Flipping the footage

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odonnelly99

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I've been looking at some of the lower priced 35mm adaptors and I have a few questions regarding this "flipped image" talk. First, is this as big a hassle as it sounds? I mean, is this something that is relatively easy to fix in post or is it something that will be a huge annoyance? Basically, I've never shot with one and would like to know opinions regarding this issue. I have an HMC40 and I am looking at the Jag35 right now.


Thanks!
 
Flipping the image on-set however is not. It's almost impossible to reorient yourself to the flipped perspective and still compose the shot. This would virtually requires the use of an external monitor.
 
Although it is a bit of a pain...it can be done...I've done it....once.
(then I ran out and bought an external monitor!)

:smile:
 
So did I. First time using an adapter, an unflipped M2. The result was that it took 15 minutes to compose a single shot; the shoot was abandoned and an entire day wasted.
 
If your camera is small enough then you can shoot upside down provided you have the correct right. Most people mount the LCD upside down.
 
It is virtually impossible to do a shoot while the image is upside down.

If its a budget thing and you dont mind shooting with a cheaper external monitor, get onto ebay, theres a company that sell 7" lcd's brand new for around $200ish dollars. You dont have to mount it upside down, you can actually flip it on the lcd setting.

The brand is called ProAm.

Hope that helps.
 
Everyone,

Thanks for the advice. Seanwin, are you saying that if you buy an external monitor then you don't have to physically film upside down?
 
exactly right. just mount the monitor and go to the setting on the monitor and flip the image on screen.

I have been shooting with a brevis non-flip adapter and a canon xha1s and that sexactly what I did and it works perfectly.
 
Turning the camera upside down won't help you on set because the image will still be flipped on the camera LCD! The only advantage is that you don't need to flip in post once you imported the footage.
 
I guess if you play around with it a lot and try and get used to it, you could, but it would be a head case.

Plus if you get used to doing it, when its time to take the adapter off and shoot normal, you'd probably moving the wrong direction all over again :)
 
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