Getting Brevis!!!

[thefilmaddict]

Thanks for the info, guys. I get the Brevis this Thursday. I am very impressed with the quick turnaround. Dennis Wood has been very helpful. I ordered the Brevis just a few days ago!

B&H is closed for a few days so I won't get the new 50 mm Nikon Lens that I ordered until next week. To get going with the Brevis this weekend, I bought a used vivitar 28mm 2 (F stop) lens which was made for Nikon Cameras. I hope this lens will work with the Brevis and I hope that Vivitar has good enough glass. Any ideas? I bought it for $35 at a camera shop.

I bought the Brevis because I am most impressed with the HVX200 images shot with the Brevis. 24P + limited depth of field really makes beautiful film like images. That's what I am looking for. My only concern is sharpness/resolution loss. If anyone has any tips for getting the sharpest image with the Brevis, please let me know. For example, I would like to know:

HVX200 SETTINGS:
Zoom
Filter (ND)
Focus
F Stop
Chroma
Gamma
Pedestal

35 MM LENS SETTINGS:
Zoom
Filter (ND - I bought a screw on ND 4)
F Stop

Thanks for all of your help. I will post test footage and impressions when I figure out how to use the Brevis properly.

 

[Beat Takeshi]

You just have to keep playing with it. Don't let it sit in the case for months and expect to pull it out and get perfect images. Take it out every day and play with it and you will get some very nice images.
As far as settings go, you have to find what you like and save it. I tend to stay warm on all my stuff and keep the chroma way down.

 

[Dennis Wood]

T, I'd suggest you set back focus/zoom carefully each time you mount up the unit. We've got an exposure cook-book in the works for the Brevis as a starting guide for new users but if you try and keep the cam at the f4 to f8 level and the camera lens at f4 or so, you'll get the sharpest footage. Add ND's out in front first, and then the cam if required to adjust. Most shooters are looking for the shallowest DOF and will run the 35mm lens wide open. Just test make sure it's not soft when used wide open. Bokeh usually tightens up a lot if you dial in just 1 or 2 f-stops so that the 35mm lens aperture blades start to enter the optical path.