What can I get for $600?

Rylan Zolinski

Rylan Zolinski

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Is it worth buying the "off-brand" adapters? Are some of them actually any good? I noticed that there are tonnes of lower-end brands out there for adapters and it's hard to keep up with them all. So, my question is whether or not I can get something completely workable (ready to use) and half-decent for $600 for My XHA1? I will even go for a used one...
 
For $600 you can get a used SGpro, no flip. There were several on sale in the Marketplace for that price. Really no point in going with an off-brand one because none of them offer a flip anyway. Of course, getting lenses and having to deal with the flip issue might end up costing you more down the road.
 
Get a used SGPro Rev 2 or 3 - best bargain out there.
Especially if you wait a month when the new Blades come out there will be more on the market.
Probably get one with their original flip as well.
 
Keep checking the forum, you should be able to find used redrock or brevis (without flip for either) for under 600 (excluding rails).

(I would recommend brevis btw.)

Look for a mount you prefer..
 
Lenilenapi said:
Get a used SGPro Rev 2 or 3 - best bargain out there.
Especially if you wait a month when the new Blades come out there will be more on the market.
Probably get one with their original flip as well.
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This is the one I prefer. I love the images it can produce.
 
One thing you might not have considered is that the 35mm adapter goes beyond the unit itself. There are the lenses, the lens gear, the follow focus, the monitor, rail support, all of which are important and can cost you several times what you paid for the adapter to start with. If you can't afford those support gears, there's really no point in buying one, it's just going to cause you headaches.
 
I would agree with Huy V. I would much rather rent 1st rate gear and supports vs. owning 2nd rate gear especially if it is an incomplete package. It will only cause me frustration to work with stuff that is not up to my standard.

However, you may be in a part of the world where it is hard to rent good gear. In that case, yes, I sympathize that you have to stretch 600 bucks so much.
 
There's not even a camera shop where I am that sells any cameras like mine (XHA1). EVERYTHING must be bought online. It really really sucks.
 
you don't need all that gear, if you're just doing it for yourself. you can pull focus by hand, you can still see on the lcd screen. the rails, however, are must for most adapters.
 
Morox said:
Have any experience with this adapter? I am willing to spend up to $600 (Canadian) to have a 35mm adapter. If the $600 won't get me anything decent, I guess there is no point in buying one?
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Never used it. Was considering it though prior to buying a vibrating adapter. It appears twoneil now offers a vibrating option too.
I suggested this because if your budget is $600, and as you now state you cannot easily acquire equipment in your area, for 600 you could get the static adapter - which I don't think would require rails/support as long as you keep the slr lenses to short focal lengths and not zooms either (weight wise).
And with the rest of the money you should be able to get 2 decent used primes off ebay for example.
Pending on how you like to shoot, a wide (20-28mm) and a telephoto/standard (50-85mm) perhaps.

Again, as previously stated 'you get what you pay for', so obviously for more money you could get 'better' images.
ie: spinning gg... RED... imax...
But it also depends on how you look at it:
Vignetting can be aesthetically worked into composing your wide shots.
The grain on the focussing screen can give a 'quality' to your footage that non-adapter users won't be looking at in a negative way.

:)
 
I'm very new to adapters, if I were to buy that adapter, what else would I need to put on my XHA1? Can you show me some examples? I'm pretty lost with adapters.
 
It says under the 'support' option, twoneil no longer makes mounts for canon. So I assume the twoneil adapter is for nikon lenses, unless you want to mod it yourself.

And the adapter is for the adapter with built in mount, you still need slr lenses. Older/fully manual lenses work best, as you do everything manual with 35mm adapters. And require an aperture ring. The focus pull is a lot longer on manual focus as opposed to newer autofocus lenses.

Not sure if it will work well with your XHA1 as that has much larger lens thread than the twoneil designed for 43mm lens thread cameras.
 
Good call. I never noticed the 43mm. Know of any other adapters for $600 and under I could look at? I seem to be having difficulties...
 
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