ncje's A1 Thread

[Noel Evans]

Also, ncje, which lens are you using with your M2 on the "fourth.mov"?

Do you have the M2 HD Indie Bundle? The $1300 one?

That lens was a 50 mm 1.4 Canon FD lens. Paid $300USD for that one, to get higher quality.

No, I didnt get the ENTIRE bundle, but close to it. I am using a Cavision baseplate I already had. Basically purchased the M2, 18 inch monster rods (great by the way), shim kit and HD achromat. I used the shim kit to shim the atual adapter to fit with my mattebox setup.

P.S My webserver is temporarily down... waiting for my host to tell my why as its the 4th time in two weeks.

Webserver back....... any specific requests on shooting let me know.

 

[scharky]

Ncje, what kind of monitor are you using for framing and focusing while using your M2?

 

[mikkowilson]

I'm awaiting the arrival of the Brevis to put on the front of my HVX. It's a light adapter so should be ok on my Merlin with a light battery and prime.

Sorry, there is no space for any accessories on the HVX on the Merlin. A 35mm adapter is totally out of the question. Far too heavy.

- Mikko

 

[jcapurro]

I'm impressed with the amount of depth of field you arer capturing w/o an adapter... Or are you using one? Lookin' really nice! I want one!

Cheers,
Jeremy

 

[jcapurro]

Nevermind... Saw the post about the M2.

 

[Noel Evans]

Ncje, what kind of monitor are you using for framing and focusing while using your M2?

Just test shots sharcky so not hooking up any monitor.

 

[Emanuel]

well its not just the DOF, that a 35 adapter brings. its the lens charachteristics, and the "altered" Gamma curves. it makes the footage look differet.

I fully agree. That's why I suggested what I did. (Although -- and for sure) Deep DOF is the way to go unless you have a strong setup behind.

 

[StMad]

Sorry, there is no space for any accessories on the HVX on the Merlin. A 35mm adapter is totally out of the question. Far too heavy.

- Mikko

This conversation might be better on a different (separate) thread Mikko. I agree that accessories are out of the question. However the setup i mentioned would add 300g to the base weight of the HVX. I'll report back when I've tested.

 

[mikkowilson]

Agreed that this belongs in another thread. - Start or continue one in the HVX hardware section.

- Mikko

 

[Noel Evans]

Got some more footage today but with a bit more of a purpose. Post up some clips tomorrow PM Tokyo time.

 

[Norbert]

Does this camera have some sort of scene dial wheel like the DVX has? I mean this camera has so much more settings than the DVX so it would be nice to have at least six different settings saved and quick to reach.

 

[Elton]

Custom Preset button that you can cycle through for a bunch of different settings. Simply press once for CP1, press twice for CP2 (or whatever you've titled it) so on and so on.

 

[Norbert]

Ah, excellent. How many different settings can be stored? Six?

 

[Noel Evans]

Ah, excellent. How many different settings can be stored? Six?

Nine.

 

[FatDaddy]

Is there any more footage on the web? Anywhere?

 

[meta4]

Just to clarify Elton...

Pressing the CP user button once, moves to the next profile regardless of number. So if you're at 3, pushing once gets you to 4, pushing twice gets you to 5. There isn't a numerical relation to the number and the number of presses.

 

[henry cho]

actually, the number of presets you can store in the camera is theoretically unlimited. once you save a few presets to an sd card, pressing the preset button will cycle through the 9 onboard presets first, then cycle through all the presets on the sd card.

 

[Elton]

I'd say that's fairly flexible.

 

[rawfa]

actually, the number of presets you can store in the camera is theoretically unlimited. once you save a few presets to an sd card, pressing the preset button will cycle through the 9 onboard presets first, then cycle through all the presets on the sd card.

If indeed this is true, it's really amazing. Once you've spent time with the camera you can have a vast personal library at your disposal with all your favorite looks...it's like having a on-camera magic bullet look suite.

 

[rawfa]

Now that we more or less have seen what this camera can do under uncontrolled lightning situations it would be cool to see what it can with some decent cinematography.