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Aputure DEC is very affordable, especially if you're already adapting lenses. Wouldn't be too hard to use with a gimbal at all.

Whoa... did you guys see this?! Bad news for GoPro! All Karma drones have been recalled: http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/8/13569730/gopro-karma-drone-recall-announced

Lots of good recommendations in this thread, always fun to see what other people are using. In my opinion, if you're just starting out I don't think there is any need to get too crazy with any huge investments. My first lighting setup was just 3 aputure Al-H198 LEDs, and they took me a long ways. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1114779-REG They're only like $60 a piece! I added AC power functionality for pennies which let me run these tiny, portable, (and dimmmable!) high CRI lights on either AC, double AAs, or rechargeable sony npf style batteries. In other words, very versatile! I've shot all kinds of corporate/talking head kind of pro-level stuff using only these three lights and a 5-in-1 reflector for bounce on occasion. Depending on how ambitious your needs are, the whole setup, with cheap stands and all, is easily less than $200 total. So, a great place to get started. Then later you can assess your needs if you need bigger, brighter. more spot, more flood, fresnel, etc. But for now, I'd start out small. Just my 2 cents! Good luck!

I agree, the new proxy system has been a breeze, especially since for the most part I'm editing super high-bitrate h.265, which tends to bog my machine down once I get some effects and color correction on there. Toggling that little button keeps things nice and smooth, and is really simple to use. I started editing a new project with the update yesterday. Some of my third-party custom effects presets aren't working in the new version and will cause a freeze, but other than that the RAM leak issue seems way more under control than in the previous version, so yeah... so far, so good!

Yeah hopefully it's more stable. 2015.3 for the most part was stable for me, but on one project last week, out of nowhere, it was freezing, stuttering, crashing, giving me errors, using an insane amount of RAM... I don't know what unholy combination of plugins, proxies, and footage from different cameras in that particular project combined in such a hellish way to make it behave like that, but I was about ready to throw my computer out the window. Fingers crossed here.

Hmm, must be some copy-to-copy variation, or maybe you just use yours a lot more than mine and it's loosened up a bit over time, because mine's nice and tight, easy to move, but stays exactly where its at.

Remember though, you can change the sensitivity/throw of the lens in the settings from very long to very short, that's the only way I can handle manually focusing this lens. It's certainly far better than canon's STM implementation in my opinion, manual focussing feels far more substantial with the S-Lens, which is nice.

@ricardo_sousa11 Holy shit dude! Those frames are so gorgeous, every one. Your stuff is always so motivating for me to go out and shoot. I for one would absolutely buy some LUTs from you. Keep up the good work, man. Very impressive stuff.

Hey @lucabutera, does your conversion kit work with the E-mount DEC, the MFT one, or both?

I have both cameras, I think the NX1 is definitely better though. If I understand it correctly, the NX1 is downscaling a 6.5k full-sensor readout into hyper-detailed 4k, whereas the NX500 is a straight 4k crop of the sensor, hence the huge crop and (I presume) less detail. The NX1 image definitely seems superior, especially when I compare them head to head when using them on the same shoot. With gamma DR, the master black level, and other settings available only on the NX1, you're able to fine tune the image much better, and in my experience with the hack, the NX1 is also able to record with a higher bit rate than the nx500, I get more 'recording stopped' errors with it than with the NX1. That being said, I've been shooting a whole bunch with the NX500 lately on my new Zhiyun crane gimbal and, coupled with the roki 12mm, the results have been stellar.

24fps raw stills for 150 shots... so that opens up the possibility for around 6.25 second bursts of raw 6k video! Maybe someone crazy will make a video with it. It'd be a lot of work, but might be kind of a fun challenge.

Well the live stream for the official announcement just started like five minutes ago, I'm sure they'll give some more info: http://live.dji.com/adventure/ EDIT: Looks like it's about $750 drone-only, without the controller (using smartphone only to control the drone). $999 for the drone + controller, and a combo package with a carrying bag, extra props and extra battery for $1300, so definitely competitive with the karma, and waaaaay more compact.

Correct. Those adapters are super cheap too. I already bought all of mine in anticipation of receiving my NX-L. I got a C/Y to EF, Nikon to EF, and M42 to EF, don't think I spent more than $30 for all three. Of course there's still no way to control the aperture of any lens electronically, since it's a dumb adapter, there are no electronics. Hence the need to raise money to try and develop one that does have this feature in the future.

I bought one! I'm super excited to play with it, and finally get to experiment with all my FF glass the way it's meant to be used. I'll be putting it through the paces for sure, with both video and stills, using all kinds of Nikon glass, m42, c/y, Minolta, and canon of course, on both my NX1 and NX500... and I'll be posting all of my findings and results here! Can't wait! Special thanks to @lucabutera for making all this possible... You're definitely helping to keep our small, loyal band of NX users alive.

Maybe we're talking about the same thing, in the photo section of the menu when a samsung lens is connected and set to manual focus mode, there is a MF Responsiveness setting with High, Medium, and Low options that essentially controls the focus throw, from very short, to surprisingly long.

