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    Lens comparison Canon FD,Canon EF, Zeiss

    I have received by SGBlade a few weeks ago. I am testing several lenses right now accorting to sharpness,speed, handling and bokeh. the lenses I am testing right now are Canon FD´s. Right now I am wandering if there will be much difference between a 50mm 1.8 and a 55mm 1.2. Has anyone...
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    HPX + AJA IO sample footage

    Hi all, has anyone SDI captured sample footage ? I would be really interested in a comparison between the DVCPRO HD original P2 footage and the AJA IO results.
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    HPX + AJA IO sample footage

    Hi all, has anyone SDI captured sample footage ? I would be really interested in a comparison between the P2 footage and the AJA IO results.
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    Pocketdolly or Glidetrack

    Hi all, I want to buy a small dolly system in the near future. The 2 that look most promising are the Pocketdolly from Kessler or the Glidetrack. Any experience / comments appreciated.
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    Strange Effect Skin Tones

    Has anyone a clue what causes this effect. The shot was in really bright sunlight.
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    HXP171 + 2x32 GB PS Bundle promotion for DVXUSER

    Hi all, I think this could be interesting. Just talked to our official Panasonic dealer. They have a limited bundle offer for DVXUSER. HPX171+ 2x32GB P2 for 4289 EURO + VAT Promotioncode: DVXUSER Tel: +49 89 95823-210 Mr. Häusler is the responsible Person. PS: I have already placed my order...
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    DVX 5600 mah Batteries

    I have ordered 3 batteries from the DVX homepage and didn´t get any feedback. ( Order placed Nov. 6th) Anybody knows where to call or where to get a real feedback. This is a quite disappointing situation. I have send 2 email without any reply.
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    Raylight and P2CMS

    Can anybody give me a introduction for dummies. I really don´t get the demo working on my mac (10.5 leopard)
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    Focusing animals

    Today I tried some wildlife shots and poorly failed due to very bad conditions. Lots if snow and dark furred little beasts. I tried to handle it with CineD and came around with tweaking the setting. The worst on the animal shoots is they don´t move when they should an vice versa. Anybody go...
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    Thank you Noah

    Today I have received Noah´s Color DVD Tutorial and I can heavily recommend it. It is the first time I really used color and the results are not that bad I think. BTW: These shots where made after a very disappoint 5 a.m. morning sun timelapse trial. Look at the clouds there was no sun at all.
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    4:2:2 vs 4:2:0

    Is there any real frame by frame comparison between 4:2:2 and 4:2:0. Especially in cc. I read the comparison article between the XH A1 and the HVX200. In the comparison the colors of the XH A1 where not impressive. A lot of comments said: " but you can do cc and then there will be no...
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    "Shoot Flat" but how flat

    I have read several posts about the scene file setting and the more more I care about the flatter my settings get. But wouldn´t it be easier to shoot at the lowest settings in the scenefile and do the rest in post. I have to do some cc anyway. Any advice appreciated.
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    Strange Size of the footage

    After opening the footage in Quicktime I checked the pixel count and is shows quite strange numbers. 1248 x 702 pixels for 720p25 1888 x 1062 pixels for 1080p25 Anybody got a hint ?
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    Infinite Focus

    Hi all I am messing around with HVX infinite foxus and open iris. It looks like the images are a bit soft(er). Can anybody help me to understand why ? What is the min. distance to have best results ?
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    Fig Rig Test

    Today I went to a local retailer and picked up a fig rig for a test over the weekend. the first shots I made where not that impressivly stable like a steadycam but far more stable then the HVX out of the hand. btw I think the steadycam shots tend to be a bit surreal. anybody else tested the...
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    P2 Firewire Adapter

    Is there any P2 firewireadapter availble ?
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    My HVX arrived yesterday - first comments

    Yesterday afternoon I got my HVX and here are my first comments: 1) really solid build 2) workflow with the P2 and Final Cut Pro 6 is amazingly convenient 3) editing the 1080/25p is amazing. you can do so many things in realtime (FCP 6) even on a Powerbook G4 1,67. I was blown away. 4) first...
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