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Really enjoyed this. The quick cuts and strong compositions left me fascinated and the sound editing was very strong too. Jealous of your journeys. :)

Crap, sorry for the stupid topic title. :unsure:

Simple, all-in-one lens kit for S35 and M43 sensors, I've shot many fun projects with this sharp and agreeable little setup. It's for sale now for anyone interested. Moving to SLR Magic Anamorphot soon. Let me know if you have any questions, thanks for looking! Click here for eBay auction, demo video in description.

Done and done! I read it cover to cover. Thank you sir! Job well done. :)

Ordered! But my download stalled repeatedly and my link expired/blocked me after too many attempts, so I can't get the ebook :( email sent! Excited to read this!

1.33x is fine for me. 1.5x would be cool but I already have a sharp Kowa 2x solution, and the bokeh can be stretched further using diopters or something like a DSO-style modified lens. So for me, the ideal feature set for this product is:   -Single focus mechanics -Nice blue oval flare: see Scott's Alien -Works with fast lenses (f2/f2.8) at a 50mm equivalent focal length -under 1200.00 USD. If I wanted to pay more I'd pony up for an Iscorama or Lomo squarefront.

  +1. I shoot a NEX-7 as my walkaround photo/video camera and I have to say, configured properly, it puts out a really nice image. Just don't go too flat with the profile or overboard with the 1080p/60p. Detail and dynamic range are great though, and it will take any lens I throw at it. AF in video is smooth and usable. The only reason I'd recommend it over a NEX-6 is the mic input. The 10-18mm f4 and 50mm 1.8 lenses are a perfect combo for run and gun shooting.   That said, the 50D is the best bargain to come along in a while. At the very least, it's a solid way to get my feet wet in raw workflow, and the images it's capable of are quite nice, especially in anamorphic. Cool beans. I'm interested to see how the new mid-level Canon DSLRs will perform in this area.

Hi all,   Just on the lookout for a bayonet or large-thread Century Anamorphic adapter (with or without diopter) to use on my NEX system. Any Optex or similar adapter would work too, it just needs to be focus-through and cover APS-C. eBay is no help right now, I'd appreciate any leads or heads-up. Thanks! :)

  So I'm seeing, but my biggest concern would be whether it could cover APS-C without vignetting. 37mm seems awfully narrow to be attaching to a 52mm front thread on even M43.

Hey fellas, for those who have owned/used one of these, just wondering how compatible the Century Optics 1.33x anamorphic adapter (37mm rear thread) might be with my Sony NEX-7, and what lenses would work best. I've got a line on one that looks like a great deal but there's no chance to get my money back if it doesn't work. So, how well does this piece cover APS-C through Sony's E-mount, and how wide can I go? I have to say I'm skeptical. I understand diopters might be a necessity too...

I'd like to see this paired with that excellent-looking NEX-5N cinema cage. I can't wait to acquire a speed booster for my NEX-7. Double my focal length collection, gain a stop across the board and attain FF DOF and FOV? 600$ is a steal.

I've got an NEX7 with a Sankor 16-D 2x. Nice combo, and squeezing the footage to 1920x540 is easy in post through almost all the NLEs I use (Avid Studio, Premiere Elements). But if I want to *stretch* the footage, it gets trickier. These consumer NLEs, as nice as they can be, don't really allow custom project resolutions/ARs beyond 1080/16:9. I tried using Lightworks, but it doesn't yet natively support AVCHD so I'd have to entirely transcode the footage. If I wanted to do that I'd just transcode AND resize all at once, and edit the new clips in one of my simpler NLEs. What I'm looking for is a Windows NLE that will let me resize/stretch my footage to 3840x1080 [i]within[/i] the project and export/master in that format as well. I'm guessing Premiere Pro is probably the best way to go here, but I can't afford it yet and I was naively wondering if there's a less expensive solution.  :P Any ideas?

Andrew - Any further details or thoughts regarding NEX-7 Night profile, or Creative profiles in general? Was it used as is or did you dial down sharpness, contrast and saturation? I've been using this profile lately and find it among the most usable for video work with this camera.

Excellent, would love a similar post about NEX-7 (getting around limitations). I understand it's taken a backseat, however. :)

[quote author=Andrew Reid - EOSHD link=topic=469.msg3022#msg3022 date=1332798858] Bitrate as quoted in the specs is per second. The more frames per second the more thinly spread the allocated bitrate for each second so the less each frame gets. The more compressed the frame and the less bits of data allocated to the image, the worse the image gets. [/quote] OK that makes good sense. The data rate Sony advertises for NEX-7's 60p footage is 28mbps, while for 24p it is 24mbps. With this clarified, indeed it seems 24pFX will be my go-to mode unless I need slo-mo - just means I need to plan a bit more when I frame up a shot ;) Real-world experience with the camera tells me, though, that MBL plays nice with NEX-7 footage, and if I like what I see *while shooting* then I'll generally like it in post. In my experience so far this goes for both 24p and 60p out of this camera.

[quote author=hoodlum link=topic=469.msg3014#msg3014 date=1332789464] 1080/60p halves the 24p bitrate on the NEX-7 to 14mb/s, so right there you have a big step back in quality. [/quote] I'm struggling to make sense of this. Clarification please?

