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I have that same adapter and I find it works great. But yes no auto anything. But way better than futzing around with the front mounted variable ones, at least to me it's better. I guess the solution is to chuck everything and just go buy a Sony FS5 LoL. They are getting pretty cheap used. With all the firmware stuff now they are a pretty amazing camera.

I am not too sure what has happened to the "Civilized West"? It seems this country is tearing it's self apart, and it started Way before Trump came on the scene. The politics is just poisonous anymore here. They is no compromise now, just a defeatist mindset. People have become just plain nasty to each other. Everyone seems on edge. A Huge change from when I was young here. And it is easy to get swept up into it. Yeah would be nice to live in a polite society, free of serious crime. Yep, might be the place to go..

I have always loved Portugal but i have never been to that area. Mostly the Lisbon area. It looks beautiful from the pictures I have seen. Closest I have ever been to it is Gibraltar fending off monkeys left and right, and well eating them also LoL. The old monkey on a stick street food! And have been to Tangier across the way, and that is like a night and day difference. Camel on a stick there with a goat or two thrown in for flavoring LoL. I have Never been to South America. And really don't know anyone I know that has been either. Rather strange when I think about it. I mean it is a Huge Continent. Hmm.

Wow Tokyo that would be quite the change! Not too fond of cities that big but it certainly is a beautiful city with amazing history behind it. I doubt I would fit in there very well. I am not really too polite LoL. Not proud of it, but it is what it is. Plus they take stuff way too serious. Doesn't sound like fun in the long run to me.

Wow that one is the poster child for fungus on the rear element! Yikes.

I am very surprised by your statement of AU$800k for a average house. That sounds crazy. Where I live here I would say the average is 150 to 175 thousand dollars. Even my daughter that lives in California I say is 500K or a bit more on average, and she lives 14 blocks from the Pacific Ocean. You Really Need to move LoL. Austin, TX is actually one of the Few places I would live in Texas. A really progressive city with a lots of things to do. And a dream come true if you are into country western music LoL. Even a terrible place can seem like home, but I think change is not a bad thing for all involved. Tough leaving family, but that is sort of how life is suppose to work. Going out on your own as they say. Yes Vermont is a very beautiful place to live but man with this Global Warming stuff it seems like it is becoming a Bad place to be. Not much into 2 foot snowfalls and floods all the time LoL.

Yeah I follow 4 people, some with kids that RV and 3 people that are on sailboats, and one on a power boat. I help support all of them through Patreon. They all have jobs they do through the internet. Most of them work for the same company they used to work for. So a person can live on the road as they say for at least several years. I doubt forever kind of thing you could. I am lucky I get social security and 2 pensions. Not rich, but make enough to be pretty free and independent. But if I want to buy a somewhat high dollar item I pretty much have to sell something else I bought to do it. No 2 toys at a time thing. I didn't ever do what I really wanted as I worked in my younger years. I kind of always wanted to have a completely different kind of job every year. I get bored pretty easy. And I also like to always be learning something I never knew before. But when you are married and have children those sort of dreams don't also make any real sense. So you do what you are required to supply, a steady income for your family. Welcome to normal life. But I will be 72 in a little over a month and I know my time is coming to an end, at least to be doing any sort of moving, RVing, walking, hiking on and on, or hell maybe even living to see another year. Never know. I have been rode hard and put up wet as they say. ? No I am not moving to Puerto Rico either LoL. But it does sound a lot more doable than I would have guessed. I sort of envy the Fstopper folks. Doing something they like in a whole new surrounding, meeting apparently some really interesting, successful, friendly people to learn a few new tricks. Whats not to like. Change can be good. It can recharge your batteries. Make it worth looking forward to getting up in the morning. That is something that is very desirable for sure in a happy life, and damn hard to maintain.

Yeah I know how you feel. I was raised out in the country south of Lansing, Michigan as a small kid for 6 years. My brother was born in Lansing. Nice place to say you Used to live there LoL. Plenty of Mosquitoes and Snakes where we lived. Yeah suppose to be -6 degrees here tomorrow night. Wonderful. Snowing again right now.

