NEW ADAPTER: Redrock M2 Encore

Here is a lighter graded version...

http://exposureroom.com/RedrockEncoreLight

I didn't find it ugly at all actually. It was really sturdy and felt like one piece. Also from my experience the rail system that Redrock Micro puts out is top notch. I've felt some of the other rails from the other adapters and they're kind of flimsy.

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I have to disagree with the M2 Encore being "ugly". Out of all of the setups I have seen the M2 always looks the most stable. Setups with things like the Letus, Brevis, or SGPro always look completely unbalanced and flimsy where most Redrock rigs look rock solid (no pun intended). Of course I haven't used any of these adapters, so this opinion is simply based off of pictures.
 
aurantaurant said:
Here is a lighter graded version...

http://exposureroom.com/RedrockEncoreLight

I didn't find it ugly at all actually. It was really sturdy and felt like one piece. Also from my experience the rail system that Redrock Micro puts out is top notch. I've felt some of the other rails from the other adapters and they're kind of flimsy.
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I am seeing a good amount of CA in that clip. Other then that, its really hard to tell what the adapter is capable of.
 
I have to agree, there is quite a bit of CA along the edges of his hair and head and hilights, as well as some softness issues alone the left side of the salesman during their convo, his shoulder is softer than his right. Still looks good though,

What i am most interested in is what was used to capture sound?
 
PaPa said:
I have to agree, there is quite a bit of CA along the edges of his hair and head and hilights, as well as some softness issues alone the left side of the salesman during their convo, his shoulder is softer than his right. Still looks good though,

What i am most interested in is what was used to capture sound?
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I am pretty new to this whole thing, but wouldn't the softness of his shoulder be because of the DOF? It seems to me like it is just outside of the focused plane and that is why it is soft...

Maybe you were just giving constructive criticism of the scene as a whole (not necessarily the adapter)? In that case I get it... but if not, is the adapter really to blame for the softness? Just trying to figure some stuff out. Thanks in advance for the clarification.

Cheers,
Ryan
 
As for the CA, it's quite heavy when he leans down to unzip the bag in the white room. Along his back as he's bending, it's quite heavy CA, as well as the crack between the door right behind the character.

Tkae a closer look, both shoulders are reasonably on the same plan, but on frame left, it's softer, as well it exhibits CA.
 
PaPa said:
What i am most interested in is what was used to capture sound?
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Yeah the sound was quite tight in that clip. I'm assuming that the voice for the first section was recorded after the fact since it's so clean and you don't see their faces. Was there foley done?

I'll have to watch again to notice the CA and softness everyone's talking about. I was kind of too absorbed in the scene itself, lol.
 
It was the Sennheiser G2 lav mics. There was no foley done to this clip. That's funny. It's just the audio as they're walking.
 
I wonder if the CA is entirely due to the M2 encore optics - or is it in part the 35mm lens you were using... or perhaps the HVX200 lens itself contributed??
I've seen CA on $30K 2/3" lenses, but generally the cheaper ones have more of it especially at the longer focal lengths.
 
I think the grading and the whole look is good. I just believe for the money and bokeh quality that i'm seeing from the new blade that the extra $500 savings for a similiar adapter is a no brainer. but again, the encore seems to have definitely steped its game up.
 
I don't know about anyone else but I'm to the point now where I see CA in practically everything, camera or no camera :-)

Remember when DLP TV's first came out and only some people could see the 'rainbows?' Well after people started pointing out how to look for them, you couldn't stop seeing them even if you tried :-(
 
aurantaurant:
How far can you effectively stop down your lens? I'm not expecting Letus Ultimate like performance where you can stop it down to f/22 and still use the camera effectively, but is it similar to the Blade's f/11 performance or better?


Leo Versola said:
I don't know about anyone else but I'm to the point now where I see CA in practically everything, camera or no camera :-)

Remember when DLP TV's first came out and only some people could see the 'rainbows?' Well after people started pointing out how to look for them, you couldn't stop seeing them even if you tried :-(
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Same thing with interlaced footage now. Before I got into video interlaced footage never bothered me; now it sticks out like a sore thumb and bugs the hell out of me.
 
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I don't have the blade or M2e, I was mentioning what I have observed so far from other peoples footage. But when I get my blade next month, the first thing I'm going to do is shoot a chart(which will take all of 3 minutes).
 
astigmatic said:
I don't have the blade or M2e, I was mentioning what I have observed so far from other peoples footage. But when I get my blade next month, the first thing I'm going to do is shoot a chart(which will take all of 3 minutes).
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Haha, I'm really embarrassed. I wasn't paying attention and thought you were the one who posted the footage.

Sorry about that. Maybe I should just go to sleep!
 
Luxaltor said:
Haha, I'm really embarrassed. I wasn't paying attention and thought you were the one who posted the footage.

Sorry about that. Maybe I should just go to sleep!
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I would hope that the first thing you do is learn to use your Blade as well as properly calibrate it! Then shoot some charts! No use in having a grab of a chart that's not as sharp edge to edge as it can be... stuff like that.
 
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