HVX and PS Technik

[janusz]

I am about to shoot (direct) a short with the HVX and a PS Technik adapter, 35mm cine lenses.

Just wondering two quick questions:

Apart from the T stop of the lens, on avearge how many stops will the adapter eat;

and does the PS adapter flip my image?

Thanks guys

[jeremytuttle]

I'm pretty sure the PS Technik doesn't flip the image... that is why it is so expensive. Not sure enough on the stops to give you a solid answer... 1.5 perhaps.

[Barry_Green]

The P+S Technik delivers an upright image, as does the Letus35FE. The rest of the adapters deliver upside-down footage, but those two are upright.

You're looking at a minimum of 2 stops of light lost through either one of these, IIRC. I used the mini35 on a DVX, haven't used it on an HVX, but from what I remember of it, we were doing a comparison between it and the DVX/anamorphic, and we found up to a 4-stop difference between the two (but, attributable in part to how slow my lenses were; some were f/3.5).

Count on losing at least two stops.

[Erik Olson]

Oh man... just beat me to it!

Emulsion side up (image is inverted via prism) on both the Mini35 and Pro35.

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[janusz]

Thank you thank you.

[riggieri]

We are also doing a short come march with the HVX and Mini35 and are using superspeeds, because of the light loss. I was told the ISO ratting on the HVX with the mini35 is about 140-160. Not too bad but you need the fast lense. Superspeeds go to T1.3.

[alessio_valori]

Ps 35 do not flip.. but be careful on the edges of image it could be a bit dark like shadows... and make sure the mirrow inside is clean you won t notice it on monitor or lcd burt you ll see it later ... Stop is 1 and half .

[TimurCivan]

IT loses about 2.

The image inverter eats alot of light.