DOF 35MM adapters
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- nosaj
Anyone have experience with 35 mm depth of field adapters?
This looks awesome - http://www.cinevate.com/website/…
- neverblink0
yes, but nothing that sofisticated.. more like a 50mm 1.8 Nikkor lense in a mount glued to a tunnel, with a mat-screen inside, glued to a stepdown-ring, screwed onto another stepdown-ring, screwed into a mini-dv camcorder
- nosaj0
Wow - you rig this up yourself, or was it a kit?
- neverblink0
the convertor was a kit.. but results were pretty nice, you loose some light and get some vignetting (dark corners), but it adds an instant cinematic feel to the footage! One think I would look out for if you're buying one, is to get one with a circular matt-screen - prevents it from being turned in relation to the lense..
O and another thing - prepare to videotape upside down! (or make a little adjustment to the contacts in your flip-up screen, so it flips the image right-side-down)
- harlequino0
any links to kits for building something like that, neverblink?
- neverblink0
- the DIY versions are just difficult to use and carry around... adds about 7-9 inches to your camera lensrobotron3k
- fuckusingkalkal
- vaxorcist0
The Cinevate is very well made, and predictable in use, but it does require a mounting device and careful attention to detail as you work. I'm sure it's seen use in high-end productions...
You get similar visual effects from shooting video with a Canon 5D mark II, possibly even more control of DOF and less light loss.
The DIY and cheaper stuff is fun, not for a big client gig, but interesting and you'll learn the principles, like sometimes everything is upside down,etc...
- harlequino0
Is anyone really shooting video with the Canon 5D, like for real video?
How long of a single piece of footage can be shot. Say you were doing a small self-financed short. Would using the Canon be a real workaround to get 1080p footage, or is it silly? My gut tells me it'd be silly and impractical, but the footage samples I'm seeing look really really good.- for a hobbyist it is excellent. for a pro, no.robotron3k
- I have to think with how light it is that it would be diffucult to keep steady and pan smoothly.nosaj
- I think it is a legit camera for shooting, but extended shots are probably limited, timewise.ifeltdave
- 5D Mark II is a specialty camera, great for certain stuff, but not your only HD video cameravaxorcist
- nosaj0
This kit seems pretty good - comes bundled with rails.
- ifeltdave0
harlequino, I believe the 5D will shoot a clip as long as the card you are using can hold. So if you have a 4gb microdrive, whatever that translates into HD minutes is how long you can shoot. Other than this limit, I think its feasible to shoot a self-financed short on a 5D.
- but its just as easy to rent an HD cam, in which case you can get one w/variable frame rates :)ifeltdave
- interesting, something to think about. Wouldn't do it on a pro gig, but it may work for a small thing.harlequino
- @ifeltdave - yup, true as wellharlequino
- 5DmkII chip overheats after ~10 minutes video recording I hear. Not sure how this affects things, probably noisey footagemonNom