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I too have a cheapy and a $400 one and have to say the $400 is superior in every way...and will last forever...while I would not trust my $1500 lenses to be connected to a $30 adapter. If you do just that, then good luck and I hope you don't one day regret it. Also, my cheapy adapter does not have a tight fit on the lenses, there is play...hence my distrust!

I too think the birger is really cool and hopefully they'll come out with a comparable nikon compatible model someday, because I was originally going with canon, but then realized you need a $700 adapter just to be able to use the iris, while nikon has its little lever. So if I get some other brand or new model of camera, I could not use the canon glass' iris unless there were electronics...and with nikon it is then much easier to get a usable adapter out.
 
Heh, well I bought a $30 dumb mount on eBay and it is solid as a rock. I am very impressed with the quality. Still cannot wait for the Birger, but this is holding me over :)
 
I saw a nikon one that was also cheap someone else had and MAN was it loose. I tried it on my AF100 and his GH2, so I know what you mean. Also, the aperture control on his was NOT tight at all, so I can definitely understand the fear! I don't have to shoot right now, so I can wait for the Birger before any big projects.
 
I guess it's luck of the draw then with the cheap ones. I can't wait to see what the birger can really do, but for me, investing in canon glass isn't ideal because of their limitations.
 
Limitations? I'm not seeing any limitations in my Canon glass once the Birger ships. In fact, I find m4/3 glass to be limiting. See, I can use my EOS lenses on my 7D and AF100, whereas if I had any m4/3 lenses, I could only use it on the AF100. Plus, if I ever get to the point I can actually afford an Epic-S from my work, the Canon lenses can work there too. To me, it's win win which is why I've only invested in EOS glass.
 
Limitation to me is the electronic iris. To use canon on any other platform where you want basic iris control requires electronics, so I felt nikon was a better way to go for better longterm interchangeable use. Plus the current nikon mm range that I want is more current, not that canon won't flip flop that really soon but the manual iris control for all their lenses was the straw that broke the canons back for me. Given that I'm starting from almost scratch so not previously invested in either. If I had all canon then I would be in that boat too for now. I'm not currently investing in any m4/3 lenses for the very reason they're stuck to that platform and they don't currently have enough optimized lenses to justify investment in them yet. Just my personal conclusion.
 
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Limitations? I'm not seeing any limitations in my Canon glass once the Birger ships. In fact, I find m4/3 glass to be limiting. See, I can use my EOS lenses on my 7D and AF100, whereas if I had any m4/3 lenses, I could only use it on the AF100. Plus, if I ever get to the point I can actually afford an Epic-S from my work, the Canon lenses can work there too. To me, it's win win which is why I've only invested in EOS glass.
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Exactly!

Plus who knows what Canon is going to come out with in the next few years. The Birger and the native Canon mount on the Epic really makes Canon glass the best choice IMO.
 
Rick Burnett said:
Limitations? I'm not seeing any limitations in my Canon glass once the Birger ships. In fact, I find m4/3 glass to be limiting. See, I can use my EOS lenses on my 7D and AF100, whereas if I had any m4/3 lenses, I could only use it on the AF100. Plus, if I ever get to the point I can actually afford an Epic-S from my work, the Canon lenses can work there too. To me, it's win win which is why I've only invested in EOS glass.
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same over here...investing in canon lenses and hopefully after paying of the af-101 I am going for an epic-s once it gets released...and still having my canon l series working normally
 
True on the Nikon, but I'd actually like all my lenses to be fully electronic as well. Until Birger makes a Nikon adapter, the EOS will be able to be remotely controlled while my AF100 is up on a crane. That is awesome to me. :) I do have 1 nikon lens, a 50mm F1.8 with manual aperture, although I wish it made a prettier picture :) Bought the $250 model and not happy with it.
 
Wow just saw the epic s is going to be $12k for the brain only. Oh and it looks like they have nikon mount too. Well this will be a very interesting NAB... Hopefully a lot more announcements of lenses to give us a better roadmap.
 
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Wow just saw the epic s is going to be $12k for the brain only. Oh and it looks like they have nikon mount too. Well this will be a very interesting NAB... Hopefully a lot more announcements of lenses to give us a better roadmap.
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Is the 12k official? If so, where did you see that?

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wbrock001 said:
Wow just saw the epic s is going to be $12k for the brain only. Oh and it looks like they have nikon mount too. Well this will be a very interesting NAB... Hopefully a lot more announcements of lenses to give us a better roadmap.
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Great news now I spend 12K instead of $400.00 to get my lenses on a camera. :happy:
 
Just do a google search on red epic s. There is a page with an interview with the head honcho, while $12,000 isn't final, it's probably very close. I highly doubt that will drop to the original estimate of $7,000. The epic s took the slot of what was supposed to be full frame scarlet. They are thinking the fixed lens one will probably be $6000-7000. So anyway, nothing is touching the af100 on price/features yet!
 
Just got this email, we are getting closer.

NEW AF-100 LENS CONTROL SYSTEM

Join Birger Engineering for an introduction of their new lens control system for EF mount lenses on the popular Panasonic AF-100 camera featuring both auto and manual iris control and continuous auto-focus for most Canon L-Series lenses.

Time: 10am to 12noon with Breakfast Wed March 2nd 2011. At RULE in Boson.

There usually is a video available soon after the event, I will post that link when it is up. Unfortunately I can't make this event.
 
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Just got off the phone with them. There are many developments that I can't talk about yet, but all should become crystal clear on Monday at NAB. However, he did say that I was authorized to tell people that the release date has now been moved to "late May."
 
Well than June can't come fast enough! June 1st is my B-day and all I want on that day is.......
By the way Barry, I bought the AF100 2 days ago and your book is VERY HELPFUL!
 
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