Tagged with hdslr - Personal View Talks

FS: 12mm F1.6 SLR Magic and Panasonic PZ 45-175mm F4.0-5.6

DanDOF — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 19:00:51 +0000

I am considering switching to Sony E-Mount, so I have on offer my two favorite lenses (tentative if there is a good offer).

12mm F1.6 SLR Magic lens in mint condition with original box and lens cap. - Asking price $450

Panasonic Lumix G X Vario PZ 45-175mm f/4.0-5.6 ASPH. lens in good condition (the silver sticker on the lens is coming off, but does not look bad). - Asking price $325

I keep my equipment in a smoke free, pet free home. I always have a UV filter or ND filter on my lenses, at all times. I am extremely careful when changing lenses.

PM me your offers, thanks!

New design principles of 5-Axis spring arm

Avril_Lovin — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 01:53:32 +0000

Although Steadicam has made great differences, there are many restrictions to the detriment of current photography needs. Such as Steadicam is too big to be used for narrow scene, and too heavy for long shot. And the fatal weakness is the difficulties for beginners to start in a short time trial, users must take a long time of training to familiar with Steadicam and use it well. With wrong posture, it is counter-productive to keep stable. Still, usually we need to spend a long time on Steadicam for adjustment and balancing.

Turned the standard notion of 50-year Steadicam’s structure, 5-axis spring arm is Nebula’s original design, inspired by the damping system of F1 racing cars.

The effect of double spring arm in contraposition is both rebound and absorbing. But the mass of stabilizer and camera appropriately maintains inertial. Except the intentional tremor, the two spring arms can absorb any vibrations and bounces under payload acting on the vertical axis. With this kind of buffer, reduces vibration, retards speed, makes shooting more smooth even facing hard bumps.

They are just like the vehicle suspension system, on the one hand isolates road noise, bumps, and vibrations, on the other hand provides enough sustenance for stabilizing car body while making a turn. Besides vertical axis, with different spring tension, the two spring arms are also able to filter part of the vibrations on horizontal axis.

Two dovetails are added on spring arm, to show the flexibility of combinations. The standard 1/4 screw hole also makes it easy to carry most of the photography accessories. Every detail we designed is for filmmakers in search of 2 “P”s: professional and possibilities. Double spring arm in contraposition turns the standard notion of spring arms in line, in order to spread bounces caused by photographers’ step while moving over two handles. Thus perfectly reduces the jitter and jerking and improves users’ manipulation of stabilizers.

A7s mixed with RX100IV slog2 - a perfect combo?

elkanah77 — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 10:57:14 +0000

Shot and mixed A7s with RX100IV with PP slog2. Graded and edited in PP with pretty deep saturation. Think it works very well and this combo suits me way better than having just a A7rII which I considered for a brief moment.

Leica DG 15 mm F1.7 vs SLR Magic Hyper Prime 12 mm F1.6

Alexauwa — Thu, 07 May 2015 12:22:47 +0000

Which lense give more sharpness and color accuracy? Lense shall be used on the GH4 for video modes FHD and 4K.

For Sale: SLR Magic 12mm v2 and FF Gear

thougts2uk — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 22:49:22 +0000

Hi there,

I am selling my as new SLR Magic 12mm v2 and FF Gear. It comes as new. I bought this to use on my short film and now that it's finished I have no other need for it. Only had about 4 days usage.

$550 including postage.

If you have any question let me know!

GH4 Interface Unit crash

Scooburt — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 04:39:58 +0000

I think my interface unit may have crashed after two days of use. Was shooting with the interface connected and monitoring via sdi out. Didn't have any issues and was reading audio levels fine. Then the interface just stopped working. No lights appear and no output. The camera still recognised that the units attached but each time I go to playback or connect to wi-fi it displays "TV output in progress". I was also never able to get HDMI out to work from the unit. Any help please?

Use DSLR Monitor as 2nd monitor for Mac Pro (2013)

andrevanberlo — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 02:00:39 +0000

Hi everyone,

I need a portable monitor I could mount on my GH3 or rig it for monitoring my Mac Pro (2013 version). I'd prefer a 9" version but I hope 7" would do the job as well.

This is what I want to use it for: I'm doing live streaming lessons but I need to monitor Skype at the same time to see what the student is doing. As I'll be completely surrounded by lights and cameras there is no way for me to place my thunderbolt monitor (too many things could go wrong).

Would it be possible to use a DSLR field monitor for this? And what would be a good choice?

I don't need colour fidelity, or peaking or any of those features(nice if they're there of course), most important thing is quality of the image and size of the screen: definitely not below 7" and preferably 9" and above.

I have no idea if dslr monitors can be used this way but I'm sure some of you do!

