DIY micro35 kit (New Footage!)
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So what is everyone's take on this over the use of the anamorphic as far as for a film out. I have been driving myself nuts lately as to part with the ana or not. BTW I may have a brand new ana plus the guide for it for sell soon.
Re: DIY micro35 kit
So what is everyone's take on this over the use of the anamorphic as far as for a film out. I have been driving myself nuts lately as to part with the ana or not. BTW I may have a brand new ana plus the guide for it for sell soon.
redrock
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Re: DIY micro35 kit
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Hey guys, sorry for the delay. I guess the 'notification' emails stop after a period of time. I've really been busy finishing the crane (~20ft). I've recently finished the pan/tilt using gears. Work great. I've got all the metal (Aluminium), I just need to finish putting it together. The wheels are (10'' PNEUMATIC SWIVEL CASTERS).
And on to the adapter. I'll make the spinners that match mine for $500 if anyone is interested. The image won't be flipped right-side-up and it won't come with a macro. So basically it will come in a box with a switch that spins the cd. If you want to send me a lens cap, I'll make you a mount out of it. To be quite honest the $500 is pretty much a labor expense...
Now, I'm making good progress on developing a more 'production' type device with a real mount, but it just takes time. I'm almost finished with my cnc/mill conversion, so having that machine ready to go will allow me to make more precise parts and a much nicer encloser. This version will come with a rod system as well. I'm also evaluating the prism path. It's looking very good. So you won't have to flip the image in post... I expect to sell this version for less than $1000.
One thing that's causing me time is finding a Achromat/Doublet that works well with the DVX so I can post some great footage. That stupid thing alone is holding me back!! (hint-hint Bill_Turner! Help a brother out!) Because any footage posted will be from a crappy 55mm Hoya doublet that has side distortion and chromatic aberration and I believe people will get that confused with the adapter's output quality.
So.. I've been focusing on battles I can win. Like a motorized pan/tilt.
Oh, by the way, I'd love to build a follow focus setup and probably will soon. (Now that I got the whole gear thing going..)
Re: DIY micro35 kit
Hey guys, sorry for the delay. I guess the 'notification' emails stop after a period of time. I've really been busy finishing the crane (~20ft). I've recently finished the pan/tilt using gears. Work great. I've got all the metal (Aluminium), I just need to finish putting it together. The wheels are (10'' PNEUMATIC SWIVEL CASTERS).
And on to the adapter. I'll make the spinners that match mine for $500 if anyone is interested. The image won't be flipped right-side-up and it won't come with a macro. So basically it will come in a box with a switch that spins the cd. If you want to send me a lens cap, I'll make you a mount out of it. To be quite honest the $500 is pretty much a labor expense...
Now, I'm making good progress on developing a more 'production' type device with a real mount, but it just takes time. I'm almost finished with my cnc/mill conversion, so having that machine ready to go will allow me to make more precise parts and a much nicer encloser. This version will come with a rod system as well. I'm also evaluating the prism path. It's looking very good. So you won't have to flip the image in post... I expect to sell this version for less than $1000.
One thing that's causing me time is finding a Achromat/Doublet that works well with the DVX so I can post some great footage. That stupid thing alone is holding me back!! (hint-hint Bill_Turner! Help a brother out!) Because any footage posted will be from a crappy 55mm Hoya doublet that has side distortion and chromatic aberration and I believe people will get that confused with the adapter's output quality.
So.. I've been focusing on battles I can win. Like a motorized pan/tilt.
Oh, by the way, I'd love to build a follow focus setup and probably will soon. (Now that I got the whole gear thing going..)
redrock
Active member
Re: DIY micro35 kit
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To be honest, I tried it without the adapter and then with the adapter and the fstops stayed the same. I did notice a change with different types of 35mm lenses though.
I plan on posting a more technical evaluation later... But light loss doesn't seem to be a problem.
Re: DIY micro35 kit
To be honest, I tried it without the adapter and then with the adapter and the fstops stayed the same. I did notice a change with different types of 35mm lenses though.
I plan on posting a more technical evaluation later... But light loss doesn't seem to be a problem.
Re: DIY micro35 kit
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Hm, interesting. Some light loss must occur at the ground glass (CD in this case). I wonder where your system is making it up. Very interesting! I'd be surprised if you were getting less than a full stops loss of light at that point. Anyone actually measure how much light you loose from a CD?
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Hm, interesting. Some light loss must occur at the ground glass (CD in this case). I wonder where your system is making it up. Very interesting! I'd be surprised if you were getting less than a full stops loss of light at that point. Anyone actually measure how much light you loose from a CD?
