some Letus Extreme grabs
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widescreenweiss
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Wow those look really cool!
RichardVClark
Well-known member
Great grading PaPa. I would love to see some moving images:thumbsup:
PaPa
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i am very satisfied with the extreme. Very.
i used a 105mm for all of those grabs. But the footage is a mix of 35mm, 50mm and 105mm. Im missing the 24, 85 and 135 because two of them are in the shop to get the focus ring loosened, too stiff. and the 85 has a white pubic hair near the rear element..... lol gotta love ebay.
i used a 105mm for all of those grabs. But the footage is a mix of 35mm, 50mm and 105mm. Im missing the 24, 85 and 135 because two of them are in the shop to get the focus ring loosened, too stiff. and the 85 has a white pubic hair near the rear element..... lol gotta love ebay.
MalcolmOng
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Great looking stills, especially the last one. Heh it's the usual 'shooting any old object i can get my hands on to test my adaptor' reel eh?
PaPa
Major Contributor
unfortunately, these grabs are from a single clip, which basically means i just found interesting frames within the clip, and color graded them seperately. otherwise it would all be corrected the same.
PaPa
Major Contributor
no, i actually was going for a very grainy look.
i expose properly, bring the mids down and boost the highs until i find something i like, and then crush the remainding blacks. I have been around a lot of underexposed 16mm lately, and i was going somewhat of that look. For some of them, that is.
i expose properly, bring the mids down and boost the highs until i find something i like, and then crush the remainding blacks. I have been around a lot of underexposed 16mm lately, and i was going somewhat of that look. For some of them, that is.
downsouth
Well-known member
newbie here.....
I'm wanting to get the Extreme soon. Ive never used a 35mm adaptor.
My question:
With the adaptor and adapted lens, you now have TWO iris settings to consider. I assume the adapted lens iris setting would be the "control" iris, and you would leave the camera's lens iris fully open??? Or do you just play with both iris setting for the "look" you want.
Jeff
I'm wanting to get the Extreme soon. Ive never used a 35mm adaptor.
My question:
With the adaptor and adapted lens, you now have TWO iris settings to consider. I assume the adapted lens iris setting would be the "control" iris, and you would leave the camera's lens iris fully open??? Or do you just play with both iris setting for the "look" you want.
Jeff
PaPa
Major Contributor
You have to remember two things.
1) the camera's lens will not be wide open because of the zoom in factor. As the field of view becomes more telephoto, the iris closes down. So for me, once i zoom in far enough on the GG to get myself (cinema) 35mm field of view, the camera's iris stops down to F2.6 from its wide open aperture of F1.6 ( a stop and a half ).
2) f-stop is a measurement of depth of field, so, if you want a shallower depth of field, leave your 35mm lens open, and vice versa for a long depth of field. But remember, don't close that 35mm down too much or you will begin seeing the GG due to there not being enough light hitting the GG.
1) the camera's lens will not be wide open because of the zoom in factor. As the field of view becomes more telephoto, the iris closes down. So for me, once i zoom in far enough on the GG to get myself (cinema) 35mm field of view, the camera's iris stops down to F2.6 from its wide open aperture of F1.6 ( a stop and a half ).
2) f-stop is a measurement of depth of field, so, if you want a shallower depth of field, leave your 35mm lens open, and vice versa for a long depth of field. But remember, don't close that 35mm down too much or you will begin seeing the GG due to there not being enough light hitting the GG.
Maybe I'll just buy a Letus Extreme instead of a Glidecam, even though I don't even have a camera anymore.... hehe