Jason Jenkins
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[Tim Scarpino] “The idea of the adapter is to take an existing 35mm film/SLR camera lens and “put it” on the front of the HVX using the adapter, right?
I’m fairly ignorant of this, so I’m wondering if anyone has a good primer on the kinds of lense that one might use?
Any advice (and links) would be GREATLY appreciated!”
It pretty much comes down to how much money you want to spend on lenses. When you buy the adapter, you pick the lens mount that will mate with the type of lenses you are going to use. On the least expensive end, you can get your adapter with a Nikon mount and pick up some very affordable ($150–$250) used, manual Nikkor lenses. That’s what I did and result looks great. On the high end, you get a PL mount with your adapter and spend a boatload of money on some true cine lenses. Will it look better than the Nikkors? Yes. Is it worth the cost? That all depends on what you and your clients “need”. Don’t forget to budget for a rail support system, follow focus and mattebox w/filters. If you want to go handheld, you’ll want a shoulder mount system and an external monitor to mount on the rails. Redrock Micro has a lot of that stuff and their price/performance ratio is high. I have their follow focus.
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The P+S Technik is generally considered the best adapter money can buy. It will cost you more than the HVX you are using it with; plus lenses, rods, etc… The Letus Ultimate is a less expensive option in the $4,500 range. The best low-budget adapter is probably the Redrock Micro M2 Encore at around $2,000.
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[Stephen Smith] “Not even turning off lens flares could save the Enterprise:”
Very funny!
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[Mark Suszko] “Agreed, its just that lately everywhere I look, it seems like they are using it in such a strong overbearing way that it might as well be a spotlight beam from a flashlight in a dark basement. Like I said, my teachers all taught us in TV classes that this look was a technical glitch to be suppressed and avoided by pros, and now it seems like so many folks use it as a default look on all their graphics, as well as many live camera shots.”
The same can be said for lens flares –at one time they were a no-no, but now they are cool.
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Flowmotion Media
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[David Roth Weiss] “Flip4Mac is virtually unusable now. I can tell you, I tried to produce an acceptable WMV for a client a while back from a pristine video, and I could not achieve a result that was close to passable.”
Flip4Mac is producing nice WMV’s here, but I’m running v2.2 on FCP 5.
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I haven’t been able to connect for the last 24 hours. Videocopilot.net appears to be down.
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It’s better to do it with hardware, like a Kona card, as you output to tape. If you are going from 24p to 29.97, then make sure you get the proper pulldown applied. Is this for broadcast?
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Flowmotion Media
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I got a little point-and-shoot Panasonic Lumix for Christmas. It’s a still camera that shoots HD video. It’s perfect for around-the-house and at-the-park family stuff. A couple of times I have found myself shooting vertically and I have to remind myself that I’m shooting video, not snapping photos. I’ve never done that with an actual video camera, but I can see how it might happen to an inexperienced person in a photography mindset.
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[Dan Archer] “Project name
Who it was done for
who done it
What kind of audio
Date”Length is good too.
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
Video production… with style!