Taylor Moore
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Hey Redrock,
Thanx for the update...looking forward to seeing the production version and some output video.
Keep up the good work....
Re: DIY micro35 kit
Hey Redrock,
Thanx for the update...looking forward to seeing the production version and some output video.
Keep up the good work....
redrock
Active member
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Hey guys,
Well, I've finally resolved my abberation problems with my macro. I ended up making my own. I bought enough parts to make many more as well. So overcoming this milestone allowed me to move on to completing the production grade micro35. I'll be releasing a guide on how to do it yourself. I'll also be selling the parts online for you guys that live in the sticks. And all you guys with two left hands, I'll assemble them for you as well. I promised myself I wouldn't post anymore "test looking" shots. So I'm finishing up some mock scenes to post using the adapter. I'm very happy with it and its size (3"x4") and the new rail setup.
For all you guys that emailed me and anyone interested, please check out www.micro35.com and get on the list! I'll have the new scenes up soon!
Thanks for all your comments and suggestions!
Re: DIY micro35 kit
Hey guys,
Well, I've finally resolved my abberation problems with my macro. I ended up making my own. I bought enough parts to make many more as well. So overcoming this milestone allowed me to move on to completing the production grade micro35. I'll be releasing a guide on how to do it yourself. I'll also be selling the parts online for you guys that live in the sticks. And all you guys with two left hands, I'll assemble them for you as well. I promised myself I wouldn't post anymore "test looking" shots. So I'm finishing up some mock scenes to post using the adapter. I'm very happy with it and its size (3"x4") and the new rail setup.
For all you guys that emailed me and anyone interested, please check out www.micro35.com and get on the list! I'll have the new scenes up soon!
Thanks for all your comments and suggestions!
redrock
Active member
Re: DIY micro35 kit
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Okay, here's some footage messing around today.
Let me know what you think!
15mb (Please save to your computer!)
www.micro35.com/micro35.wmv
Re: DIY micro35 kit
Okay, here's some footage messing around today.
Let me know what you think!
15mb (Please save to your computer!)
www.micro35.com/micro35.wmv
Barry_Green
Moderator
Re: DIY micro35 kit (New Footage!)
That is the FATTEST horse I have ever seen. Please tell me it's a pregnant mare or something like that...
And this footage looks really good! Can you post like 10 or 20 seconds as a raw DV .avi, so we can download it and play it back to our TV's/monitors to judge the effect of the perma-grain? .wmv and all other web compression algorithms mask grain like that, so it'd be nice to see it in its native state.
That is the FATTEST horse I have ever seen. Please tell me it's a pregnant mare or something like that...
And this footage looks really good! Can you post like 10 or 20 seconds as a raw DV .avi, so we can download it and play it back to our TV's/monitors to judge the effect of the perma-grain? .wmv and all other web compression algorithms mask grain like that, so it'd be nice to see it in its native state.
redrock
Active member
Re: DIY micro35 kit (New Footage!)
Thanks guys. It is a pretty fat horse...
I've watched it on my hi-res smpte-c monitor and don't notice any grain. I do see a very slight flicker because I forgot I was using my first rev gg (dogh!)... I'm going to be shooting a music video with it in the next few weeks, so I'll be excited to get it into a real production...
www.micro35.com/micro35.avi (78MB!!) (I hope I saved it right.. (24P)...
Thanks guys. It is a pretty fat horse...
I've watched it on my hi-res smpte-c monitor and don't notice any grain. I do see a very slight flicker because I forgot I was using my first rev gg (dogh!)... I'm going to be shooting a music video with it in the next few weeks, so I'll be excited to get it into a real production...
www.micro35.com/micro35.avi (78MB!!) (I hope I saved it right.. (24P)...
mastermind
Well-known member
Re: DIY micro35 kit (New Footage!)
liked the footage but I saw a weird jerkiness during the pan, was that due to an unstable pan or did it have something to do with the adapter. and did you use a star filter on there? the reflections of the pond were really beatiful.
liked the footage but I saw a weird jerkiness during the pan, was that due to an unstable pan or did it have something to do with the adapter. and did you use a star filter on there? the reflections of the pond were really beatiful.
Slow Eddie
New member
Re: DIY micro35 kit (New Footage!)
I noticed the flickering too. From what I gather from your posts you've corrected that problem?
Eddie
I noticed the flickering too. From what I gather from your posts you've corrected that problem?
Eddie