Shot with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 and a Nikon 55mm 2.8 macro. No hacks I'm afraid, so I guess this falls into the "shameless self promotion" category. However, I think it's worth sharing the results that a good old-fashioned lens can deliver. Best second-hand deal ever.

Edit: the GH2 Kit is now on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270924335681&clk_rvr_id=319379335643&mfe=sidebar#ht_1753wt_1156

Thanks in advance

Now, I've had an idea in my head for quite a while now; remotely controlling a DSLR's lens' focus ring using (I don't know the proper word) 'motor mirroring'. Basically using one motor as the "generator", and the other to control the focus. So it happens that I found my LEGO and made my idea! Really pleased with how it turned out, so I thought I'd make a video demonstrating it and to show it to everyone here, as I think it's of interest to the people who browse these forums.

It's pretty useful for me personally, because of my shooting style. If you have LEGO, try and build yourself one. Mine took an hour, but I'm sure if one was to invest more time a better device could be created!

I've been looking for this fantastic lense for while. As I live in Germany it seem to be pretty difficult to purchase it here. Id also go for international purchases, just need a proper platform or dealer.

Can anyone help? Help would be much appreciated.

Best, Alex

Here it is:

Thank you for your help! Alberto

In the past i have been far more active here than in the last few months. Partly because ive been busy with filming rather than patch development. Besides @driftwood the genius that he is leaves me no work to do in patching for a long time now.. hehe Thank you btw. In Any case with that said i want to show you the trailer for my new film hitting a few festivals soon shot mostly on my GH2 and an assistant on his cannon. We had a red carpet premiere here in NYC and are now doing the festival circuit. Due to the timing of the release we will be missing some of the major festivals but will enter those next year. Generally i love to do narrative work but in this case i did a documentary which was a bit of a challenge due to the size of driftwood patches... but the quality is worth it!

My request is if you could please help me out so that i can go on to do more work by pressing the like button on my page. I always promote @Vitaliy_Kiselev and the GH2 on any set or project i am involved with. i wold REALLY appreciate some support from the community if you will be so kind. You can also find my GH2 guide on there if you haven't seen it yet, it was popular before the faq went up around here but it still gets plenty of comments.

One of the things that excites me the most about this release is that thanks to @driftwood and @Vitaliy_Kiselev i can continue to prove that the GH2 INDEED has enough quality for the movie theaters! That it is more than just something you compare to other cameras on vimeo!! I've had poeple dispute this claim that it does not belong on the big screen in my forums and to them is say keep complaining... its not exactly a scarlet FINE but the rest of us are putting the gh2 EVEN with those short comings on the big screen ANYWAY, its the best camera to me and especially thanks to @driftwood and @Vitaliy_Kiselev who i cant possibly thank enough for their work. In that way i would say they helped with my work and in my opinion NOT indirectly.. with even my career for making the camera everything it is today.. It most definitely boosts my creativity or just work ethic to LOVE my camera, i can never seem to put it down, every single day i shoot something. The last time i loved a camera this much was the DVX100, remember those days?? hehe... aah.. Another Panasonic classic.

I humbly request everyone click like on my page here : http://www.facebook.com/OSGFilms
or like it from my site here http://osgfilms.com/whilewewatch/ (its on the left column)

You can view the imdb page for the film here : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2118550/combined

And last but not least a great review for the film by the huffington post here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-fagin/whilewewatch-a-review-of-_b_1201107.html

Thank you so much if you help me with the likes to promote the work or my page a littte bit, it could really help me move on to my next project. Its always a pleasure to be a part of this community and working toward the GH2 being # 1, May we see many more projects hit the big screen filmed with it!

Thanks in advance for any help.

Here is a list of lens used at the moment, they all behave the same:

Panasonic - 14-42 - 14 140mm

Nikon: - 135 mm 1:2.8 - 50mm 1:1.8 - 52mm 1:14 - 85-205mm 1:8 - 300mm 1:4.5

There is vignetting. I will upload some test shots soon.

You get:

• Pentax Cosmicar 12.5mm f1.4
• C mount to M4/3 adapter (black anodized aluminum)
• Front and rear caps

Optional features:

• M4/3 AF-confirm chip, mounted on adapter
• Click-less aperture
• C-mount to Nikon J1/V1 adapter (instead of M4/3)

Asking price: $150

I will ship worldwide, contact me for a shipping cost quote. Let me know if you have any questions.

Therefore I sometimes use the fully auto video mode and it does everything for me. Sometimes i need to quickly grab the cam before I miss the action.

So my question is: What is the best mode to convert to match my 1080p24 footage?

1080i - I would need to deinterlace and then this would end up 540p right? Well, no way true 1080p

720p - ok this is 50p and I would be stretching the footage to become 1080p

I know I will be losing quality but sometimes it can't be helped for the odd few short shots here and there.

So my thoughts were to use 720p rather than 1080i... Any ideas? Thank in advanced.

Anyway if you think this "problem" is only inside my mind =)... I was wondering about updating to last official version of GH2 firmware because of the 25p, which is a must for me since the region I live in, but I need those marvellous 44Mbits and so on of the hacked version... so what do you think? Must I update to official firmware? Are available the last hacked firmware that run with last Panasonic firmware? or Must I forget the official firmware?

Thanks in advance

latest trick-tip. I try it and it works, even with unhacked 1.1 firmware!!! You have just to start with whitebalancing a little to blue to reduce the red channel. Of course the 320/640 etc bug exist.

I am looking for a proper, but affordable multi gear including rails and follow focus, ideally with shoulder mount for the GH2. It should work with various lenses, steel or gum focus ring. I'd also like to use a view finder. It should also easily be mounted on a tripod or used hand holded.

Is there a system you would recommand? Whats your experience.

I looking forward to your reply!

Best, Alex

http://www.amazon.fr/Koolertron-%C3%A9paule-montage-cam%C3%A9ra-Canon/dp/B005KGXXXU/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1328990094&sr=1-3-fkmr0

(Hey Vitaly, it's my 2nd post - I dare to post a link, right ? ;-)

Any experience with this cheapo model ?

Thanks for your inputs.

Has anyone tried them ? It would be for a GH2.

This short film is about the journey to Brixton and the lovely people who came to the show.

Shot with a Panasonic GH2@60P, 44Mb hack, 20mm/1.7 & 7-14mm lenses.

Edited with FCPX 10.0.3

Music: Your Hand in Mine by Explosions in the Sky

14-140mm kits lens, 50 shutter speed, ISO 160, aperture closed down for correct exposure to 22 (no ND used).

Once I got back and checked footage on large screen I noticed this video had quite a lot of noise.

The shot that I took with the Voiglander 25mm f0.95 didn't seem to have much noise. I think this was set at f2.8 and then I used a lightcraft variable ND to get the correct exposure.

So my question is... Does closing down the aperture fully (22) create this horrid noise?

Does anyone have any advise on what would be a good aperture to use when shooting landscapes? Is there a recommended aperture not to go passed, like 16 or something?