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Although Xeon processors have a bigger cache, which makes them faster at some tasks, their biggest advantage is that they allow for more ram. But these days I think 32GB of RAM is plenty for editing video.

i made this video a few months back after picking up some cheap c-mount lenses and an anamorphic lens off of ebay. it was really more for me to see how i could use some of the lenses and image quality from the cheapo c-mounts. this was the first time i had shot with an anamorphic, so there are a couple shots where the focus and/or alignment is off. i think i'm going to redo the test at night to get an idea of how they do in low light.   thoughts, comments, critiques are welcome   [url="http://vimeo.com/49446155"]http://vimeo.com/49446155[/url]   info from the vimeo page if you don't feel like making the jump:     24H Cinema = 1080p/24fps SH = 720p/60fps VGA MJPEG = 1920x720 MJPEG @ 30fps ISO400 shutter speed: 1/50 (for 24fps), 1/60 (for 30fps), 1/125 (for 60fps), 1/2 for last two brief time lapses white balance: 9000K, -2 m film mode: smooth, -2 on all OIS: off (with kit lens) iDynamic: off iResolution: off patches: Driftwood GOPSTOPPA (for avchd) and EOSHD MJPEG anamorphic (for MJPEG) lenses: panasonic 14-42mm/f3.5-5.6 unknown brand c-mount 25mm/f1.2 fujinon c-mount 2.8mm/f2.2 zenitar m42 mount 16mm/2.8 canon fd mount 50mm/f1.8 toyo fd mount 28mm/f2.8 sankor compact cinemascope anamorphic with VAMP clamp music: dj concept - 'the mask is slipping' no color correction/grading

Definitely come to Hawaii!  Wish I could go to Japan.  So much stuff to do there.  And I didn't know the difference in stills vs video.  But it looks really nice!  Keep it coming!

I thought the whole reason to be on Mac was to avoid the "hassle" of windows.  This hackintosh stuff all sounds like a big hassle. Just suck it up and come back to windows. 

But they're also the most expensive, and their focus rings are servos, motorized ones. That's why a lot of people fancy Carl Zeiss lenses for video, which are way more expensive still. I love having a wide lens choice. I can put anything I want in front of my GH2. And the focus rings on the vintage lenses or the Voigtlanders are awesome. On the other hand, I shoot a lot of low light, and although I light most of my stuff, it'd take a lot of light to get a good exposure at night with the lens stopped down at f/5.6. 17.5mm @ f/0.95 is beautiful.