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is there going to be an issue with what software is used to grade the footage ? because there's not much chance of me following along if premiere is used. but if resolve is used. i can do that. also are we talking 1080 or 4k footage ? that may make a difference for some. if this idea takes off maybe a monthly theme perhaps that might allow some time for busy people to have a go and may get us out of our comfort zones. however that might be biting off more than i can chew at the moment, just my 2 cents worth

ok i kinda weakened last night... found a type1 elmoscope it had an hour to go glass looks clean here's two pics. there's abit of talk on the forum about the type 2 being better or the one to get. so i'm curious as to why that is ? i couldn't find any real comparisons between the type one or two, lots of reviews comparing the type 2 to other anamorphics but not much talk comparing the two elmoscopes. i couldn't seem to find anything negative about the type 1 only that the type 2 is better liked. the title description lists it as Excellent ELMOSCOPE Anamorphic Projector 16mm 8mm Vintage Camera Projection Lens. so i figure it should be ok on mft when the bmp4k eventually turns up . i did find one review who had it mounted to a 5d so i'm thinking i'm safe in that regard. more pics to come when it arrives. opinions ?

couldn't you buy a piece of cushion foam then cut it out so that the rig sits inside and is protected ?. you may lose a bit of storage space but them maybe you could cut other compartments out for your other gear perhaps. you could even have a separate small hard case, that just holds your rig. which could be either carried or strapped to the backpack.

OH MY GOODNESS.... I WANT ONE might have to sell the bmp4k and a kidney. i thought kaylee's dog was big but that thing is huge

good thinking i will try hot glue first. i was thinking 2 part epoxy but that's a bit permanent. my concern is that i have seen some other tito's vids and he did colour the insides of one lens which did affect the lens colour, so not sure what alot of hot melt glue would do to reflected light i have some concerns there. ideally i want to be able to reach infinity focus with out marking or doing anything that would affect the resale value of my el63 just in case it doesn't work out as expected. going to look for some shim material while i'm in the big city might be able to use that to center the m39 inside the m42 extension tube it should get me horribly close to a center

im away for the next couple of days, so its on hold for abit i'll give it some more thought might have to use the smallest tube and work some spacers out for it as i dont think winding some wire to take up the slack is a particularly elegant solution. it works ok just not pretty and im not sure about marking the el63 and maybe dropping its resale value

er... i'm embarrassed to say that the issue was with me. i was being lazy and doing the test inside against a far wall . so i wasn't really at infinity focus. once i took it outside and focused on some trees i did get the enlarger lens to fit onto the threads of the smallest extension tube. now that i have that sorted i think i will put a spacer on the side between the extension tube and ef mount that should move the extension tube forward little and allow me to screw the enlarger lens further onto the extension tube. giving me abit more confidence in rigidity and and the fact there is more than one thread holding it altogether. heres the el63mm and the two smallest extension tubes spent the afternoon grinding down the middle extension tube. run out of thread to hold onto the m39 ring sadly. got about two threads left on the middle extension tube there's plenty of material left just not enough thread to hold onto so thats a bust unless i somehow center the m39 adapter and glue it in perhaps . bit disappointed was hoping i could just grind it down till i hit infinity focus. here's before and after shot. the first shot has the m39 inserted to the edge of the thread the third shows two threads left. last shot shows the el63 the two extension tubes one ground down and the m39 to 42 step up ring took a couple hours to grind it down most of the time was spent dropping the tube into water to cool it down then cleaning and drying it before screwing it onto the camera check for infinity focus. grind, rinse and repeat

they seem to be going for that amout on ebay which is kinda cheap when you think about it which mount did you get ?

damn you get some serious height from that kite and i like that board with the winged keel that allows you to plane on the water that was cool i thought. the crashes were a nice touch except where that guy hit that beam everyone was jumping off, i felt that from here.. ouch.. i dont really enjoy watching stuff where people are hurt but if they can walk or swim away thats ok (hope that makes some sense ) looks like someone won a few trophies :) . personally for me i would have likes to see a few more road signs if on a road trip as i like to know where we are going, in your short those road signs just fly by but thats just me perhaps

nice lens. i have been looking around for a while for one as well. from what i have read the mark one and mark two are the ones too buy. your looks to be mark two with the bayonet fitting. the mark ones had a 77 screw in thread according to the thread over in bmuser

+ 1 the 40/50/60 thing has me confused too. i think it has something to do with the rear thread size but not quite sure. could be totally wrong however sure someone will correct me shortly :)

i read that the hezanons are nice lenses and bought one on further investigation found out they dont mount easily to the ef mount/ or at all

whats with the hexanon i thought they had really short focal flange lengths and didn't adapt to a lot of cameras ?

pretty sure their made that way to crap on the ground. i delivered a calf couple of years ago their heavier than you think. now if you do go putting nappies on a cow change em regularly otherwise that crap will back up and then you be in real trouble ?

