so the 8-64 covers ex-tele fov ? That's surprising...although it now starts around 42mm. I'd look for a 6-66 ang. It's got better glass, but not guaranteed to cover. Everything else is probably impossible except in post. There's a video where they use an eos m to create super8esque look. Google. It's just re-framing, coloring, and adding some grit. But he's using magiclantern raw if memory serves me right, and probably one of their fov changes.

@cantsin yes that's u on the thread at eoshd, where I saw it. If @agaraster has mounted the 8-64ang and says it covers the etc frame ....well, my first question would be...does it cover it in all focal lengths...because the 12-120ang coverage on the bmpcc is focal length and fstop dependent, which I've tried. And playing the devils advocate, the lens could very well have greater coverage than the s8 frame size. I own the 8-64 as well as the 6-66 and have thought about removing the beaulieu zoom and exp servos, which is the only way to mount them on a cmount adapter, but the idea seemed fruitless, esp after my tests with the 12-120 as well as the 10mm angeniew, both of which were far less than sharp. I'd like to hear from @agaraster that it really does cover the etc mode in all focal lengths, if he's willing to further test, because I've heard the 6-66 is the sharpest s8 lens ever, and the servo mech looks easier to remove. Beyond all this, which I finally decided was ludditical, I think using grain overlays made from s8, and doing everything in post would arrive at an acceptable product. I remember when kinefinity was testing their s8 sensor and the results were very good...like s8 but better. Shame they didn't pursue it.

@agaraster not exactly sure what you're saying with the images. If you shot the 19mm sigma in normal mode , I believe the gh2 had about 2.1x crop factor. That means that the sigma is 40mm thereabouts in normal 1080p on the gh2. The crop in etc mode is over 5x compared to 35mm fov's. So the 8-64 will be something like 42(44) to 320mm more or less. If you want wider , you'll need a quality wide angle adapter on the front end. A .7x would give you about 5.6mm or about 28-30mm in 35mmfov on the wide end. That's why I was more interested in the 6-66mm optivaron, coupled with a .7x WA adapter, it would be around 22-23mm at the wide end. I have a sony hd .7x, just need to take the sony mount off. As for ptools, @vitaliy would know, but I never saw fov being able to be manipulated in any hack I saw. I look forward to seeing samples nevertheless. As I said my tests with the angenieux 12-120 and 10mm 16mm lenses was less than optomistic. I did that on the bmpcc and the g6 which would give similar results although it's not a multi-aspect sensor like the gh1&2. I'd be pleasantly surprised that the s8 lenses were sharper/thanks

@brudney...still gives a 5x fl factor for etc more or less. Actually because of the multi aspect sensor, it was even a little less than 1.9. thanks https://luminous-landscape.com/panasonic-gh2-11-mode-revealed/

hey man@agaraster....it's a free world. A thread has its own life. Concerning your principle concern....etc mode is different in 720p, because etc mode is a one to one pixel file. 720p etc either processes the pixels differently ,or more probably, crops 1280x720p out of the sensor, which would do exactly what you're complaining about. One or the other. Seems there might have been a gh1 hack that uprezzed the mjpeg to 1080....but gh1 had no etc mode. There...and goodluck

Does the mjpeg etc mode look to be the same fov and same detail in 1080 and 720 ? If so, then you can assume that no matter what the ptools setting, the mjpeg is always 720p or 480 for the svga, is left untouched. Seems I remember that's the case. PM vitaliy or lpowell and ask them directly if real mjpeg 1080 is even possible, would be my next piece of free advice. I don't think mjpeg res at 1080 was ever possible and your stuck with avchd. If that had been the case , many people would be using mjpeg hacks, and they aren't.

out of curiosity I removed the motors , easy 4 screws, from the optivaron 6-66mm and it heavily vignettes at 6mm in fhd etc mode on the g6 but covers in hd mode. It gets pretty close to getting rid of the vignetting around 8mm....I imagine about what the 8-64 angenieux would do. It is sharp in fhd at the center. When the reglomatic control is taken off, the lens has clickless aperture and pretty smooth zoom. I have a question....are all etc modes equal ...the gh2, gh3, gh4etc? Next I'll try putting it on the zcam e1 and see if 4k is sharp in the center. I guess that would mean this lens might be useful with a smaller 4k 1/2" sensor like yi 4k with a cmount adapter, which gets pretty close to a s8 frame. I found this thread that motivated me. There's a guy posting named dan hudgins on vimeo who shot footage with the kinefinity s8 camera. Shame that camera never came to fruition. https://cinematography.com/index.php?/topic/30721-removing-beaulieu-quotreglomaticquot-from-optivaron-666/