[quote author=themartist link=topic=469.msg3008#msg3008 date=1332787688] Very good review here. I've no intention to go the Canon route after these insights. I think its either the GH3 or the Nex-7 for me. Andrew, please take a deeper look at the NEX-7 in comparison to the GH2 for video. I saw your original review on the NEX-7 for video, but I also noticed how some people had advice as far as changing the settings you were using. I'd love to see a little more head to head comparisons. I have a hacked GH1 and a NEX-5(not n)... and ready to get rid of both to buy a new NEX-7, but have reservations. My hope is for a more portable video & stills camera. Obvious problem with the NEX is lenses... for now, I think the 30mm Sigma seems like a good walk around lens. Not too big, but unfortunately not too fast either. Seeing how the video and 1080/60p for slow motion holds up will be very informative too. [/quote] themartist: See my posts and 60p/slomo video here ([url=http://www.eoshd.com/comments/index.php/topic,283.msg2766.html#msg2766]http://www.eoshd.com/comments/index.php/topic,283.msg2766.html#msg2766[/url]). I own an NEX-7 (and several piles of Tamron Adaptall and Canon FD glass) and bought it primarily for video. Been shooting with it for several weeks now and I have very few complaints. I've not owned a GH2 but I have easy access to one and I hope to do some comparing of the two soon. So far, though, the benefits of NEX-7 far, far outweigh any detriments I've encountered. It's lightyears more useable, and portable, than my Canon T3i, and once my Zuiko 38mm 1.8 arrives I'm sure impromptu video shoots will happen quite a bit more often. Already I'm infintely more productive as a hobbyist photographer, now that I have such a tiny yet capable camera body, and I see the same happening with my videography. I plan on acquiring a Tamron E-mount 18-200 sometime soon as my first (and probably only) AF lens for the camera. It's much smaller than Sony's lens, the optics and VC are impressive and it will make for a fine general-use video lens outside of low-light situations. I've already got too many brilliant fast MF primes to make the Zeiss 24mm 1.8 and 50mm 1.8 OSS worthwhile. The more I use E-mount cameras (and NEX-7 in particular) the more impressed I am. At some point an FS100 or even a VG20 would be lovely but right now I'm astonished at what I can accomplish with this little monster of a camera. Granted, GH2 and presumably the forthcoming GH3 are powerhouses with more robust file output for half the price, but the NEX-7's larger/more versatile sensor, EVF, LCD, live histogram, 1080/60p, size, construction/build quality, incredible direct control, customization, and discreet profile are wowing me more and more as I use it. Like Andrew says in his review, it depends on what you're looking for out of a camera. For me, NEX-7 perfectly and excitingly fits the bill, as its video *usability* is far beyond my Canon DSLR, while video *image quality* is also better than Canon by a small margin (especially in the 60p dept., never thought I'd be so enamored with that framerate at 1080). I'm doing comparisons on various creative/picture styles and hope to have some definite results to share soon. So far, as long as I (over)expose properly, I don't have a problem holding on to detail in grading, which seems to be the only really significant objection to using NEX-7 for video. That's just my experience, though :) A long ramble here, but all that to say, don't be *too* reserved about NEX-7. I think it's a far more useful and credible piece of kit than people give it credit for.

Just finished this little montage using NEX-7 and Canon FD glass, and the techniques outline in my prior post... [url=http://vimeo.com/38994583]March 17 2012 Irish Parade - NEX-7[/url] (vimeo.com/38994583 if you can't view the embed)

[quote author=lunelson link=topic=283.msg2080#msg2080 date=1330529689] Anyway what I'm saying is with a flat profile if you push your exposure "to the right", even though that looks wrong on your display (it will all seem too bright, but just watch your histogram), later you will have encoded more of the picture you actually want, since the flat profile allowed you to push it in to the higher levels of the image. In the grading you would bring things down (rather than up, as you had to do with the sky in that image), and you find that the tone and saturation will turn out much better. That's my theory. I would like to see a comparison, to see how the NEX 7's flat image profile would hold up if treated that way, since I think the color looks much more neutral and balanced than what the GH2 or Canons produce... [/quote] This has been generally my experience, exposing more than I typically would using the histogram to push as far to the right as I can get without clipping my highlights (not pushing ISO too far for this, however - noise level on NEX-7 is about on par with my T3i, I think). Typically I use fast lenses and reasonably close distance subjects which makes for perfectly fine detail rendering on the 7's sensor, and if I need that extra stop to push "to the right" I dial down my shutter to 1/25 or 1/60, depending on my frame-rate - low shutter speeds don't seem to affect the motion in the image at all (at least to my eye). In general I find this exposure method lets me grade my footage without much complication or loss of quality. One practice I do find myself experimenting with more now that I own the NEX 7 is shooting entire projects in 1080/60p and conforming to 24p if desired later on - 60p with an appropriate shutter speed nearly eliminates rolling shutter, and gives me automatic slo-mo flexibility if desired. Obviously the higher bitrate is an attraction too, although to be honest I doubt it's manifesting much more detail in the image - just more frames  :P Still, makes me feel better mentally  ;) Anyways, if you can shoot with a reasonably shallow depth of field, a higher-than-you're-used-to exposure, and at high frame-rate/shutter speeds, this is a remarkably pleasant and effective camera - especially with good sharp glass. Can't wait to slap my FD 85mm 1.8 or my Tamron Adaptall 90mm 2.5 on it with my en-route Sankor anamorphic. Lovely days ahead. :)