35mm adapter Shootout

Well THAT'S just really strange ... I could have sworn I posted to this thread this AM, pointing you over to scharky's thread, ncje. Sorry it didn't take (the post). Anyway, here's the link to scharky's thread/page that answers your question: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=50191&page=6

Also FD lenses can have a zoom. The two Canon FD 1.4 50mm lenses I have doen't, but I've got a Canon FD 5.6 100-300mm zoom lens that's a beast.
 
Norm can i borrow that lens....


nah kidding i have a 200 mm F3.5 telephoto thats is quite enough reach.
 
Just an update that I heard back from Wayne Kinney on the SG35 we tested. When we initially tested it, we wondered how the DVX would be able to focus on the GG at such a close distance, as the tube seemed real short. Sure enough, when we tested it we were unable to get all the way inside the edges of the GG and still get focus.

Wayne's rec'd back the unit we tested, and he confirmed there was an error in the machining of THAT particular tube, and it was indeed too short ... which hampered the SG35's performance in the shoot-out.

That said, both units weren't at their peak, so we'll look forward to having them "redeem" themselves soon with the improved adjustments/upgrades that are being made.
 
Envision said:
Just an update that I heard back from Wayne Kinney on the SG35 we tested. When we initially tested it, we wondered how the DVX would be able to focus on the GG at such a close distance, as the tube seemed real short. Sure enough, when we tested it we were unable to get all the way inside the edges of the GG and still get focus.

Wayne's rec'd back the unit we tested, and he confirmed there was an error in the machining of THAT particular tube, and it was indeed too short ... which hampered the SG35's performance in the shoot-out.

That said, both units weren't at their peak, so we'll look forward to having them "redeem" themselves soon with the improved adjustments/upgrades that are being made.
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Thanks for the update, can't wait to see m2/g35/go35/letus35/sg35/mini35 all in the ring together. Eventually. :)
 
I can't imagine the mini35 ever being in the same ring, as there's no incentive for them to participate. That adapter is SO far out of the range of most people it just wouldn't have any benefit for us users, and it'd be no good for them because all it COULD do is show how close other adapters could be (or as good) for 1/10 of less of the cost ... something I'm sure they're not excited to support. :)

M2 ... maybe, but that'd only be once Brian starts to see some of these as potential competition.

G35, could be the same with Jonathan, but otherwise the bigger deal will be whenever it's even ready to be in production ... until then, it could never be in our tests, as we only want to test production ready/available units.

By the time we're ready again (after Hero Fest, most likely - though we may UPDATE for the SG35 Pro and Letus35 Flip Advanced prior to then), the Go35 and a couple of others I've heard about will likely be ready as well.
 
i saw the grabs a few months ago, the video was awesome!

Thats what sold me on the sg35
 
Hello,

We are happy to announce that we are now ready to take pre orders for the SGpro. All is now finalized in the design and dates from the machine shop. Final price is £400 (around $700) and includes the main SGpro unit, CNC machined aluminium 15mm support rods system and 1 lens mount of users choice. First batch of 10 units should ship end of april. We are offering the following metal interchangable lens mounts:

Canon FD
Canon EOS/EF
M42
Contax
Leica R
Minolta MD
Nikon
Olympus OM
Pentax K
PL mount

All support clamps are CNC machined and anodozed black. All in all, a very solid system. Please email me at waynekinney@hotmail.com for info on the pre order list.

Teaser pics below:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/wayne.kinney/sgpromounts.jpg

http://www.sysmicfilms.com/wayne/sgprowireframe03fade.jpg
 
Wyane, from the picks it looks like different lens mounts will place the lense further/closer to the GG than others. Have you tested the variables that may come with that?

Are the rods as long on the SGPro as they were with the previous version of the SG35? The length of rods was the only thing that allowed the Indie Follow Focus to be used with it, as the size of the box was getting in the way, so we had to invert the follow focus to the other side & kind of have it backwards ... but it worked to pull focus with, and again was only able to be done so as the rods were so long.
 
Sheesh, once again my post didn't "post".

Wayne, I'd had a question yesterday about the SG35 Pro ...

With the different lengths of mounts (how it looks in the pics), are their any variables you're finding with having some lenses further from the GG than others?

Also, are the rails going to be as long as the last set that were on the SG35? Having the rails as long as they were was the only thing that allowed us to use the Indie Follow Focus on your unit, as we had to flip it around (backwards) and use it on the right side vs. the left (the GG box was in the way, otherwise). It could effectively work at that angle, and just wanted to make sure the rails were at least as long as before.
 
Oh, and nice pic, BTW ... it's probably just me, but is there a degree of smearing in the upper left hand corner (not far into the corner, but a whitish-milky looking smear up in that direction)?
 
Norm,
Yes the rods will be 40mm long.

There does not seem to be any issues with different makes of lens being at different registations/distance from the GG.

And yes, that is a little smeared. The lens tested has been through the wars during my experimenting, in and out of tubes and units, laying on the desk here and there, so a little scratched. This is the reason i did not post footage. Infact, I did not intend on posting a frame grab even before making the dvx test due to this, but this grab seemed to show the important aspects.
 
I see ... as long as people see the explaination above about the lens, then you should be fine ... but otherwise, if they're like me, their first concern is that since the smear appears to be circular, almost following the direction/spin of the spinning GG, they may associate it with that ... I know I did, until you spoke of the lens issue.
 
I thought the same as Envision. Wayne, I'd really just hold off on the shots until you have some clean ones. And I think I can see the smear going all the way round. On the top and bottom it's not as noticable, but on the right, if you look in as far from the edge as the left hand smear, It looks like the image grain is being moved around in a circle ever so slightly. I'm not entirely sure, maybe it's just hang over from the left smear.
 
Well, I can assure you its not GG grain your seeing, since that smear effect is in completely the wrong way to the spinning GG.

But you just saying it goes all the way round just got me thinking and I think i know what it is. I think its the reflection of the dvx lens barrel, since the was a 5mm gap between the dvx and SG tube, since i left the gap to test for best distances (the whole point of the test that day). If you can look again at what you see and let me know if you think its this.
 
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