ok so i have had the el nikkor 63mm enlarger lens for over a week now. been waiting for the m39 to m42 adapter to arrive. i also had 3 m42 extension tubes already as per tito's video review . well the m39mm adapter got here yesterday been playing with it today and all the other bits as well. watched tito's video several times then tried to do the same with my camera and lens and no joy. i have a canon 60d, tito set up his on a canon 5d mk3. considering we both use m39 to m42 ring adapter then a m42 to ef adapter i would expect set up to be similar. when i use the shortest extension tube i have to screw it all the way out and it actually falls off the camera before i achieve infinity focus. if i use the next size up extension tube then i go close to acheiving focus however it doesn't quite screw in far enough. i'm thinking there's plenty of metal on the mid size extension tube and i can screw the m39 in quite a long way into the mid size extension tube so i think i can grind some metal off the end to achieve focus it shouldn't be more than 1 mm or maybe two mm i'm judging it by eye at the moment. i am mostly curious as to why my setup is going to end up different to tito's considering both cameras are ef mount. do you guys think the issue is the difference between the full frame of the 5d and the crop from the 60 d ? the only other thing i can think of is the my extension tubes are different lengths to tito's perhaps well that's about it for now i will have to post some photos shortly

i think if there was an issue with xray detectors and digital we would of heard about by now. plenty of people travel everyday through airports with cameras , reporters and news crew would have noticed issues long ago. mr reid travels abit i think, as our fount of knowledge i cant imagine him not reporting a problem if there was one. not sure if its possible to get hand searched these days perhaps you could make some inquiries with your airport

no idea what you lot are getting worked up about oscar's (Astronotus ocellatus) is a species of fish from the cichlid family known under a variety of common names there is some similarity between oscars and humans as you can see 1) some always have their mouth open. 2) some are dazzling to look at others not so dazzling 3 ) take either out of their natural environment and they flop around and gasp for air. ?

now look who is being judgemental how do you know its a he ?

of no particular audio importance probably just throwing some ideas out there you could try the local electronics mall for a darth vader voice thingy i have an idea they can be adjusted somewhat. i also have noticed some popular songs seem to have the vocals that turn into musical notes some how, no idea how its done. i remember a pink floyd song where the lead singer had some sort of wind pipe instrument taped to his mic which did some weird things to his voice as he sang. probably all abit extreme for your requirements but thats all i can offer. anyone one with some experience with those musical looping machines ? they do some interesting things as well. ironman... er ironfilms should be your goto man here his knowledge should be vast edit: by the way if your going to start wearing masks, i dont want to meet up with you in any dark alleys late at night ?

define spam link please. i must be particularly slow this morning as i'm thinking a valid link to an ebay item is in its self kinda harmless, out of the possibilities that exist. if it was some sort of scam surely ebay would have done something to close or block accounts by now ? i have yet to see something in the for sale section that interests me, so by my definition i could say its all spam if i was being belligerent. tompeter seems to post a couple ads a week, not sure what his short, middle or long game is. but it doesn't bother me much, its not my storage, data or bandwith that's being consumed if i suddenly saw ten or more ads a day from tompeter then i'd be sending a private message to mr reid about doing some (house cleaning) other than that i am kinda of indifferent to it all, like the rest of us i guess

the barber school tip is a good idea, however for me, i would have to drive quite a long way out of my way to get a free hair cut. i'm thinking the cost of petrol and time to drive there would out weigh the savings. for others closer to a big city that's probably great i browsed the for sale section, derived the first page, tompeter has 13 ads since january with a minimum 35 views up to 114 views, so there is definitely some interest there. whether any of that sells i have no idea. most adds seem to be camera and body deals which doesn't interest me personally, however if the bmp4k takes much longer i may be in the market for something ? now if tompeter genuinely wants to help the community, well he could find me an iscorama pre 36 for $2000 i'd definitely buy that off his ebay link through paypal of course heck i'd even drop him a few extra $ for his time ?

respectfully i have to disagree. while it is a nice image it looks too real, looks more like its been modeled in 3d software and rendered with a raytracer my eyes don't see in hdr, a whole movie like that would be sensory overload and i would probably require surgery for cataracts or something afterwards while it may be useful in some instances it would be overdone, just like with all the slomo stuff thats getting around at the moment...perhaps its just me... time will no doubt tell.

any idea if that would work ok on a bm p4k which is m4/3 ? if it did i could be tempted edit : i mean would it vignette or not ? as i am rather curious. more edit : found a review Tito Ferradans seems to like it and it should be ok on a m4/3 so if the other dude doesn't want it. i would be interested. by the way do you have another image of the back element that sixth image looks kinds bland

chalk should be ok and while we are at it lets make it coloured chalk. and because the new bmp4k has better low light, lets have flares too, not anamorphic flares but real magnesium burn your eyeballs out kind of flares. you can at your discretion use an anamorphic lens but it has to be 2x ?