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The taking lens was the SLR Magic 35mm T1.4 Cine Mark II for both of these, used at F2.8, the camera was a GH3. A live acoustic video, on this one I've intentionally gone for a look with flares: Some night street footage, at F2.8 it's a bit tricky when there's not much street lighting, I may well re-edit this video, maybe to include more footage.

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"........Yuppies spend several times over this price for a midlife crisis sports car, a sail boat, a motor home or on vacation. I have friends with much more than this invested in their gun collection. " A mid-life crisis camera!! ;-)

.....this is my dream of dreaaamy lens...it is known that cooke lenses make the skin tones agreeable.. basicaly it makes actors look Good! example, i was watching "true blood" and thinking how the actress playing Sookie Anna Paquin is not that "beautiful" i thought well they are using some kind of magic lens here, so i look it up in imbd, and voila they are shooting all cooke lenses and angenieux...it really compliments actors if you do any tests use real people and skin tones! and i hope the next lenses are angenieux.... :wub:

Both videos are gorgeous! I think the Anamorphot adapter is going to be my one must have item for 2014. :)

It must have something to do with the names as well. Amira, Alexa. That is just damn sexy! Never thought if it like that, but come one.. who wants to have a 'C500', 'Epic Dragon' if you can have Amira or Alexa... <3

I agree, I bought the dell myself and a color munki. It's a decent poor man's grading setup if calibrated correctly.

Thanks, that's the first time I've used a flare in a video. But not the last. :lol: :D

Nice mate. I like the opening shot with the flare, looks really cool.

Good design costs nothing :)

  No 4:3 mode. Arri have angered the anamorphic gods.   It's such a simple feature to add, don't know why more cameras don't do it considering the competition consists of one camera, and some hacked DSLRs.   Anamorphic is IN!   When you have got your AMIRA on your shoulder JG come to Berlin and you can use my Cooke PL lenses on it :)

Funny how design can come full circle. The trouble is, I don't know anyone shooting the documentaries making a difference at the moment who could actually afford to film with this. It would be a dream to pop it on your shoulder, pull it up to your eye and enjoy yourself. Plenty of room to strap the radio mics on too :)

I'm selling one of these lenses if anyone's interested - a bit flat out on an edit at the moment but I'll take some stills when I can and post them. It's a gorgeous lens, as is the 8/19/1.5. Great photos Seb - some real gems in there. And you're a top duck wrangler it seems.

I had a go with one yesterday (the prototype). It's so easy to use, really light (for a cinema camera) at 4kg and caused me much joy. The look is simpky no different to Alexa, it's the same sensor. I'm sure I'll have it on my shoulder a fair few times this year! You can't do 4:3 with it, which is a shame, so no using this new miniature beauty: http://www.angenieux.com/zoom-lenses/cinema-portfolio/optimo-anamorphic-56-152-mm-2s.htm

Hey, Just though I'd share a few shots from my trip to the Lake District last week. Such a cool place. Taken w/ Canon 5D Mark ii, Sankor 16C, Jupiter 9 http://www.eoshd.com/comments/gallery/album/117-anamorphic-lakes/ :)

Very cool mood to your shots, nice job!

Absolutely gorgeous! I must try this some time with my A7, however, I only have the 8/19/1.5 so I imagine I'll need a pretty long taking lens.

