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Used the Tamron 70-200/2.8 G2 for the first time today. Im very satisfied with everything accept the weight, but thats a trade for the amount of glass and new build.

A reminder of how gorgeous the 1dx can be straight out of the can

Hi everyone, I've been building a library of images that you are welcome to use in your projects. They might be useful under titles, for visual effects or anything else you can think of. They are all original...all my own work. All I ask is to be attributed as indicated on my homepage: http://soundimage.org/ The images are on my "TXR" pages (for "Textures.") I'm adding new ones all the time, so be sure to check back often. I sincerely hope that some of them are useful. Any and all constructive feedback is welcome and always appreciated. :-) All the best, Eric

Why would anyone want to do this? It's an all metal lens, unlike the the 36 that is housed in some lovely plastic - the plastic is the reason people wanted to have the 36 re-housed in the first place. There's simply no need to re-house a 54, it's perfect as is.

I 'upgraded' from a shogun to a PIX-E but If I needed an external recorder again I'd get the inferno as it has a much brighter screen so it's usable outside and it can also do 60fps. Likely VideoDevices will upgrade the PIX-E's with a high NIT screen and 60fps at some point....

I actually have been negotiating with a guy about the f1.2 version but he is blinded by what some are willing to pay on ebay. Im a black belt in flee market search so I will take my sweet time. Nikon is in a moment 22. All their old glass works but is really expensive compared to other mounts. And all the other mounts that fits even long flanges like Canon cant be used on Nikon. Meanwhile they sell excellent modern glass for their cameras. But not for DX. And the FX lenses are to pricy for DX imo. Which I think push many beginners towards Canon. If it wasn't for Tamron and Sigma I would have a hard time recommending a Nikon DX over a Canon APS-C to a first time buyer.

I am 3d printing out sizer rings for it so i can mount it to my rails. cant wait to see how it performs, especially at the corners! The flares that I got with it from hand holding were the best I have ever seen.

@kaylee thanks very much :-) I'm not much of a AE or graphics person so I just quickly hacked the titles together in final cut but definitely they could be better. I could type out a huge volume of tips but its hard to say what would be useful or pertinent to what you're shooting, so are some thoughts: - pre-visualize, pre-visualize, pre-visualize and then pre-visualize again. Is what you're shooting going to actually say what it needs to say? - do tons of camera/lens/high ISO/over-under exposure/camera movement and grading tests on everything at every location and come up with solutions to everything that can and will go wrong prior to production - treat the whole camera side of things as if you were shooting on actual film, 64GB card = 10-12min footage (without ML compression) or a 400' 16mm magazine, and economize where you can - rather than doing the traditional wide-med-close coverage can you say everything from a single set-up giving your actors or crew more time on an important scene later in the day? - come up with a rock solid shot list and have some storyboarded still photos from your camera tests in a directors binder to work from, giving you the bare minimum needed to tell your story, making you efficient with everyone's time and if there's any extra space available or anything your actors would like to try you might actually be able to do it - having a Thunderbolt CF card reader to daisy chained Thunderbolt external hard drives onset was essential at the DIT station for me as there was no 10bit/12bit compression option when I shot Axiomatic, 64GB cards download in 8min via Thunderbolt - remarkable!!!! - even though you'll be stressed out try to have fun, remember to smile and thank everyone for being on your set

150 Mbits LGOP only at the moment, not really the perfect codec... The title of the post is C200 or 1Dx II for 4k 60p ....on paper both ar better than EVA1 for the OP. Real life could be different

I predict a 300 2.8 and 400 2.8 at a gazillion dollars each (and worth every cent IF you can afford them). That said, the sensor in my crystal ball was made by Sony so I could be wrong.