Stills from my day with the AF100...

Man, I cannot believe the subtle shadows on those peppers! That is so great! Thanks for these shots. Ahem.... the babe ain't bad neither ;)
 
bhdfield said:
Leo, any chance you could go back and add an edit to your posts to tell us what lens was used. Also, is this a production camera, or still one of the test units floating around from the previous run of tests?
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Almost everything was shot with my Zeiss Standards. Only the candle lit scene was with the Panasonic 20MM. We put up a 50MM Nikon f1.4, but did not shoot with it; really just wanted to test the Polish adapter.

Please don't get so hung up on the lenses; the differences are subtle.

Sorry I could not do more, but Barry's flight in was delayed and we really had only five hours to do the whole smack. That includes mounting, a very brief walk through and adjustment in the menus.

We'll get some footage up as soon as we can and I hope it's helpful to everyone.

In my personal opinion this little gem will become the de facto standard for all sort of production; slice of life spots come immediately to mind. I was wowed by the images both on the set monitor and in the edit suite.

I probably won't spring for the AJA recorder since I've got a Red for the more demanding jobs. If I didn't have the Red, I would go for the outboard recorder.

Good shooting and best regards,

Leo
 
Ticheli said:
No added lighting. This one shot with Barry Green's little 20MM lens which greatly reduced the halos around the candles, but I must say I personally prefer the next shot with the Zeiss Standard. I like the halos; more romantic, I think, and the Zeiss has a more "filmic" look, softer and creamy.
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We shot that shot on the 20mm Pancake lens. Originally Leo put a 50mm Nikon f/1.4 on there, but at wide open there was noticeable purple flaring around the candle flames. I suggested the pancake because it's only 1/2-stop slower, and its built-in chromatic aberration compensation could do a quick number on the purple fringes. In the end, Leo decided he preferred the look of the T2.1 Zeiss Standard lens for the shot. I think we shot at various ISO settings between 400 and 800. I wanted to try to get the ISO as low as possible, and a faster lens would help that, but once again, numbers aren't everything and as Leo said, he preferred the image rendition of the Zeiss over the harsher look of the Pancake, even though the pancake was over a half-stop faster. But I must say, I was really wishing we had the Voigtlander 25mm 0.95 lens along for this shot -- it would have been about five times brighter! The difference between f/0.95 and T2.1 is about 2.25 stops, or five times as bright. We could have shot at ISO 200, with the same brightness or even brighter than we got with the Zeiss Standard at T2.1 at ISO 800.

Not that candlelit shots are everything, obviously, but man, it sure does explain why Philip Bloom is so in love with that Voigtlander on his GH2!
 
bhdfield said:
Leo, any chance you could go back and add an edit to your posts to tell us what lens was used.
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Most of the shooting was done on his Zeiss Standards. They're cinema glass, but not premium; they're about 40 years old. Not quite Ultra Primes or Master Primes! But they have their own character and texture and they're very nice.

Also, is this a production camera, or still one of the test units floating around from the previous run of tests?
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There is no such thing as a production camera yet. This is a test unit, but it is the very latest one. I actually received it Friday afternoon, which was a heart attack in and of itself, because there was no tracking number and I'd already bought my plane ticket so ... if it didn't show up, yeah, this wouldn't have happened at all. So this represents the very latest version, but is not a serial-numbered production unit yet.
 
Julie dancing with a silk...

Julie dancing with a silk...

At 60fps; Mesmerizing.

Good shooting and best regards,

Leo
 

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Lovely light, ladies and images, Leo!

What monitor did you use?

What was your focus technique?

All 180 shutter?

When you post the video, will you be noting the scene files for the various shots?

Thanks!
 
groveChuck said:
Lovely light, ladies and images, Leo!

What monitor did you use?

What was your focus technique?

All 180 shutter?

When you post the video, will you be noting the scene files for the various shots?

Thanks!
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We monitored with a Panasonic 17". Used the super-magic-Panasonic-red-color focus assist. Sometimes just a focus chart. All shot with 180°*shutter.

Video is almost finished; we'll put it up soon and note a link. No scene files. Sorry.

Good shooting and best regards,

Leo
 
Shooter said:
In the close up table top shots...were any pans and tilts done?

Did you notice any CMOS "wobble"?
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I'm very old school and I pan & tilt very slowly in shot. I did move the camera around a bit and did not observe any CMOS problems.

Good shooting and best regards,

Leo
 
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