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Holy cow, rewatching the Concrete Island piece from Michael Mills. At 36 seconds- epic shot. Movement within the frame, framing, geometry, light, location. Perfect! And how generous these afficiandos have been on background info, like on this one: Olympus 17mm F1.8 coupled with the AG-LA7200 anamorphic adapter. Camera: GH2 (1080p24, Dynamic B&W Film Mode) Additional filters: Black Pro-Mist 1/4, Red 1 (25) Looking epic, this epic GH2. Check out Andrew Reids GH2 stuff, no ugly muddy LUTs, just nice study of composition, light and movement and lens choice.

Glenn, I read only the best stuff about the Minolta 35- 70 3.5 Macro, the third version of the 35 70. That might also be a super cool lens speedboosted. I got my 12mm SLR magic now. It´s the first version, the F1.6 one, not the T1.6 version. It has the focus wheel close to the lens mount. At f2.8 it´s reasonably sharp, popping at F4. 1.6 very gloomy, 2.0 already better, half way between 2 and 2.8 not too bad. It´s a fun lens. But boy, it is a beast when it comes to handling movement and geometry and speed of movement. Not easy to master without a tripod. GX85 stabilization does not dampen cheesy camera work. 12mm length is unforgiving when it comes to movement. All in all a great lens, but version 1 is not a resolution wonder above 2.8. Would put it in the same category as Walimex 24mm 1.4. resolution wise. Mechanically it is a joy to use. For handheld shooting the position of the focus ring is also nice ergonomically. All in all a winner for the 190 EUR I paid. Very happy! It´s a beauty on my GX85! With practice the right lens for awesome camera work.

I think these GH1 and GH2 pioneers put a lot of art and craft into the creation of every frame. Like going by Tony Zhous motto "every frame a painting", they have been following the route "every frame a stills photograph". Check out Michael Mills´s GH2 pieces and vignettes of art. Quality ratio of GH2 and GH1 and 5DII on vimeo is very high.

Now you have all the things on the table to rock your GX85. You have shown readers of the forum a nice deal of your own knowledge. Is the GX85 your first DSLR/DSLM for shooting video? If so, great camera to start with!

@Nicholson Ruiz Hey Nicholson! I like the flow of your video and the three settings. I wouldnt worry about matching the looks as they occur on the three different locations. Only thing, if nitpicking, a very few changes/cuts between locations seem not hundred percent perfect, maybe due to a free and flowing approach. Very nice video, locations, talent in front of the camera, nothing to worry about matching the two cams, I must say. By the way, this video of yours looks awesome. Red Epic, anybody?

Totally. It´s a certain shooting style these cmounts go along well with. A nice 25mm cmount lens seems to be a must for any m43 lens lover. The artist of this piece has also really nailed it shooting wise.

@kidzrevil, what are you doing! Now I am starting to lust for these Nikon lenses!:) I really think your footage in portrait mode has awesome colors. What settings were you using? Is this out of cam? Looking natural, cinematic, looking boss!

Looking fantastic. I don´t mean to come across like a smartass: We will have to wait and see. Seriously there has not been anything of that caliber shot with a GH5 and then posted on Eoshd yet. As people on Eoshd like to say: footage looks thick.:) Thanks for showing.

A nice piece showing off the GX85 in combination with a 25mm CCTV lens. I enjoyed this very much and really like the colors.

Nice edit and footage. So the Nocti is the pricey but exellent 42.5mm 1.2 Pana Leica lens? I couldnt hear your voice well, due to the louder background music. Footage of the racing track and the racing kid looks especially nice. The framing on the womans face put her eyebrows and her lips too close towards the upper and lower edges, in my opinion. Nice achievement and showcase for your lens combos and GH5s image quality.

Hey Kidz! Just keep the different image circles in mind. Tevidons above 16mm should be fine, the 10 and 16mm are tricky for the G85, as I´ve been posting a few days ago in this thread. Glenns Fujinon 12.5mm seems one of the nicest lens gems in C-mount. I am glad he shared his knowledge about it on this forum. For the Tevidons I wouldnt pay more than 100 USD though, as some sellers really push the prices too much. I paid around 30USD for my Tevidon 16mm 1.8, which is still waiting for an adapter. Tevidons need a special Tevidon to either cmount or m43 adapter.

@meanwhile with GX85, manual focus is the best. AF does not compare to the AF beasts for video. Mercer also owns a Tokina 25-50 F4, which is my favorite lens for handheld shooting and manual focussing without focussing gear. Couple this bargain lens with a cheap focal reducer and you have a nice lens with 2.8 light gathering and S35 cinema standard image and exellent ergos for manual handheld shooting. Add a small cage later on, once you can find one for cheap. I got a "Rolleiflex 4K" cage for around 40USD. Usually they range around 200 bucks. Another favorite of mine is the Canon FD 28mm F2.8 in combination with a cheap focal reducer, bargain quality lens. Maybe still my number one. The EVF on the GX85 is not nice on the shooters eyes, so one would depend on the LCD. Shoot that little guy in 4K, because the HD is not as nice as it used to be with the Panasonic Lumix cams.

