Hi Joy, yeah the 16-50 looks like a nice lens but does the LA-EA1 not have the iris jumping issue where it opens wide and then sets to whatever you choose? That's the only reason I would choose the EA2. Auto focus isn't that big a deal to me and on the EA2 the iris is locked to 3.5 which is no use. I have a 28mm 3.5 rokkor and a 50mm 1.7 as well as a few wide zooms. My minolta af adaptor is in the post so I'll do as you suggest and try the minolta beercan on the vg10 when it arrives. I know the vg10 is no where as good as the fs100 in terms of gain but it'll give me a rough idea. M.
Wedding lenses. So much choice, don't want to get it wrong.
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I got a lens support from Lanparte - good quality - just over £50 shipped to the uk - i wasnt charged any duty fees but may have just got lucky. Got a decent baseplate and rails from Shoot35, very solid and british made, think Wayne the creator is on this forum from time to time, really helpful fella
legrevedotcom
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Yeah Im pretty happy with Shoot35 as well... Have the baseplate, and 4 rail pieces. This setup is long enough to mount my Vocas lens support and my followfocus on the 70-200.
Thanks for the Suggestion, I've sent an email to shoot35, could you help me a little further and tell me which rails and baseplate you got for the fs100?
Thanks, Michael.
I have a panasonic af101 not the sony but yeah its the cine base plate
http://www.shoot35.com/products/rodsupport/af100baseplate/af100baseplateframe.html
http://www.shoot35.com/products/rodsupport/af100baseplate/af100baseplateframe.html
joy new media
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When going to a larger aperture it does open it all the way first, when stopping down it just goes to the next f-stop smoothly. The 16-50 is a really sweet lens, so far I'm very happy with the combination. Shot a some stuff for a commercial today and the combo was flawless. Looking forward to getting out and shooting more with the 16-50, but its going to be my main lens for the time being.
Looking at the list of nikon 80-200s on this link http://www.keh.com/search?store=cam...&ccode=7&grade=Grade&sprice=0&eprice=0&r=SE&e
it shows a wide range of prices for the 80-200s.
The cheaper ones seem to have a push pull ring for zoom and focus, the more expensive ones are separate zoom and focus. Is there a downside to the cheaper versions? I assume it harder/ impossible to use a lens support with them?
M.
it shows a wide range of prices for the 80-200s.
The cheaper ones seem to have a push pull ring for zoom and focus, the more expensive ones are separate zoom and focus. Is there a downside to the cheaper versions? I assume it harder/ impossible to use a lens support with them?
M.
paulcurtis
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A word of warning, my one of these has worked it's way loose for me. It's based on a Gitzo quick release baseplate and because of that i got a number of plates so i can move everything around.
I think it highlighted that there's not that much holding it (just the compression bit at the side), yes there's a safety pin thing (and if it wasn't for that i'd have lost the camera) but on reflection i think i've decided it's not heavy weight enough to hold a proper rig. I'm looking at alternatives.
Perhaps i've been unlucky but another Gitzo baseplate did pretty much the same thing to me, so i wonder if it's a gitzo design fault or that they're really designed for stills cameras (surprise, surprise).
cheers
paul
I have the more recent seperate zoom & focus (that they still make) - the only moving parts are the zoom & focus ring so is easy to use with lens support, matte box etc - havent used the older push pull lens
Thanks for the heads up Paul - not had that issue but is good to know & watch out for