I'm gonna ROCK the adapter world....

cardmaverick

cardmaverick

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I've explored, tested, and pushed the DVX100 Andromeda for the past several months, now I'm kicking it up a notch...

http://www.chrisnuzzaco.com/special_uploads/brevis1.jpg

http://www.chrisnuzzaco.com/special_uploads/brevis2.jpg

Many more fine optics to come:

SGPro Rev.3
M2
Panasonic Anamorphic Adapter
P+S Mini 35
Brevis Extreme

And any other units I can get my hands on.

Finally, a compression free look at what these adapters can really do.....

Special Thanks to McGee Digital Media for providing the adapter http://www.mcgeedigitalmedia.com/
 
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Where's the footage!? LoL just kidding.

Looking forward to seeing Andromeda+all adapters.
 
Kholi said:
Where's the footage!? LoL just kidding.

Looking forward to seeing Andromeda+all adapters.
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I'm working on it :)

My first day using the Brevis was promising, though we found that I need a spacer to set it up properly, so at the moment, I don't have anything worth showing. I'm also going to blow up an HD resolution chart onto silver halide paper at a local printer, and of course, shoot non scientific chart footage.
 
Duct tape on an Andromadized DVX w/ a Brevis...
I love it!

Cant wait to see some footage, your stuff is impressive to watch
 
Ha...that looks like an ancient German u-boat that sank off the coast of England 55 years ago and was just dicovered by Robert Ballard [Titanic] at the bottum of the north Atlantic... great lighting!
 
What problems was the Brevis giving you that you need a spacer? I ask because I have one and don't use the spacer.
 
We had some trouble focusing on the ground glass screen and zooming in. I think its because of my magenta/UV filter setup now that I really think it though. Anyhow, we got it working properly, but by that time, it was too late to really do much testing, so in the mean time I'm blowing my res chart graphic up MUCH larger, and on silver halide paper too.
 
Ahhh, I see. Have you considered mounting the whole thing on a Steadicam to make it just that much more complex? Hehe.
 
cardmaverick said:
Many more fine optics to come:

SGPro Rev.3
M2
Panasonic Anamorphic Adapter
P+S Mini 35

And any other units I can get my hands on.

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Hey Chris,

Let me know. I'll have a brand new Letus Extreme in about another week. Would love to contribute to this amazing thing your doing. I'm near by so just set up the time table.
 
Ok, it's gonna be little while before I'm testing full force.

In the mean time, I'd like to discuss the most appropriate way to test.

Here's what I'm thinking:

Use the same lights

Use the same chart

Use a big chart (because of varying focal lengths)

Shoot without my magenta filter trick.... I'm still debating this one....

Make sure each setup uses the same camera f/stop and lens f/stop

To compensate for each adapters light loss, I will adjust the brightness of my lighting, and use a white card to make sure each setup has equal exposure in the green channel, the channel you can't modify via white balance, this is very important.

In Post I will:

Break each clip up into an RGB view, as well as individual channel views to test sharpness on a per channel basis.

Possible Ideas:

Shoot all of the tests using my white balance that puts all three chips into equal gain. If someone wants to loan me an 18K HMI and some gels.... :)

So what do you guys think?
 
I would not do the magenta filter trick, because I think you are the only person here who does this Chris. Also, would it be possible for a real world test scene as well, not just test charts?

Thanks for doing this though.
 
William_Robinette said:
I would not do the magenta filter trick, because I think you are the only person here who does this Chris. Also, would it be possible for a real world test scene as well, not just test charts?

Thanks for doing this though.
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I forgot to add this - I'll be shooting with a Linear LUT.

You know, from a strictly technical point of view, the magenta filtering would actually give a clearer view of what the adapters are really doing, because of the decreased noise, which is basically the point of the whole test.

BUT...

I do see what you mean, so far I'm like the only dude really using the magenta filtering technique outside of the Viper Filmstream world, perhaps I'll just run two sets of tests for everything.

As for a test scene, you bet! I'm more excited about shooting a test scene than a res chart :grin:

The only issue with a test scene is arranging for all the adapter owners to converge at the same time and place, thats hard, and its a TON of stuff to cover in one day...

Another thing just hit me, I should probably also shoot some color charts too.
 
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