Sorry for the late reply. I'm in Melbourne and posted quite late at night. I understand where the advice was coming from now and can appreciate you were discrediting the test for my benefit, not to dismiss me out of hand. Andrew is right, the internet makes it easy to overlook things and I was mistaken when I perceived his response as criticism. I appreciate everyone's advice. Thanks for the follow-up Andrew, I could easily have made the mistake of stopping down after setting focus and my new humble tests confirm something was likely wrong with my method as the Sigma performed a lot better. I have posted links to them below. The high resolution files can be downloaded from a link on the side. Unfortunately it's way too hot and sunny here at the moment to shoot a brick wall (30-43 degrees celsius the last few weeks), so I grabbed a random newspaper instead. Please note these tests were with a standard Metabones Nikon to M43 adapter, not a speed booster, as I wanted to test the lens without additional glass. The adapter seems to cut a little light so wide open at F1.8 it is about as bright as the Voigtlander at F2 which is why the images are at slightly different apertures. Disclaimer: these tests are designed to help me make decisions about my kit because I have seen no comparisons with the Voigtlander 17.5mm. I hope they might be of use to others but they are not professional tests! Test 1 focus was set to the smaller black and white group photo http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/lucki231/Test1Sigmaat18mmF18ISO400_zps9333702a.jpg~original http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/lucki231/Test1Voigtlander175mmF2ISO400_zpsa0b08ecd.jpg~original Test 2 focus was set on the buckle of the bag http://s32.photobucket.com/user/lucki231/media/Test2Sigmaat18mmF18ISO800_zpsaea451e0.jpg.html http://s32.photobucket.com/user/lucki231/media/Test2Voigtlander175mmF2ISO800_zps1706c1d7.jpg.html Test 3 focus was set on the middle of the green and white cushion. An attempt to replicate my earlier test. It appears there was something off with the earlier one as the Sigma is a lot better here. http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/lucki231/Test3Sigmaat18mmF18ISO400_zps99d8a5b5.jpg~original http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/lucki231/Test3Voigtlander175mmF2ISO400_zps779a4cf9.jpg~original Hopefully these comparisons are of some benefit. Thanks for all the input.

Great shots Sebastien, like all what you have been sharing. Btw, how do you manage to focus handheld so well ?

Very cool! what is the florescent light? is that a portable tube?

I don't doubt the 2x look from a bolex or iscorama is superior. I would love to have that look too. It's hard to find those at any decent price. And what is the widest taking lens? I really like the SLR Magic Anamorphot. It's easy to use, diopters and filters screw right in. I've never used a Century Optics, but the LA7200 is just not practical. With no real way to secure any diopters or filters, it's just too difficult to get decent results. The less I have to fuss about the setup, the more I can concentrate on getting good shots. In any case, I think a combination of lenses will yield the best results. I think if I want a closeup shot, I'll use a 2x with a telephoto. Wide to medium shots, the SLR Magic hands down works the best.

Don't buy a TV. The Dell UltraSharp series are great. Covers a huge range of color gamut. They're screen doesn't glare, and the viewing angles are superb.

@nahua, your night shots answer the shortsighted criticism from earlier tests regarding the flare characteristics of the SLR Magic. It flares nicely, not too-too quickly, and much nicer than the Letus. I'm stoked seeing your 50mm shots looking so good. I have to be too stopped down on the Century Optics to bother with it, generally, unless using at least a +1 CU. Were you still trying to stay around f/2.8 for these?

Funny, that most of you here in the forum comment the absence of RED on the Oscar nominees by technical picture details (pro and cons). May I give a hint to a possible reason not yet mentioned here: The RED Epic is a quite noisy camera (soundwise) and degrades the quality of actors dialogue to a huge degree. If I was a producer and I would pay millions of dollars to get the best actors in the world to play for my movie, I would not work with a camera, which makes half of their work (dialogue) go directly into the trash bin! Even ten years after their first ONE camera, RED hasn´t managed to produce silent cameras, a big obstacle for scenic movies (if that´s the right expression?). The Epic fans only go down to 30% speed while recording - not 0% - a mess! Yes - there have been movies shot with RED. But either the directors/producers didn´t care for actors ADR, or it was such a SFX-movie, that the dialogue couldn´t be captured at all, as most of the other SFX equipment is even more noisy than the camera. But if you want to shoot an indoor scene with a big portion of dialogue and actors presence, then RED is not the choice for a good movie. Maybe that´s a reason. Best regards, Andreas

For storage, I keep all valuable lenses in sealed zip-lock bags with desiccant. No fungus so far!

I shot this music video for The Fold using the GH3, and a couple of car exterior shots with the Blackmagic Pocket Camera.   https://vimeo.com/76622768     Lenses: Panasonic 12-35 2.8, Rokinon 35 & 85. Black Pro Mist 1/4 filter on most shots.   I used an Ice Light for a couple of shots where I had no access to power, and it totally screwed me. Check out the motel scene, and  you will notice rolling bands. I later figured out if the intesity of the light wasnt at 100 then it created the bands. For the most part I was totally pleased with the GH3, especially with the 60p.