Movie Tube

CookFX Productions

CookFX Productions

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Has anyone ever use or does anyone own the Movie tube you can get from abelcine its 300$ is the model Im looking at. And Im wondering does this have its own power source, do you have to use their lenses, and does it work with the dvx100A? If anyone can help me out that would be great.

Brian
 
The movie tube is not $300, it is about $10,000. you are most likely lookking at the over priced adapter ring for the movie tube.
 


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The MOVIEtube by KINOMATIK allows miniDV, HDV, and small HD cameras to achieve the same depth of field, imaging characteristics, and viewing angle as the 35mm film format. The MOVIEtube lens adapter is compatible with the Panasonic DVX100 and HVX200, as well as Sony’s Z1U and FX1.


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Daily Rate:$300.00

http://www.abelcine.com/store/product.phpproductid=1000051&cat=0&page=1

If this is for the adaptor then they are miss pricing it.
 
thanks for clearing that up. I just thought I finally found a real decent 35mm adaptor. For a darn good price, makes sense though i though when the last person said ten grand something had to be wrong why i posted what it said and the link to see what someone else would say i forgot able rented now that i look back. Man i wanted that for that price, only in dreams eh.
 
Lmfao. Yeah that's 300 to rent.

But it's worth every day of 300 when you see that image. I think the Mini35 might be second to the MovieTube, to be honest.

Letus35 is good, Brevis35 is great, m2 is a popular one as well.
 
really, i've never seen the movietube go head to head with the p&s mini35. Just wonderin why you think the movietube is better?

I agree with you on the brevis and m2. I've used both and they are both great. a little different but great. Never used the sg35 or dan's adapter so they may be good too.
 
To be honest, I should really go and try the MovieTube for myself. I have experience with the Mini35 as far as commercial production goes, but the MovieTube sample footage looks pretty damned good.

Maybe it's just that video, though.

I'm thinking about voting on renting a MovieTube for a commercial we're about to produce in a couple of weeks.
 
How was your experience with the mini35? pros cons
If u rent the movietube, please share what u think of it.
 
I tested this in camerafilters store in the UK. I thought it was a pile a monkey crap. I really did. My letus35a is sharper and better than this supposed pioneer of optics. Not worth 10k not worth 1k. Forget about it man.
 
Yas, What model of the letus35 do you use, i know theres is just a couple but did you get the one that flips your image back around for you? did you pay the extra 400 dollars or did you just go with the simple 300 dollar design?
 
CookFX I used the standard letus35a, with the new achromat. The only problem with the letus is dust and stuff coming in. You can see it in action here.

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=75616

The movietube in my opinion softens the image too much, vignetting and lots of light loss. Nathan, the m2 came out top in that article from showreel didn't it?
 
MovieTube Well Worth It!

MovieTube Well Worth It!

Just finished a shoot with the movietube over a weekend on a soundstage... the images were stunning (used an HVX200 in 720/24PN mode). This is the real deal, a true 35mm adapter with little to no grain (no spinning ground glass) and amazing sharpness to the image. I was thoroughly impressed at the cinematic quality of the image, looking at it on a true HD monitor (used Zeiss Superspeed primes (T1.3)). This stuff looks like it was shot on an F950 with Digiprimes. Great product, well worth the pricetag, in that the results are far superior to the image quality of the other adapters out there (even PS Technik, although I know people will rip on me for that comment). Also, it's simplistic design allows really easy attachment and mounting of the camera and accessories... I built in in 5 minutes... not kidding. The PS Technik, although well built, took me a good 15 minutes to get up and running, and it needs power... movietube does not. Can't sing its praises enough. Hopefully I can post the footage after the editor gets done with it.
 
Test It

Test It

You really should test it. I did - not impressed. Image is much softer than PS Technik and light loss is more than two stops. Hand held in it's simple configuration is impractical.

It's not worth the rental. PS Image blows it away. Look up the ASC shootout between the PS, Mtube and Redrock. Redrock scored the highest. Movietube last.

I find alot of people on this site singing it's praises without taking it for ride. Shiny pictures and slick website don't make a product. Just hype. Ask any of the new Brevis owners. Their site sucks and the product looks, well not as cool as the others. But from the tests I viewed and the reviews I've been reading, something good is happening.

So good, I'm buying one and will post some objective tests. Not people dancing around in front of the camera but real controlled tests.

Price and peformance are not always a direct corrollation.
 
Tim Naylor said:
It's not worth the rental. PS Image blows it away. Look up the ASC shootout between the PS, Mtube and Redrock. Redrock scored the highest. Movietube last.
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Do you have a link to that? I would love to read up on that.
 
Not so sure about that.

Not so sure about that.

Tim, I respect your opinion, but I really have to disagree with you on this one. Unfortunately I'm not in a position to post the footage I shot with the movietube for quite some time (I'm starting another show) but I was not impressed with the red rock adapter at all in terms of comparing it to the movie tube. I have shot both, and watched both on a 20' HD monitor, and I can tell you the red rock is grainier (or noisier if you prefer) and softer than the movie tube... its a fact, I could see it. Now I've also shot with the PS Technik and it looks pretty good. But its big, bulky, and you need power for the spinning ground glass. Now, if you want a "grainier" or "softer" look because that's what people think equates to a more "filmic" look than I suppose the redrock would be the "better" adapter. But the movietube accomplishes the same "35mm depth of field" with less "grain" (or noise if you prefer), and softness, without a spinning ground glass of any kind.

Now in terms of useability, I think the movietube is much more user friendly. It takes 5 minutes to set up (I'm not exagerating, and you have precision alignment controls as well!) and the construction is so solid that adding accesories via the rods is just like that of a professionally rigged 16mm or 35mm camera. Can't sing its praises enough. It's truly a "professional" device.

Now I'm not promoting movietube nor do I have any reason to. It's a product and an expensive one at that, in a field of 35mm adapters that is now quite large. In my own subjective opinion however, it is the strongest of these adapters in terms of my own taste of image quality and ease of use. So take it for what its worth. It all comes down to taste.
 
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