Daytrip to Snoqualmie - Letus

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disjecta

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My wife and I brought our Californian friends to Snoqualmie for the day. Glenn (also the composer I work with) has an HVX so we brought our weapons of choice.

Disclaimers:
1. The lens had dirt and specks on it so try to refrain from commenting on that :)
2. Some shots are not entirely in focus because this was grip and rip style shooting, all handheld.
3. I used the VIVIDRGB preset with color gain at 0 and sharpness at zero.
4. EDIT: I reuploaded a version with more contrast. I think it looks better. No other grading done.
5. I have posted my impressions of the HVX in the main section of this forum.
6. This was fun to shoot and put together and is a good memory of the day for us. (Okay, that's not really a disclaimer)

Enjoy:

http://www.pinelakefilms.com/XHA1/glenn_720.wmv
 
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I don't understand your question. If you are asking if I used the adapter, then yes... All of the shots here are with the Letus, no stock lens. (Nikon 50mm and 28mm)
 
I really like your stuff Steven.... Everytime I am convinced and about to purchase the M2 your letus footage makes me rethink things.... Nice vid....
 
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As always, beautiful footage Steve. Some questions:
when using the Letus, is the image flipped on the lcd? If so, how do you deal with this when gripping and ripping?
is is possible to zoom with the Letus attached?
Couple of requests:
Could you post an image of your camera with the Letus attached?
If the mood ever moves you, would love to see what you do with interior low light footage. This situation continues to bedevil me, and I've learned so much from all your stuff, so, as I said, if the mood ever moves you . . .

Thanks for sharing the footage.
 
Thanks Sam.

The Letus "Flip" is just that, it flips the image right way up in the LCD so there's no need to turn it upside down. The adapter does take a light loss hit because of the additional mirrors needed to do the flip.

I'll take a photo of the camera with the Letus when I get a chance and post.

Regarding indoor footage, the Letus does not do well in low light situations so I avoid shooting these kinds of situations completely. If I was to shoot interiors, I would light the environment.
 
Big fan of the Letus Flip here, too. It's amazingly sharp, and amazingly cheap, and does the flip for you. There's no free lunch, it's not up to the build standards of an $11,000 mini35 that's for sure. But it works incredibly well for the price and more important than anything (to some of us) is that it projects the image rightside-up.
 
Thanks for the reply, Steve.

I often don't have the opportunity to light a situation - generally gripping and ripping doc stuff - so I'm interested to see what you can do in interior low light situations without the Letus. You know, only if that kind of thing intrigues you.

Btw, my understanding is that you can't zoom with an adaptor on the camera. Is that correct? Would that still be the case if you were using a 35mm zoom lens?
 
The zooming is only done on the attached lens (Nikon, etc.) The camera's zoom is fixed once the picture fills the screen.

I've done some work where I actually lit interiors for a short film I did a while back but that's probably not so much of interest to you. Here's the link anyway. I never did finish this piece although part 3 is all but done (just stock lens, shot with DVX):

http://www.pinelakefilms.com/beingdisjecta.html

The shots inside the train in the snoqualmie footage at the beginning of this thread is about a low as I would do, light-wise
 
You can't use the camera's lens to zoom (well, maybe you could within a very tiny range, but you probably shouldn't.) You could of course attach a 35mm zoom lens to the adapter and zoom with it, but keep in mind that most 35mm zoom lenses are substantially slower (less light-sensitive) than prime lenses, which is probably the chief reason people with 35mm adapters tend to avoid using zooms.
 
Steve, your short was fantastic! I know it ain't really your thing, but you really should consider doing more narrative pieces.

Barry- thanks for the info. Have a couple of doc projects coming up and would love to be able to use a 35mm adaptor, but the possibility of low light situations makes me hesitate.
 
Thanks for the nice words.

If you really want to shoot with a 35mm adapter in low light and have the funds, then consider the Brevis. It loses the least amount of light of all the adapters:

www.cinevate.com
 
Oh man, I am on the wrong side of the country, you don't see stuff that pretty in NJ. Fun footage, really wish I could make that investment for a 35mm for my A1.

With your friend's HVX, how did he handle the p2 situation with all the run and gunning?
 
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