding on a monitor upgrade... so these may look like crap compared to what I am seeing in Resolve... oh the fun of hobbyist color work... lol.

too bad you didn't use a tripod and shot exactly the same image. but i agree, your feeling is influenced by the colors and not the "qualities" of any lense.

but isn't it what we all look for, being attracted by a "look" more than cold technical informations ?

if you look into pure technicals specs then the russian lenses would never sell

I am thinking about declicking my vintage lenses like the tokina 17mm and helios 44-4. Did some of you did it  ? 

2 hours ago, mirekti said:

Hm... B&H shows 600g difference (Crane 2 is 2.76 pounds) which makes the weight difference 1.34 pounds. Add an external monitor and 600g soon starts to make a big difference. 

moza air 2 is 3.53 lb / 1.6 kg (with Battery) so in between. strange how few people seem to talk about this gimball that looks like being at least as good as the ronin s if not better and cheaper

3 minutes ago, mirekti said:

...too heavy.

lighter than the ronin s but it seems that light means less strong motors and for the bmpcc4k you need stronger motors than the weebil has.

that's too bad as i wish it was a light gimball with strong motors somewhere. in the future for sure

tom antos prefers the moza air 2 for the bmpcc4k

On 1/11/2019 at 6:48 PM, mercer said:

Btw, the Tokina 17mm f/3.5 I am referring to is the RMC version, not the AT-X version. The AT-X version may be good as well but I’ve never used one, so I can’t say.

Here’s a good write up of the RMC version and his site is a great resource for vintage lenses for video use in general.

https://www.vintagelensesforvideo.com/tokina-rmc-17mm/

Also with the RMC Tokina lenses you have a couple extra choices in the wide range if you want to build a quasi set... the 24, 28 and 35mm f/2.8 are all decent lenses. I also briefly had an RMC Tokina 35mm f/2 that was amazing. Stupidly I sold it and haven’t found another one since. The 25-50mm zoom is pretty good. And they made a 24-40mm f/2.8 AT-X that I adore. And then there’s the 28-70mm f/2.6-2.8 that is a cult classic and derived from the Angenieux design. 

Tokina lenses are a good foray into vintage lenses because they are available in so many adaptable mounts, the IQ is really good but with some character and are relatively inexpensive.

got lucky i guess, bought the 17mm rmc tokina yesterday with fd mount, wasn't really happy to finaly get a fd mount but got lucky again as i found another one with nikon mount which looks even better and same price. guess i will resell the fd one to get even and maybe even get a few bucks out of it

1 hour ago, thephoenix said:

 

 stop complaining and buy yourslef a proper photo camera !!"? loved that

5 hours ago, noone said:

FD lenses can be great but be careful.    Some of them have issues with dissolving bearings and a get very loose throw.

The regular lenses are like any old legacy lenses, some good, some less so and with all of them, condition and how hard a life they have had will be the biggest factor.

The aspherical FD L lenses are well worth getting though sometimes still expensive.

I recommend the 24 1.4 L, the 50 1.2 L and the 85 1.2 L especially.

I sold my 50 1.2 L but regret not having it and my 85 has the dissolving bearing issue.      The 24 1.4 is one I have always like but it is growing on me more and more. (can not use them on a camera just now and want something cheap just to use them. 

The non L lenses are pretty much like most of the regular Pentax K, Nikon F, Minolta MC/MD, Olympus OM, Tamron adaptall and many third party lenses ETC (some I liked and some I didn't for various reasons, sometimes ease of use being more important than a tiny bit of sharpness (Minolta MC lenses can be a pain with a lever sometimes).

so far the issue seems not to be the quality of the lenses itself but the mount which is a pain...

13 minutes ago, thebrothersthre3 said:

Pocket has the same crop though and no continuous auto focus. 

Yep you could sayno af at all  ; )

so that is also why i am going for vintage lenses.

3 minutes ago, thebrothersthre3 said:

Do you need both the GH5 and XT3? Would be a heck of a lot easier to just have one system. 

By the way the EOS R can do 10 bit 422 to an external recorder. Might be a good way to go, could be an all in one system for you with all the adapter mess.

Eos r is... Sh...t expensive and has many downsides. Huge crop factor in 4k etc...

Forget about canon, the are stuck with marketing and product  lines. The still think like 10 years ago. 

Don't have gh5, might get bmpcc4k  ; )

3 hours ago, thebrothersthre3 said:

What do you mean? Metabones makes fuji focal reducers as does Lens Turbo and the other Chinese brands. 

Forgot to mention that none of them works with af lenses keeping the af working in case of ef lenses