Review of Cinemek G35

philip bloom

philip bloom

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I will publishing my review soon.

In a nutshell am blown away by how good the image can be from a static adaptor. Stay tuned and I will have my review up with test video in next couple of days.
 
Yes! Finally! A proper review of this adapter! Well, at least it SHOULD be a proper review, I mean coming from Dr. Bloom and all...
 
Nice review Philip; still waiting for the footage to be uploaded to view it... Couple of things I might mention; the HPX-170 can flip the image in-camera for viewing purposes but the image is still recorded upside down. Also, the HPX-170's focus ring can be re-assigned as an iris ring once focusing on the ground glass has been achieved.

Nice little features that lend themselves well to 35mm adapter rigs...
 
And the HPX300 has the scan reverse function, so if you had one of those you wouldn't have any flip issues.

I beta-tested one of the original Guerilla35 adapters, which became the Cinemek, way back in 2005 on a DVX100. It was pretty sweet (other than the upside-down-ness; like Philip, I *hate* the upside-down stuff). Nice review!
 
Thanks Barry and good to know about the HPX 300 as have one of those on order ;-)

Am having some compression issues with the video. A version is up but am doing a new one which will be up in a few hours...will leave it converting whilst I sleep!
 
beautiful footage as usual! I have had my G35 for a bit more than a month now. I've been wanting to get my thoughts together about it on here, but need to stop shooting with it for a bit to go through it all.

Shutter speed is zero problem all the way through, as long as there is enough light of course.
 
Shibuya Oboya said:
beautiful footage as usual! I have had my G35 for a bit more than a month now. I've been wanting to get my thoughts together about it on here, but need to stop shooting with it for a bit to go through it all.

Shutter speed is zero problem all the way through, as long as there is enough light of course.
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Love to see some footage Shibuya! Thanks for info about shutter, will add that to review.
 
This footage looks the best to me by far on the ex1 than all the other adapters. the sharpness and that bokeh is undeniable. At this point I would half to give the g35 the gold metal for the most filmic bokeh.
 
looks good, but with the compression I, myself, can't really make a call on the sharpness or bokeh.. looking forward to more updates.

Also, nice review as well.. but imagine how mega long that thing would be with a flip module.
 
astigmatic said:
looks good, but with the compression I, myself, can't really make a call on the sharpness or bokeh.. looking forward to more updates.

Also, nice review as well.. but imagine how mega long that thing would be with a flip module.
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I really recommend downloading the 1080p version...not much longer than the brevis with flip...
 
can't seem to find the download link.. I must be blind or something.

Lookin at the g35 again, I guess it's the camera mount that makes it look so huge,
 
I downloaded the 1080p version. Nice bokeh. My LCD screen on my laptop might be dirty, but it sure looks like grain in those sky shots. Not too bad, but noticible. Perhaps its compression artifacts - but they don't seem to be moving so I'm not sure.

Otherwise, nice image. Would love to see how it performs on a brighter day with higher contrast images.
 
or let me be more specific because i realize its a broad topic..how would you decide which adapter is the better choice for a project, between the SGblade and the G35?
 
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