Hallo Teemu, one thing ahead: your other video is really dope. My compliments. This is one to me seems a little loose on the narrative string, different locations, moods, visual styles, some of them very nicely done indeed, but to me they are not seemlessly fitting with one another. The Teaser shot is gorgeous and so is your other video. My two cents.

Glenn, you made me check out Edward G. Robinsion. Nice find! That Netflix mogul in Edward G. Robinson impression is a great idea for a little scene itself!

@jcs and @HockeyFan12, you guys confuse me. Maybe it´s my lackful English. Maybe it is your English, you guys are able to express all this knowledge with. Will try to understand that interesting stuff some day. Astonishing! Wow! @mercer Glenn, Mr. Netflix might reply: If your GH5 only had Olympus colors, I´d give you green light for your not horrible film, that you pitched oh so well:)

Or if only the GH5 had the price of a BMPCC

No, no, not spending your money my friend!:) It becomes a 2x1.4=2.8 crop like the one on the BMPCC. If the Kern works well on the the BMPCC it would with the 4K 1.4 crop of the GH5. This mode is called 4K Extra Tele alias EX Tele mode. http://www.newsshooter.com/2017/03/28/gh5-extra-tele-conversion/ Keep your money in your pockets, under your pillow, how would I know where!:) Btw, this little bad boy works nicely on the pocket. Looking pretty sharp to me:

Good one!:)

Great thing about s16 lenses is they would love the 1.4 crop mode of the GH5, which is still 4K and should give pixel perfect downscaled HD. Makes the GH5 a nice stabilized s16 cinema camera, the GHMCC, GHMagicCinemaCamera:)

That´s right. It´s going to be shot at the end of August. It´s gonna be a fun experience. This time with usable dialogue sound, though not in English:) My bet for your camera would be: A6000 or G85 or EM10 II. Oly EM10 II has the 72mbps ALL Intra, has 3 axis IBIS, does not have Flat profile. For the Oly 5 n 10 II, do they have mic input? All in all the Olys seem pricey, but your choice by heart. So, maybe Oly E M10 II could be it, if audio and battery solution is nice. EDIT: Hoppla, thought you meant my lil project, conceided me. But of course, hopin too that Mattias gets to shoot his film. Sorry about the mistake at the beginning of my post.

Hey Glenn, thank you for posting that link! That´s a lens I´ve been thinking about for quiete a while now. I just purchased a SLR Magic 12mm so I should be happy. But still wanna try this lens out some day. About the Tevidon 16mm check this out, cropping into m43 and still creeping into UHD a little bit at F1.8, perfect for BMPCC though: http://lenscraze.blogspot.de/2015/05/tevidon-16-1-8.html I have the Tevidon 16 but need to purchase an adapter for it some time, actually two adapters, one from tevidon to cmount plus a cmount adapter.

Hallo Jase, I would go for the 4K. It crops a little bit off of that fishey effect too:) The downscaled 4K is a much better image than the internal 1080p, which is not close to the very nice HD quality in the GHs, G6 and G7 cameras. So overall image should be better. Why don´t you do a quick test in the basement? Shouldnt take more than 15mins. I don´t mean to be a smartass, but that would give you 1st hand info, as lowlight with a 3.5 lens might deserve a special test due to the various variables it accounts to.

with clean 4K 60p the GH5 should be able to give us pixel perfect 120fps in HD. Unfortunately it doesn´t. Perfect HD up to 60p, still nice up to 75fps HFR mode, from there on it´s not getting better: https://www.slashcam.de/artikel/Test/Panasonic-GH5-Sensor-Verhalten---Aufloesung--Slowmo--Rolling-Shutter---Slow-Motion.html#Slow_

Andy Lee has been too busy unfortunately to share some of his great findings about lenses lately. Would be awesome, if Rich could chime in on this topic and the case of maintaining and servicing Lomo Cine optics. So, @richg101, @andy lee, calling you a second time in this thread. By the way, Andy, any teaser footage of your film "Pandora"?

That legendary "mercers 12.5mm Fujinon"! No need for me to hunt for it anymore, since I bought the SLRMagic 12mm. Or am I at the beginning of a 12mm GAS now?:) I found different lenses of a Fujinon 12.5mm lens on ebay, some made in China, some in Bangladesh, looking pretty different from one another. Could you post a link to the right version? I remember you wrote that optical quality is very good. Do you still have it? If so, I would definately support your choice of a MFT camera as your second cam. This video gives a good idea regarding Tevidon lenses and their coverage of m43 image circle. The 25mm looking pretty good, the 16mm not fully covering: