Matt Gottshalk
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Hard to say as there aren't any apeture markings on the adapter, jut arbitrary numbers.
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Hard to say as there aren't any apeture markings on the adapter, jut arbitrary numbers.
groveChuck
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You keep the lens wide open and stop down slightly with the Kipon? Or vice-versa?
Matt Gottshalk
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Yes.
mkfotos.com
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I suppose one could buy a cheap EOS camera (say, a beat up 10D or Rebel) and use it to set the aperture, but man what a pain...
I wouldn't quite says with ease. because of the digital iris you only have the birger for the af100 or redrock mount for their 35mm adaptor and the eos camera body's of course. The Glass is amazing and worth it if the mount does come out
but
i for one have lost respect and faith in birger for poor communication. I'm sure they are nice guys but this is no way to treat professional customers who have taken a leap of faith in them.
investing in the nikon mount seems like a safer option but the f2 olympus zooms are amazing.!!
I'm sure you've seen this http://philipbloom.net/2011/01/21/turinbrakes/ we mostly used the 14-35 on that shoot and it looked GREAT!
I'm curious about the image vignetting at "lower stops." Has this been an issue at all for you? I'll be testing one soon enough
Yes I did watch that and it did look beautiful. So no doubt the zuiko glass is top notch. I have a photographic bg in shooting with the Minolta platform and have some nice glass and was excited when Sony bought them out and made some real dslrs, but I've gotten to the point where I'm tired of sticking with the underdog/niche manufacturers. They are great tools but if I'm going to plunk down $5-6k on lenses, I really want to be sure they're more versatile. Cp.2's are beyond my reach, and primes in general just aren't flexible enough for what I shoot. Sony has some awesome zeiss glass, but who knows if any of those lenses will have adapters in the future. Canon it's a no brainer that someone will make one for future cameras. Nikon has no electronic adapter with any pending release, so it seems canon is probably the best bet. Philip Bloom certainly thought so with his canon investment. So come on birger, get us our adapter!!!
I had no choice pre order for olympus made! Birger still has time to redeem themselves as its going to take 3 weeks. COME ON BIRGER (Eric) you must be reading this and be really disappointed that all the excitement about your product has now gone up in smoke!!
have you read this
http://www.freshdv.com/2011/02/birger-af100-delayed.html
SORT IT OUT!
have you read this
http://www.freshdv.com/2011/02/birger-af100-delayed.html
SORT IT OUT!
just read this as well
http://indie4k.com/archives/92
Come on Erick don't do what you've done with the RED!! AGAIN! A few late nights is not going to kill you to keep to the deadline!
http://indie4k.com/archives/92
Come on Erick don't do what you've done with the RED!! AGAIN! A few late nights is not going to kill you to keep to the deadline!
That is possible but to be honest don't care
I'm just saying, I don't know how much of a fire he has under his A@$ to get this thing out there. Could be one of 2 things, 1. the process is way harder than we realize, 2. he has other good income so he doesn't really NEED this to come out yesterday.
If a big chunk of my yearly income was riding on putting out a lens adapter, I would be working my butt off doing crazy overtime to meet the deadline. I put in plenty of overtime as it is, just being a business owner and making sure my projects get delivered in a timely manner.
If a big chunk of my yearly income was riding on putting out a lens adapter, I would be working my butt off doing crazy overtime to meet the deadline. I put in plenty of overtime as it is, just being a business owner and making sure my projects get delivered in a timely manner.
Taylor Rudd
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I think we're all disappointed. But, please be a gentleman about it.
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Nothing personal to him, just the product. Like I said before I'm sure they are nice people but if you put yourself out there you have to deliver! Bottom-line
I'm sure if you had a client and you moved your delivery date with no proper explanation or oppoligy they would be disappointed.
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Absolutely! No question they would be disappointed. Bad business for sure. Don't make promises you can't keep!
To befair they still have time to sort this out and regain confidence in the product and brand.
How so? Initially in November I believe, they said it would be ready when the camera was released (end of Dec) then it was pushed to Feb 14th, now to the end of April. I think the majority of the people that will be getting it now, will be the ones that already own a ton of canon glass. I was holding off for the birger mount so I could buy some canon glass, as many I'm sure where in the same boat. Now, I'll probably be focusing on the 35-100 with lens support. Sounds to me they already lost quite a bit of credibility with the 2 already missed projected releases. Maybe the third time is a charm. I think you said it best though, if we had missed 2 deadlines with our own personal customers, we'd lose quite a bit of face, and in most cases lose the client all together.
olof
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I had a video to shoot here in NH we needed beautiful weather and talent available the same 4 days. It took 4 months to do that shoot. Because we could not control the weather, and the availability of talent and director.
Our client was still very happy with the project even though it took 3 months more to shoot than we had originally figured.
Some things you can't control like sub contractors for electronics, CNC shops, anodizers etc. etc. and unforeseen engineering problems. Or the weather for that matter. Today I have 3 shipment held up because of the storm.
I am sure Birger will come through and it will be a great product. In the mean time I am just making do. I also am still waiting for the Voightlander 25mm f.95, another manufacturer who is having a hard time producing products to meet demand.
I would rather wait a couple extra months than to have a 90% product. Often the last 10% takes 90% of the time.
And just like a video project in the end the final product is what everyone has to live with and remembers.
Our client was still very happy with the project even though it took 3 months more to shoot than we had originally figured.
Some things you can't control like sub contractors for electronics, CNC shops, anodizers etc. etc. and unforeseen engineering problems. Or the weather for that matter. Today I have 3 shipment held up because of the storm.
I am sure Birger will come through and it will be a great product. In the mean time I am just making do. I also am still waiting for the Voightlander 25mm f.95, another manufacturer who is having a hard time producing products to meet demand.
I would rather wait a couple extra months than to have a 90% product. Often the last 10% takes 90% of the time.
And just like a video project in the end the final product is what everyone has to live with and remembers.
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