So I went out today and shot some random footage at f1.4 with my 50mm Nikkor lens. There's some grain, there's some softness (from camera movement, largely, but also just from resolution loss), but whatever. The parts used cost barely 60 dollars, so I'm proud to have finished something that works. No CC except a tiny contrast adjustment, by the way.
These were taken at noon (worst time to shoot) and I can definitely say that there's an improvement in dynamic range with an adapter. At first I was skeptical of these devices, but the plusses are amazing. When you consider that the hard edges, chromatic abberation around highlights, low dynamicr range, and depth of focus that give away cheap video are all cured, there's no reason not to get one. Overexposure looks much more acceptable. Shooting upside down is horrible, but the improvements a good adapter can give are astounding. Unfortunately, this is a cheap home-built adapter, but I'm totally sold on the concept now.
By the way, don't bother to build one for use in a real production. No matter how good it gets, it'll be worth it to get a professionally built one. I've worked so hard to reduce distortion, grain, and vignetting and increase resolution and low light ability and gotten no where near what a professionally-built adapter would give and the device itself is sturdy but a tad clumsy and only works in 16:9. Both the M2 and G35 have extremely thin focusing screens and that means very little light loss, good resolution, and less grain. I'm planning on getting one as soon as I make a little more money and the verdict is in on which is best for my needs.
I'll post more later since I'm hoping to have a little fun with this before school starts.
These were taken at noon (worst time to shoot) and I can definitely say that there's an improvement in dynamic range with an adapter. At first I was skeptical of these devices, but the plusses are amazing. When you consider that the hard edges, chromatic abberation around highlights, low dynamicr range, and depth of focus that give away cheap video are all cured, there's no reason not to get one. Overexposure looks much more acceptable. Shooting upside down is horrible, but the improvements a good adapter can give are astounding. Unfortunately, this is a cheap home-built adapter, but I'm totally sold on the concept now.
By the way, don't bother to build one for use in a real production. No matter how good it gets, it'll be worth it to get a professionally built one. I've worked so hard to reduce distortion, grain, and vignetting and increase resolution and low light ability and gotten no where near what a professionally-built adapter would give and the device itself is sturdy but a tad clumsy and only works in 16:9. Both the M2 and G35 have extremely thin focusing screens and that means very little light loss, good resolution, and less grain. I'm planning on getting one as soon as I make a little more money and the verdict is in on which is best for my needs.
I'll post more later since I'm hoping to have a little fun with this before school starts.