@Herb I've been closely following this thread because I'm very interested in the zhiyun for my NX1 as well. I'd written it off at first because of the 1200g weight limit but apparently that's not as much of an issue as people initially thought, which is great. 50mm (especially on crop) seems really long to me for gimbal use, I usually prefer much wider focal lengths than that, I'm guessing that could be a part of your problem, since tiny shakes will be amplified by a longer focal length? Have you tried it with any other lenses? Any obvious cons you've noticed? I'm getting more and more convinced its a purchase I need to make!

Sadly, in my opinion, it's nowhere near as good. I went from a 70D to an NX1. In an interview like situation, with one of the S lenses, it's really good, it'll lock onto a face and stay solid, no hunting, but that's about the extent of what I can trust it with. Canon's dual pixel is just so wonderfully useable and trustworthy, even in run and gun type stuff, nailing focus every time with a touch of the screen (albeit with those mushy, soft canon "details", but what can you do). I would never dare use my samsung like that though, especially in high contrast situations, where sometimes it will think it has 'achieved focus' and then just completely blur everything, ruining the shot. That being said, I have had pretty good success using it for gimbal stuff, I've used the nx1 and 16-50s lens in af-c on a ronin-m quite a bit, and been very pleased with the results most of the time. Samsung's af tech is pretty good, and definitely better than most cams, but canon's dual pixel af is straight-up magic.

I mean... Better?... Hard to say, IMO. I still have both, and can't bear to part with either. The range on the S lens is definitely more preferable than the sigma, being wider and longer, and the stabilization is pretty stellar (combine it with DIS and lateral handheld movements of the camera can look like a straight-up slider shot) and of course it's a wonderful lens for stills, but the main thing that keeps me using the sigma for video is that buttery smooth focus ring (and the constant f/1.8 of course). I do think it's really cool you can electronically change the S lens's focus throw and sensitivity, but it's still just not the same as actual mechanical focussing, at least for me. But either way, gorgeous shot (as usual!!) @ricardo_sousa11

There's an option in the resolution part of the Vasile hack menu that lets you change the VGA mode of the camera to 2.5k, than look at the following chart to make the appropriate changes to bitrate. I haven't really tested the 2.5k much myself, I heard it was prone to aliasing more, but supposedly doesn't have the noise reduction problem at higher ISOs that a lot of people complain about with the NX1, so who knows, YMMV. If you do a sweet test, share it with us!

The 23.976 DCI would work for sure, I didn't know 48p was even possible though? Might be fun to mess around with if it is, for some super subtle slo-mo, or maybe some kind of Hobbit spoof or something.

This lets you access a few framerate options that are not otherwise present, for example 24p in UHD on the NX500, (Without the hack, 24p is only available in DCI 4k on the NX500) but this trick makes it really handy for a 2-camera shoots with the NX1. This is also what lets you override the 15min 4k limit on the NX500 as well. You could also, if you'd like, use this method to shoot DCI 30p on the NX1.

Definitely not. First of all they're only designed to cover a cropped sensor circle, so even if it were possible they'd vignette like crazy, but that's besides the point anyway seeing as they're specifically designed for the mirrorless NX mount and flange distance, meaning there's no way you could shove a piece of glass in there and expect it to be focuseable.

Well there are some other pretty similar products actually. I got linked to this company's facebook page from some site just a few days ago, apparently this one is also motorized as well. Not sure on the cost though, but it looks pretty much identical: https://www.facebook.com/glidearm/

I have the NX1, mainly I shoot weddings, corporate stuff, and small commercials. The Sigma 18-35 lives on my camera, absolutely stellar lens. When I need wider, the Rokinon 12mm f/2 is very small, very light, and very sharp. Mid range, I'm in love with the Zeiss/Contax 50mm f1.7, which has a certain je ne sais quoi that renders things so, so beautifully. Long end, the Rokinon 85mm T1.5 gives that jaw-dropping, ultra-shallow look, awesome for narrative stuff too. As far as vintage lenses go, I'm not sure why some posters above have said the NX1 has a "problem" with them. 95% of the time I use the lenses mentioned above, but once I get my hands on one of those new dream-come-true NX-L speedboosters Lucubutera has been cooking up, I'll be using my full frame vintage glass much more. I own the Nikkor 28mm f2.8 AIS, gorgeous, extremely sharp lens. Minolta Rokkor 40mm f2 looks great, Zeiss Jena 35mm f/2.4 is on point, Canon FD 50mm 1.4 looks great, Tokina 24-70 f/2.6-2.8 has a very distinct, vintage glow to it with the NX sensor... let's see, what else... Ah yes, the above-mentioned Helios-44 is awesome, 58mm is kind of interesting focal length to play around with, and that signature swirly bokeh is super cool. I can go all day, I've got way too many lenses, I'm afraid it's a bit of an addiction at this point. But the take-away is, there is an absolute wealth of great, affordable glass to be had for the NX1 (or any mirrorless camera for that matter) that can fit a wide variety of looks you might be after, whether it be the ultra-contrasty/ultra-sharp modern look, low-con vintage haze and dreaminess, vintage swirly bokeh... There's not really any "right or wrong" answers, it just comes down to the look you're after, and how much you're willing to spend to get it.

Wrong, technically ef-s lenses are only made by canon, they have a longer plastic bit at the end. Third party lenses like the Sigma's mentioned above will go on any full frame EF camera just fine , even if they're only designed to cover aps-c, they still feature the regular EF lens mount.