Really interesting Long video, about Fstoppers moving to an Island. I get itchy feet often, moving myself 1,000 miles away from where I live now or more. Not that drastic of a move but.. Anyone else had the desire to just sort of pick up and go somewhere Really different? Not just because of something bad happening where you are located, but just to get a new shot of energy from a new community, a lift in spirits,. A new look at even the same profession, or maybe a chance to change completely. I really never gave Puerto Rico much of a thought. But it does sound interesting, and less of a challenge than I would have guessed. This video might help someone who thought about moving there. It answers a lot of questions about it.

Yee Haw! Great news.

Well from what I read you have to kill the fungus first or you are wasting your time sort of just cleaning it. Lots of crazy ideas on You Tube. And yeah most Real PL mount lenses that started out they way, not converted, are really quality made stuff. More Pro like than the run of the mill stuff.

Well if a person has the tools there are some amazing values around for old lenses infected by fungus. Like you I have no clue how many are really salvageable? From so9me articles on the web it does look like some forms of fungus over time DO permanently etch into the elements. So not good.

Well there has to be some room to grow or Panasonic with Leica, and even throw in Sigma with them would have Never thought about trying to go a FF Panny camera. This to me is pretty crazy. I think it is going to be a FF E-M1X Flop. What the hell is Panasonic going to bring to photo that Canon, Nikon doesn't have already? In reality a mirrorless camera sucks ass for long lens usage. And I would venture to guess to most Pros Telephoto lenses are their bread and butter. They are not going mirrorless in droves. Especially without native long lenses available for them. Now on the video side mirrorless works OK other than the heat dissipation element. Most use wide to normal lenses so no real problem handling wise. But from what I gather these new Panasonic cameras, like the new Oly are Photo cameras not video. Seems like both are doing a death wish.

Yeah but Canon has Never made a 4K FF sensor without a crop. That is pretty crazy when you think about it in this day and age. And I would imagine people might want Raw in the higher end models you know they are going to come out with. Can they do it in FF. I sort of doubt it. And I just can't imagine Canon going to a Sony sensor in their top end stuff. It would just be a total admission they are not capable of making it happen on their own. I just don't see it happening.

Ought to be able to be done with the PK4 also with a speedbooster. Mostly is BMD CS and ProRes making it happen. Well their grade also but..

I think to be honest Canon has realized that their sensor, possessor tech is too far behind, and by the time they invest in new manufacturing equipment and plants it would be a waste of time even if they have the engineering to do it. Once you get so far behind you really can't catch up. And there is not going to be a market down the road for big cameras anyways for anyone. I think Magic Lateran has proved that Canon really was not holding back on much. They really could not have made a camera that did 4K reliably for hours on end without a crop of some kind and not have a gimped live view to boot. You can't sell a camera to the average person that is unreliable.They have lacked the horsepower to really make it happen, at least on the consumer end. Sure they have protected their C line, but even Sony, Panasonic have done that. None are not going to give you a 10,000 dollar camera for 1800 bucks.

I think most lens coating are on the outside of the front lens element. Not many have coatings inside the body. But yeah it is possible severe fungus could etch right into the glass permanently.

Speaking of Tom Antos. Really good idea.

Why not just buy one of these. https://www.aputure.com/products/dec-vari-nd-1

The a7s outputs 4k to an external recorder through HDMI.

Yeah my a7s was the poster child for RS in both 1080p and 4K lol.

Here is a comparison. Yeah it is better in 1080p, but that is no real surprise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVdgdLJS68Q&feature=share

Well the video is in 1080p. Doesn't mean he shot it in that I guess.

That G85 footage IS in 1080p?? It doesn't look too good to me for RS.

Don't you own a Panasonic G80/85? I would say a whip pan might be even worse on it? Not many inexpensive cameras have very good RS unfortunately.