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letus xtreme or brevis

letus xtreme or brevis

hey phil
great work everything you posted from picadilly up to the religion shorts . NICE WORK
can u outline shortly what is the difference between letus and brevis since you worked with both . concerning adapters i only worked with ps mini 35 adapter which is just great . but quiet expensive i own a bunch of nikkor lenses from my F3 still camera . what would you recommend .
Cheers and keep the good work up .
p.s. i guess sony owes you something ....;)
 
thanks. I can't be honest until I have tried out the brevis flip. As soon as I have properly I will let you know.

All i can say is the Letus Extreme is amazing. So well built, great light loss and very easy to use.

P.s. Sony, can I have a free camera please?!
 
philip bloom said:
I loved the south of France. I also love Manhattan as I lived there for a bit. Great filming opportunities there!
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Cool...

I like San Francisco, Hawaii, Portland Oregon, Dublin, and New Zealand. All for different reasons I suppose.

How hard is it to work in the UK and Europe with the higher prices and VAT?
 
Hey Phil,

I emailed you those questions! In the meantime, over on another forum, someone said the rolling shutter is a major problem. It looks like you have more direct shooting experience with the EX1 than anyone I see on the web, what's the real facts on the rolling shutter "problem"!

Thanks, Larry
 
i have NEVER had a problem with rolling shutter! EVER!!!

Some people are going out of their way and push it to extremes to get it. Yes I am sure under extreme circumstances it does happen.

Larry could you send email again. i cant see it and am worried it was spam filtered

Phil
 
Did anyone see the footage from the Sony site of aerobatics ace Patty Wagstaff in her Extra 300 plane? 15Gs and nary a waver...

[edit] Here's the link to the press release. When I find the link to the footage I'll add it here (if someone doesn't beat me to the punch, that is)...

http://news.sel.sony.com/en/press_room/b2b/broadcast_production/release/32170.html

Here you go. Bottom clip:

http://bssc.sel.sony.com/BroadcastandBusiness/markets/10014/xdcamVideoGallery.shtml

BTW okay so it may have been only 10+Gs, but I thought I saw 15 the first time I watched the clip. I just tried to watch it again but got too dizzy halfway through...
 
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emotepix said:
Did anyone see the footage from the Sony site of aerobatics ace Patty Wagstaff in her Extra 300 plane? 15Gs and nary a waver...
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That's curious to be sure.

I wonder what's up with that.


What were the camera settings and was it a stock set up.


If so, that's pretty damn good.
 
Philip may I bother you for a photo of your xdcam/letus rig? I'm interested in this set up and would like to see what it looks like in action. Did you have any issues fine tuning the adapter for the camera?

Thanks!
 
philip bloom said:
i have NEVER had a problem with rolling shutter! EVER!!!

Some people are going out of their way and push it to extremes to get it. Yes I am sure under extreme circumstances it does happen.

Larry could you send email again. i cant see it and am worried it was spam filtered

Phil
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I have a theory on the Rolling Shutter "Issue"...

The time for the shutter to open/close is very short when shooting at 24p/25p at 180 degrees, compared to time the shutter is open. Thus, the effect of the rolling shutter is not seen.

However if you set the shutter speed to something very short, like 1/2000 of a second, it should be more like a slit moving across the image sensor. Thus a quick pan may show more distortion than the longer shutter times; which show more as a blur.

IF I'm correct, the rolling shutter would be a non-issue for normal, 24p, 25p, and 30p, at 180 degree shooting. However it may be an issue for very short exposure times like 1/1000 of a second or higher.

Bob Diaz
 
Bob,

I agree with you and have plans to test it on a motion control pan/tilt head in January.

The same can be said of film, especially on cameras with a rotating focal plane shutter, that the narrower the shutter angle, the more of a "slit scan" the shutter function becomes. At narrower angles, a film camera is not immune to "rolling shutter" artifacts.

The "global shutter" ideal that seems to be part of the dogma on this site is something that is strictly reserved for the perfect world of electronic cinematography.
 
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