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more Nikkor goodness Manly Jazz festival

An Amira mini that weighs only around 1 kg would keep me going until the "Grim Reaper". The new EVA1 is only 1.2kg .

Your friend must be keen to have purchased a second Red one.I am in the opposite direction -try and keep the camera and lens under one kg-that way it's easy to do shots at ground level or one metre over your head with a monopod.Also makes it easy to attend events around Sydney using public transport.

That sure is a bargain !.It may suit your friend's style of work but 9 to 15 kgs fully rigged out is no small puppy.

Super short on "The Wrong camera" made by Paul Ream extrashot.co.uk

What a handy gadget-ballons to diffuse sunlight http://www.cinematography.com/index.php?showtopic=71898

http://www.afcinema.com/Darius-Khondji-AFC-ASC-sheds-light-on-his-retrospective-at-the-Cinematheque-francaise.html?lang=fr

What of legend of a track,! you are fortunate have such close access to the cars and drivers.The slider clips look really cool. Music to car fanatics is the "pure" sounds of these engines in the pits and racing sounds so background music only in parts please! It's very irritating filming at air shows when a Spitfire does a fast low flypast and the stupid commentator talks through the public announcement system the whole time ,along the lines "a Spitfire has two wheels at the front and a small one at the rear'.

looks like a real Buzz Dave,like the piece about " keep being a student"

Yeh Phil 650gms is on the bulky side but manageable.The latest Nikon and Tokina 24-70mm f2.8 zooms are much worse ,they have bloated out to one kg and you sure notice that with a days filming.

Guys in Japan are saying the D850 sensor has no connection to Sony.It was made by a company called "Towerjazz " to Nikon's required specifications.

I have the 85mm T1.5 so far very pleased with it . Was only Aus $380 brand new the Nikon 85mm f1.4 has autofocus but is $2,300 !! However Lensrentals have found the Samyang/Rokinons have high repair rates https://www.slrlounge.com/rokinon-samyang-bower-lenses-long-term-quality-review/

Kenneth is a celluloid purist who refuses to shoot in digital last used 65mm on his 1996 adaption of "Hamlet" http://au.ign.com/articles/2017/06/01/murder-on-the-orient-express-how-kenneth-branagh-recreated-the-legendary-train-and-reimagined-the-agatha-christie-classic

Hi Tim---There is a wedding photographer near Sydney that uses an X-T2 as one of his bodies . His name is James Day http://www.daylight.com.au/blog/fujifilm/

Fujifilm have also announced they are releasing Xmount versions of their cine lenses by the end of this year. Perhaps there is more video oriented body in the pipeline ???

Matt Hickey sounds pleased with his "Mamiya conversion" the rendering on his cats at 4.2 is awesome.

Bioskop.Inc "The only other consideration might be to go the Medium Format lens route & I've been really impressed by some of these lenses recently - anyone have experience with MF lenses? (Looking for budget conscious lenses btw)" I have been having a look at the same prospect as Pentacon six to Canon or Nikon adaptors are easy to find Zeiss Jena Pentacon six medium format for video https://frankglencairn.wordpress.com/vintage-zeiss-glass-on-modern-cameras/ Mamiya 67 lenses on a Nikon D810 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djFh2-rwqeg

Well done Liam !!! a finished project ,it sure made me laugh ! I am surprised that you did both the female voices ,they sure sound like ladies but some of their words are sort of slurred and hard to understand. Have you done any work with normal puppets like Seasame st or "Yoda" some of them are very convincing characters

Lomo Anamorphics on a Red Dragon by Chris Leclerc

Here is a test from "Vintage Lenses for Video" "LOMO OCT19 75mm T2.2 Russian Cine Lens, which happens to be my first ever 4K video as well and what a great lens to kick off the 4K tests with. The whole video was shot wide open and even in 4K, this lens is super sharp. Flares are out of this world and bokeh is super smooth and painterly. As you stop down this lens it gets even sharper and flares become more controlled, so it can give you both dreamy magic and superb performance in controlled lighting." There is also a Lomo OKC cine Jupiter 9 85mm f2 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LOMO-OKC-Jupiter-9-f2-85mm-USSR-cine-camera-AKS-4m-770062-/272768288645?_trksid=p2385738.m2548.l4275

I am pretty sure Duclos no longer service Lomo lenses (parts difficult to get & quoting on repair time and cost difficult).Here is a quote from Matthew Duclos back in 2009 when they were servicing them "Lomo lenses range quite a bit in age and style. Most of them being acquired were built in the 70's and a few from the 80's. This makes them nice and cheap and many people are taking advantage of that (good for you). But that doesn't change the cost of labor when servicing the lenses. Rob was right, it is costly to service Lomos. This is mostly due to their poor build quality. While servicing, the set screws tend to break off and require even more time to remove. Many of the components inside the Lomo lenses are hand made (not in a good way) and don't always fit correctly. Don't get me wrong, they are great lenses. But they are very costly to maintain. I'll give you an example... I just serviced a Zeiss 35mm MkIII Super Speed and billed the customer for 4 hour. I also recently serviced a Lomo anamorphic that we billed the customer 8 hours. So... my point is, they are cheap to buy, but costly to maintain. And they do produce nice images ;)"

DXOMark ratings are " horse manure" they even have the nerve to claim their own one inch sensor camera is as good as a Nikon D7200 or Sony A7S !! https://www.dxomark.com/Reviews/DxO-ONE-review-The-Science-Behind-the-Score

GTX 580 came out Nov 2010 so not exactly a modern card

Very interesting tests by Max with the new IMac compared to 2015 jobs

Hi Fredrik There has been some discussion on this over at Creative Cow https://forums.creativecow.net/docs/forums/post.php?forumid=335&postid=96047&univpostid=96047&pview=t