Rcorrell

hey guys, I'm having trouble with the april 4th null pointer bug with the new build. I get the error message every time I install a newer 4k build after the april 4th (which is now known to have these bugs). I need someone to walk me through the process to remove the error. I've dumped my rom, I've formatted cards, I've cleared canon settings, I've done the battery pull... I still get the error message without fail. If I install the normal nightly build it works fine. I've read through the forum on ML but it is still unclear to me how to resolve it. I've tried contacting them on IRC like it says to do but have not got a response from anyone on the ML side. I'd love to start testing this new build but my camera won't allow me to do so... If anyone knows what process I have to go through in order to get it up and running again I would be very grateful. Thank you in advance. Running a 5D3 1.2.3.

test test test... mine came out to be a 1.437x but works great when paired with 1920x1152. I process my timeline for 2754x1152 and you get a dead on 2.4.0. when de-squeezed.

Here are a bunch of randoms... First 2 are Lomo, the rest are all iscorama pre36.

yours focuses to 3ft?? mine only goes to 4ft.. whomp whomp... :(

here is your chance buddy http://www.ebay.com/itm/Redstan-ISCO-Iscorama-Variable-Lens-Adapter-Brand-New-/271571274671?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f3ae8cbaf

i saw a couple floating around on ebay a month or so ago. If anything check redstan's ebay store and see what he has up.. BTW this might be obvious news to you, but hey...

Lucian a few months ago PM'ed be about the VD mod and vignetting questions.. I never posted my response publicly, but now I can see that many people are wondering the same questions / solutions, so I thought my 2 cents might be helpful for some readers... So here it is... Sooo, yes... VD mod does create more vignetting than the original pre36 isco does on its own. It does this no question. However there is a way to work around it. At first i was surprised to see the difference in many of my taking lenses i had used before i got the mod done, however it was only effecting picture on a 50mm-60mm scale on full frame sensor. Now a few elements are what makes this problem occur... VD does build the mod with the screw-on portion of the rear element flush to the actual lens rear element. Pro : protects the rear lens element more so from scratches dings dents etc, also no use now for multiple stepup rings, filter rings etc. Con: As everyone has been talking about lately, it does create a vignette on the widest taking lenses because of extended rear thread. also the bigger and deeper your wide angle taking lenses are, the more vignette you will get. Diopters will also add to this problem, just making the lens longer in front. FIX: pancake lenses!!. the smaller the better. I use a 50mm nikkor f1.8 pancake at my widest on full frame 5Dmkiii, and its fine. no more vignette. it's something thats a pain at first but once you get setup, no going back from VD version, its a real lens now. Invest in some pancake lenses, they solve this problem and are very cheap usually. I've also done some experimenting with it using my mamiya 645 medium format camera lenses. Because they are made for a 6x4.5 coverage, they are rated at 35mm full frame sizes but are actually "wider" on medium format then full frame. The glass elements in the lenses tend to be bigger than 35mm lenses and they made really nice longer pairing lenses for my Isco. my favorite being the 210mm f4 mamiya seckor C that becomes a really nice 140mm when in anamorphic, and is tack sharp. Now in the APS-C size world, i think it's great. I've played with it a lot on that size and haven't ran into a problem yet. So depending on what lens and camera combination you are using with VD Isco, you might not have problems at all, or if it's full frame, you have to rethink your taking lens collection ;)

My new workflow for proper aspect ratio: shoot at 1920x1152 desqueeze to 2754x1152 @ 1.435x for actual 2.39.1 (for Iscorama)

I have to chime in here after reading a couple of these posts, especially this one quoted above... I've recently been shooting with my Isco pre 36 a lot lately, and I too started noticing that 1.5x made people look weird as well, it's just NOT right. To the point where I spent several hours one day and specifically shot stuff to test this theory. I came to a conclusion of 1.43x after many painstaking hours in photoshop doing photo comparisons of anamorphic vs non. And yes, the next question comes down to what aspect ratio to shoot at with such a strange aspect ratio as 1.43x, and get it as close to 2.4.0 as you can out of the bucket... my next experiment... Isco's seem to be a 1.4Xx stretch NOT 1.5x

I've worked with a lot of people who use this as well.. It's called a blue streak filter. http://www.filtergallery.com

  About $1400.

I'd say it's about 2.5 times heavier, which personally I love cause the damn thing feels like a plastic toy in the original casing.

Just under 90 days.

So updating everyone here as I said I would. Got my lens back from vandiemen, and she's a beauty!! And I have to say, as much criticism as VD has got on their turn-around time, they not only did a great job on the build but also did exactly in the time frame they promised me. Couldn't recommend this upgrade enough for any Isco 36 or pre 36 owners. Takes a great lens and makes it the BEST!

This is interesting and very true about lots of the equipment we "professionals" use.  Want to see something really scary?? (my best Dan Akroid voice from the twilight zone) No, but seriously??  Take that geiger reader and put next to / up to a wireless follow focus system such as the Bartech....   Get ready to run away very fast in the other direction. It's seriously scary how much unhealthy radiation that thing puts out, and any of the microwave based wireless devices.  You can go through "your healthy amount of radiation in a year"  in a matter of hours using a Bartech..  But seriously, all you AC's out there, at least know what you're willingly putting your brain next to for days/ weeks at a time.     And thats my PSA for the day.   ******************************************