Wide Angle lenses...

do you have it stacked on top of any filters? I know that on my wide angle if I stack it even on just one UV filter I start to vignett, is it vignetting in the DVX's LCD or is it in the overscan, like what you see in your NLE?
 
I'm not happy with my Panny LA-7200G; thinking about hocking it on Ebay.

What should I go with? A Red-eye or Century Optics model? Or should I go for a 35mm adapter -- which opens quite a few options up.

Could somebody post some 35mm adapter recommendations? I thought professional grade started at 10k -- last time I looked anyway, but the $1,200 option is at least worth some research...
 
a 35mm adapter is going to be a pain in the a$$ for alot of stuff. I would say get a solid wide angle adapter first, then worry about a 35mm adapter. I don't think they make the .5x red eye for the DVX anymore, so you're next best option would be a century one. I have heard good things about the century .6x wide angle, so that might be worth checking out...
 
Thanks for the reply PDX. I got to thinking, and I don't think a 35mm adapter would work -- I don't think it would travel well. I'll look into the Century Optics model, approximately how much would it set me back, and what dealer do you fellas go through?
 
I have a Redeye 0.7 and really like it. Light weight, reasonably priced, and very portable. Comes with a nice, thick leather case.

Here are a couple of frame grabs.

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PDX_DVX said:
do you have it stacked on top of any filters? I know that on my wide angle if I stack it even on just one UV filter I start to vignett, is it vignetting in the DVX's LCD or is it in the overscan, like what you see in your NLE?
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The vignetting was on the LCD and eyepiece, but encroached almost to where the title safe area would be. I never captured any of it though. I assumed what you saw on the LCD is what your NLE would show (not the TV mind you, I realize much of that gets cut off).
 
I just shot a reality show last weekend with the .7x from century, and I noticed some unpleasant aberrations in the image--you can kinda see it on the screen grab Sean Michael posted (particularly under the word RedEye) as well. The image softens towards the edges, and there's a noticeable "rainbow" type chroma aberration. Is that endemic to using such a wide lens? Is there any way to mitigate that? Or am I seeing things?
 
thoughtsauce said:
I just shot a reality show last weekend with the .7x from century, and I noticed some unpleasant aberrations in the image--you can kinda see it on the screen grab Sean Michael posted (particularly under the word RedEye) as well. The image softens towards the edges, and there's a noticeable "rainbow" type chroma aberration. Is that endemic to using such a wide lens? Is there any way to mitigate that? Or am I seeing things?
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There is alwas some softening at the extreme edge of most lenses (definitely in the DVX price range) and this is accentuated by wideangle converters.

S Cannon
 
So if I got the Century .7 wide I could get full-res widescreen and use filters? That I would like.
 
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