Has anyone tested a SD lens on the HPX500?

hunter richards said:
Oh yeah, kit: One of the reasons the CA looks bad in some shots is because your at max telephoto.
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It's all good. I did some test videos and they relly look quite nice. Especially when viewing them from a few feet away, everything looks great. I'm going to look into some higher quality lenses and see what I can find in the next couple of weeks. I will post more footage as we do some projects in the upcoming weeks,

Thanks for all the help.

Kit
 
Here is one from full-wide:
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I applied slight sharpening in post and made an exposure adjustment. From the Hpx500 with Canon j8x6 (sd) wideangle lens.
 
NorthernFilmMaker said:
Can someone who owns an SD lens that is of better quality post some grabs? I'm thinking of getting an SD lens but i don't think i will get one for $125, well maybe, but then it would be the lens that can be for crash bang filming.... i'm thinking more in the range of $2500- $5000, I think Mule has a lens that i was checking out on ebay.... but his grab is from his HPX2000, i would like to see a grab with the same or similar type of lens on the 500.
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You don't get better than the one I posted before, it is NOT a cheap lens.
 
All "CAC" branded lenses are lower-end HD lenses, notice the "KJ" at the begining (meaning professional HD lens) There are some lenses that function with "Cac", but arent called "Cac" lenses. I posted a grab from an HJ9x5.5 a few pages back. ("HJ" is the highest teir of canon eng lenses, It means broadcast HD) I also posed grabs from Fujinon's CAC XA17x7.6 HD lens (as did a few others). That lens is the Canon equivalent to the lens you listed.
 
Yep the 2000 is way more crisp, but it also lacks VFRs, and it costs 2x the price. But still if you throw in an avc-intra board in it, its a bargain for 10-bit 1920x1080/24p.
 
I know, I know...My scenefile recipie is the best.


The hpx500 is great for medium to tight shots, it stuggles with high-frequency detail in very wide shots. Thats why these shots look great!
 
hunter richards said:
I know, I know...My scenefile recipie is the best.


The hpx500 is great for medium to tight shots, it stuggles with high-frequency detail in very wide shots. Thats why these shots look great!
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It IS great. yeah, those were wide angle, but of close up things outside my condo. I'm very happy with the way things are shaping up It looks even better output to avi and on the tv. I'm stoked.
 
Hunter's FILM16 Recipe

Ingredients:

1 Hpx500
1 Lens
1 Beer


Step 1: Open beer and drink.

Step 2: Take your hpx500 and input the following.

Detail -2
V Detail +4
Coring -4
Color (not the phase) -2
Master Ped +8
Gamma: Cine D
Matrix norm2

(everything not listed set to 0)

Step 3: Now shoot something nice. As you shoot click though all of the other factory scenefiles for comparison.

Step 4: View your footage at full-resolution. Notice how all of the other factory scene files look like crap now.

Step 5: Give me a high-five!

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The purpose of this scene file is to give you a low-contrast, neutrally saturated image, for maximum potential in post and a real "film-look". Yes, its really a +8 on the master pedestal.
 
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