Thanks for reading this,

André

GH2 vs AF100

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 23:44:21 +0000

So, if you want to express your personal opinion, you are welcome.
Any sign of not expressing your personal view, but blatant AF100 marketing compain, that is strongly going on few leading sites, will be eliminated.
Reason?
Panasonic thrown unprecedented amount of money on AF100 marketing. And it is long known for heavy forums usage.

Famous AF100 advantages list:
1. 3 position ND filters (if your read the DSLR forums a lot you know the headaches people go through finding a good all around ND filter solution)
2. The LCD on the AF100 is quite a bit better and is larger...the VF is also more ergonomic.
3. HD-SDI (ability to get 4:2:2 from a very reliable output is very important to some)
4. Overcranking/undercranking (this feature is priceless for many shooters)
5. Waveform + Vectorscope
6. Detail coring/numerous gammas/ much deeper control of the image parameters, etc
7. Uncompressed 16 bit audio recording capability/xlr inputs
8. Timecode/Synchro function
9. 6 Scene files for easily recalling adjustments
10. Dual card slots
11. Max bitrate available in way more modes than the GH2
12. More shooting modes on AF100 like 1080 30P, 720 24P, etc.
13. Remote control pricelesss for certain situations
14. Longer battery life/ Better batteries available
15. PAL/NTSC switchability
16. Zebras
17. Headphone jack
18. Negative gain function
19. Ergonomic features like the handle/ tape hook, etc
20. Slow synchro/High speed shutter - can be set by degree

BRLN (T2I magic lantern)

qzkow — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:10:54 +0000

I've been to Berlin last weekend and this is what came out. Everything is shot handheld with a magic lantern(april 9th build) t2i and a nikkor 50mm f/1.8 + an unknown 35mm f/2.8 m42 lens. In case you should be interested in the music, it's by "SBTRKT"

Anyone know what happened to Rejouer?

Mr_Moore — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:53:17 +0000

Rejouer was touted as being the first full-length feature film shot entirely on a GH1. I think the production took place in 2009 and the movie was supposed to be released in 2011.

The promo trailer and some behind the scenes footage looked promising.

Anyone know what happened to it?

Here’s the film’s website: http://www.finndependent.com/movie.html

Indian stuff for DLSRs

amateur — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:32:48 +0000

Im not a seller but i found some interstings kits for DSLR cheap. I never ordered from them but they accept paypal and minimum order of one piece. Someone to try?

http://cinecity.trustpass.alibaba.com/productlist.html

The wondrous future of filmmaking and digital video.

Stormlotus — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:21:01 +0000

Hi, I'm not sure if this belongs here but I figured I would just give it a shot and see if anyone found it interesting to chat about.

I often think about the effect DSLR's have had on aspiring and seasoned filmmakers and videographers, and I am continually awed at the technology available to the masses. I've also found it very excellent just to be alive right now, 24 years old in 2011, having witnessed the evolution of the internet, personal communication, and artistic expression.

I can't help but feel incredibly happy that I've seen the same technologies that a few years ago we're reserved mainly for film productions with rental insurance, be put into the hands of the hardworking and creative people that deserve to use the same technology.

Every day I go on Vimeo and see countless new videos, most of them shot on DSLR's to my knowledge, and many of them are amazing. I almost feel afraid that I'll start taking this massive influx of creative video expression for granted, but I think maybe it's just a part of getting older and I imagine the children that will grow up with Vimeo and DSLR's everywhere will have no problem keeping pace.

I suppose a lot of people feel the same way, and it's pretty common sense, but also maybe isn't talked about enough when people get caught up in battles about which camera is better... perhaps the same people that only shoot videos of decayed trees and grass (I remain hopeful they will move on to small animals, perhaps even people).

I also remain hopeful about the future of filmmaking. You can't really blame the camera anymore, and that's a wonderful thing because I think it will just increase the quality of peoples work indiscriminately.

So, I think one of my possible points in writing this, is to let us not forget how lucky we are to live in this time, and to not forget that behind every video there's a spirit and a story; and even if it's not easily apparent, it can still be appreciated and encouraged to grow.

Any opinions and thoughts are most welcomed.

The DSLR Cinematography Guide

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Sun, 22 May 2011 05:36:39 +0000

Very good thing to read for niewbies and beginners :-)

http://nofilmschool.com/dslr/

If you know over useful guides, feel free to add them to this topic.

How to checked the video dynamic range?

kool — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:00:21 +0000

How to checked the video dynamic range? any application to analyst that?
i got it in eoshd.com

Short video HDSLR course for beginners

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Mon, 16 May 2011 05:23:19 +0000

This is not something very new (as course was complete in April, in fact).

But can be useful, if you understand the fact that B&H was sponsor of whole thing.

http://www.hdslrhub.com/