AF100 / AF101 - initial report

I think i found my next camera. :)

KI pro MINI, Schneider PL's, and im good to go.


timbook2 said:
I must say : its not pretty....pretty boxy and with the pancake it must look ridicuous...but panny list it under the pro department while GH2 will be consumer 4 sure!
I wonder why they couldnt get the AF100 any smaller.....
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because it does more.
 
gustavo_viral said:
Thanks bob, so what about the lenses we can buy?
How can i know the diference between a cinema lenses and a dslr lenses? The 50mm canons for example... how they act on a m4/3 sensor?
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The AF100 has a Micro Four Thirds lens mount. There's tons of info about this lens standard available online, including here on DVXuser.
See:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showpost.php?p=2100480&postcount=112
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showpost.php?p=2100929&postcount=186
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showpost.php?p=2100745&postcount=155
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=222826
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=222760&page=3
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/forumdisplay.php?f=181
 
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Just wanted to say, thank you, Barry. Very thorough description of the camera's features.
My kudos to Panasonic as well for such a full-featured design. I think this is as historical as the RED One.
 
Okay everyone. Just to clarify. I have a set of Zeiss ZF lenses. So on the AF-100 my 18mm will become a 36mm, 35mm will become 70mm, my 50mm will become 100mm, and my 85mm will now become 170mm. Is this correct?

So if this is true I would need an extremely wide lens like a 7mm to 8mm to achieve 14 to 16mm? I currently own a 10mm lens but and looking for something wider for use with the AF-100.

Oh yeah, Also can anyone tell me due to the crop factor on the 7D what my Zeiss lenses measures are changed to? Really appreciate it.
 
We are about to be overrun by questions about lenses and crop factors. These are important questions, and if you are going to use any camera with interchangeable lenses, you had best understand it all. But it has been asked and answered on this forum and forums across the universe, and it would be best that you just Google it.

The focal length (such as "50mm") is a physical property of the lens itself, not an absolute description of the angle of view. It is a literal distance that light travels from a certain point in the lens to the point where the light is focused. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focal_length

It may be easier in the short run to think of your favorite focal lengths for the full-frame 35mm format ("28mm is a nice wide", "50mm is normal", "105mm is telephoto", etc.) and apply the applicable "crop factor" to those starting points ("4/3 has a Crop Factor of 2, so I should get a 14, 25, and 52.5mm"). But in the long run, you need to understand that angle of view is measured in degrees (75.4°, 46.8°, 23.3°), and that depth of field is a factor of the focal length (50mm), focal distance (focused on a subject, say, 3 feet away) and F-stop (f/2.8)*, no matter what size sensor you use behind it.

*Actually, since f/stop is a quotient of the focal length and the actual physical size of the iris opening, you could simplify the factors that go into depth of field even more so, and say that it is dependent on focal distance and aperture size. A 50mm lens at f/2 and a 100mm lens at f/4 both have the same depth of field (when focused to the same distance), because they both have an aperture diameter of 25mm.
 
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TimurCivan said:
I think i found my next camera. :)

KI pro MINI, Schneider PL's, and im good to go.
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Timur,

Wondering why you prefer the Schneider PL's over the Zeiss CP 1 or 2's? The CP 1's are faster in 50mm and 85mm focal lengths, T1.5 vs.T2.1 for the CP 2's, and faster than the Schneider's, I believe.

Also, if the AF100 only has 8-bit HD SDI output, it won't make full use of the 10-bit ProRes 422 codec. Maybe the nanoFlash is sufficient quality wise and more flexible due to its smaller form factor.
 
For the love of god somebody sneak an SDHC card into the prototype camera on the floor and then get it out of there and lets see the damn footage!!!
 
Dino said:
Timur,
Also, if the AF100 only has 8-bit HD SDI output, it won't make full use of the 10-bit ProRes 422 codec. Maybe the nanoFlash is sufficient quality wise and more flexible due to its smaller form factor.
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While not "full use", it was interesting to hear the comments from colorists, etc. watching the Zacuto shootout discussing how much better work they could do when transcoding the H.264 to ProRes.

I believe that's what they were referring to when they did the test of "pseudo-RAW" footage from the 5D in the final episode of the shootout.

Can anybody verify that?
 
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Hey Barry,

That thing looks pretty light weight. When your taking off the lens your handling it like it's as light as a feather.

Another bonus I would say :thumbsup:
 
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