Eric Ruff
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Well, I feel like a complete idiot. I have jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire by changing my order from a Letus Elite to a Letus Ultimate. The price is indefensible, of course. It will be an obsolete piece of equipment probably in the near future. Probably would have been spent better on a thousand other things or not at all. Probably should have waited and bought a Red Scarlett or something… probably..probably..
But it will be here Friday and I won’t be limited to the shallow depth of field I guess. Equipment selection and purchase is truly a slippery slope.. Thanks for your advice.-Eric
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“However, if I were going to buy a lens adapter today, and I only had a couple grand to spend, I would get the Redrock Micro M2Encore. It utilizes a spinning ground glass design and will give you much greater fstop/depth of field flexibility. With the Letus Extreme/Elite, once you hit f5, you are seeing grain from the ground glass.”
Jason,
I read your post just a little too late I think. I had already gone ahead and ordered a Letus Elite. Now you’ve got me thinking I should have gotten the Redrock instead, spinnning glass and so forth. O well. Somebody cheer me up! Choosing equipment is a minefield…
-Eric
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Thanks Jeff!
-Eric
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I would be curious if anyone has used the Sennheiser ME66 as an external micropone on the HPX170. I have these two units, but as I understand it, the Sennheiser ME66 is a low impedance microphone while the XLR inputs on the HPX170 are high impedance. That makes me, a newbie, think the two are incompatible.
Radio Shack and others sell impedance adapters,
https://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062443
but they all seem to connect an XLR connection to a 1/4″ (guitar) plug, so I don’t see how I can connect the two.
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>It must be you Eric.
I’m sure you are right.
>If you are not sophisticated enough to use a P2 camera, you should rethink your position in this industry and hire someone who does know what they are doing. The other option is to learn how to use the camera properly.
Confession: I’m not a professional and I’m not in the industry. Video is not how I make my living, I just love it. I do take it seriously. I have been away from video for about 10 years and miss the creative outlet, so I got new Media 100 software, a current Mac and I am trying to learn it all again, as you suggest. But a lot has changed in 10 years. I do not intend to compete with anyone here,and I don’t want to waste anyone’s time on this forum, but there aren’t that many places to go where others have an interest in this particular camera, so I thought I would inquire about the image sharpness thing.
>Panasonic gives you a variety of scene files to work from, each shoot is different and the settings are meant to be manipulated to get the exact look you are going for.
I will take your suggestion about the scene files. When I read about scene files, I misunderstood them, perhaps, as relating mostly to the coloration of the “look” and not so much related to optimizing image sharpness. I will check them out, though.
>As I mentioned earlier no professional camera is a point and shoot.
I hear you.
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I couldn’t afford a real
monitor so I got a Sony 32Xbr9 TV it is suppose to be 1080 p. Also I have the computer screen (Apple 30) on which Media 100 shows the clip in a window. I am wondering what the optimal time base is (1080p?), the best shutter speed, that kind of thing. -
Thank you all for the information. I think you saved me a lot of heartache. After reading your comments and the reviews you mentioned, I am going with the HPX 170 — it should be here from B&H within a few days! I am very excited. Again, thanks to all .
-Eric