@lolo
@lenuisible

Sorry to ask again about a good adapter for the canon FD 50 mm 1.4. Just to get it right, we had:

(without look)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Canon-FD-FL-AF101-AF100-G2-G3-GF3-E-PL3-GH2-E-P3-micro-4-3-adapter-/250912965876?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a6b9404f4

(with look)
http://www.ebay.de/itm/MUNDUS-Adapter-Canon-FD-Panasonic-Lumix-G-Serie-Olympus-MFT-PEN-Serie-/320769624308?pt=DE_Foto_Camcorder_Objektive&hash=item4aaf5c08f4

Whats the exact point/advantage now?

Thanks in advance.

I think discussion went little offtopic here :-)

@Alexauwa yes, that one has the ring

about the lenses, the only ones i have tried, of the ones you mention, are the 50mm and the 85mm

the 50mm is the bang for the buck of the fd family, top quality, really cheap, a bit soft at 1.4, but at 2.0 it gets tack sharp, a must buy, unless you are buying the 1.2 of course

about the 85mm, i would recommend you to buy instead the 135mm f2 wich is nicer for portrait and really top quality, with a beautiful bokeh

as for other fd lenses, check this thread.
http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/106/lenses-for-canon-fd-mount#Item_89

and as you are loosing the autofocus please check this thread also (if you are saving bucks of course):
http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/comment/23816#Comment_23816

and this webpages to get more fd info:
http://www.fdreview.com/lenses.php?brand=Canon&mount=FDn&type=Prime
http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/lens/index.html

of course please,
always google every lens that you plan to buy,
and try to check at least 2 different web sources before you make any decission, because everything has a portion of subjectivness

as for me the only fd that i don´t like is my 28mm 2.8, but i don´t know if i get a bad unit or if it is a poor design, so...

greetings from southamerica!

@Alexauwa nope that one doesnt have it

this one does:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Adapter-Canon-FD-FL-Lens-Micro-M4-3-Mount-H195-/300590070780?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45fc907bfc

and yeap you lose all the auto features on the lens (auto focus, auto exposure, auto mode), but you can still have the auto white balance, and as douglashorn says, it is half the fun to set it exactly to your taste, the other half is to actually recording it :)

@Alexauwa
For lenses, it really depends on what you shoot. I shoot almost exclusively with prime lenses--I just like the look and I don't consider having to pick the right lens or zooming with my feet to be a negative. I don't use the kit zoom and the Panny 20mm and 14mm I have but somehow don't love. The only Panny lens that I adore is the 45mm F2.8 Leica macro. To me, a big part of the look I love in the GH2 comes in conjunction with my legacy FD prime lenses. You could easily get 4 fast primes with adapter(s) on ebay for less than the 14-140, if prime lenses fit your shooting needs. But if you're shooting a documentary, maybe the zoom is better.

BTW, One of those nice intangibles with the GH2 is how fast you can do a lens change. At times I will carry 2-3 lenses with me and just go for hours without opening the lens case. Not optimal, but necessary for some days of shooting.

@Alexauwa btw i own the 14-140, and unless you really need those xtra mm, to let say shoot "on the run" a documentary, or a wedding, or something...
you will probably be best buying the other kit, as the 140 is not a remarkable lens, a usable one, to get "on the run" shoots, but by saving that money i will reccomend you to buy the 14mm 2.5, as it is something that has autofocus and you will be missing the autofocus in nightshots specially in the wide spectrum, as the legacy lenses that are wide and fast are really not cheap

so unless you need the autofocus on the xtra mm that the 140 offers compaired to the 14-42, i will reccommend you to buy the other kit, as it is actually a better lens (in definition)

or if you are ok by not using the autofocus, or auto exposure, just buy the body only
and a complete legacy lens kit

@lenuisible i also have a cheap one and i do not use it with a big gear, cause i dont have any, and i dont want to have any, the way i use it also, is by placing the highest of the two f numbers i need on the lens, and then moving the open-lock ring slowwly to the open side

@CRFilms- I do share your worries... But especially after the Red announcement companies can no longer expect high prices for their gear any more. This will hopefully push their hand into allowing (and even developing) higher quality products at super prices - or people will just move to red! Easy sum- Panny; Sony; Nikon; Canon =0 Red =1
What they have to do NOW is get away from talking and start doing.
Anyway, if Panasonic does the wrong thing- we don't buy- and possibly they lose VK (who has facilitated more sales of GH1+GH2 than all the Panasonic Reps put together!!)

@CRFilms when Panny made the GH1 unhackable people stopped buying them... and now Panny is almost 'happy' about the hack... (considering that it is free advertising for them- they would be stupid to not 'say yes').

Yeah, I don't think we are going to get much better video from now on with Panasonic, perhaps enhancement in the photo side like better low light and Dr might migrate to the video side. The big thing might be avchd 2.0 60p. Not that it will be particularly useful in standard mode 28 mbits, but a hack version could bring a very nice 1080p slowmo to the gh line. The rest might be incremental, but could be very interesting. We could have a better viewfinder, metal body and auto focus for example.

I'm only waiting on the GH2 because I have no cash to buy one right now. Probably early next year, I'll buy a GH2 or two, especially if the price drops as substantially as the GH1 dropped when the GH2s came out.

Aside from that, I have no faith in Panasonic's ability to give us what we want. We want twice as good for the same money, and they'll only give us slightly better for slightly more money. A hacked GH2 is proven superior value for money and until I can afford something like a Red, that's more than good enough.

@Alexauwa
No, it's not hard to edit hacked footage. I'm currently shooting at the 60MBPS 12GOP, but planning to test out Driftwood's patch at about 2.5 times the data rate. At the moment, I still use FCP7, so I transfer to ProRes422. However, I expect to switch to Premiere in the near future.

I'm very happy with the 60MBPS patch. It's a great balance between quality and usability. I am typically shooting very quickly with two GH2s at a time. Losing a shot can be a disaster, so reliability is paramount. In my tests two months ago (before my series shoot) 60MBPS was the sweet spot with any additional quality at 80+MBPS seeming minimal. However, the new GOP1 approach may warrant the higher data rate. I'll have to do some tests.

Bottom line for me: the shit just works and looks great. I can accept and mitigate the few shortcomings. I've been doing this long enough to remember that this GH2 is a far better camera in pretty much every respect than the Sony CineAlta I shot my first feature on just 5 or 6 years ago. I could not have imagined owning that camera plus lenses and accessories, now I have two GH2s plus an amazing set of kit for a very low price. The hacked GH2 is pretty much the point in history where no one really has an excuse not to get out and make amazing films.