Comment on the forum Ever felt like owning a cheaper Komo… Erm, small dragon-like camera? Well now you’re in luck. The Sony RX0 II has morphed into a living, fire breathing Super 16mm cinema camera thanks to this mod adding an exchangeable Micro Four Thirds & C-mount lens mount, removable IR cut filter and fast apertures to your previously drab F4.0 action-camera.
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If you want your Iscorama to join an elite of less than 20 in existence – high performance ones with greatly improved handling and construction, then you have until Tuesday 2nd September to join the EOSHD / Andrew Wonder group buy! Email EOSHD here to join the list. The modification made in the UK by cine lens specialists Van Diemen will build into the lens a brand new focus movement, for a…
Iscorama owner or simply interested in anamorphic lenses? Join the EOSHD Anamorphic Forum here The Iscorama is a wonder of vintage optics. No focus breathing, a unique patented focus mechanism, small size and sharp at fast apertures. The beauty is the sheer number of primes you can use it with. Whilst an Iscorama may look expensive at $3000 a pop (used!), a full set of Zeiss master anamorphics cost an eye watering $305,000 ($43,600 per lens). Now…
Since the advent of very high speed ports like Thunderbolt many have speculated as to when external graphics adapter cards are coming to laptops. Well with $250 worth of parts it is possible to do already.
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/53127381[/vimeo] Filmmaker Andrew Wonder (Undercity) has had some interesting modifications done to his Iscorama. Not a cheap modification but re-housed as a cinema lens by Van Diemen and optimised for closer focus. The test above is shot on the 5D Mark III and there’s more from Andrew below, on his ‘Wonderscope’ anamorphic.
If you are interested in getting one, please let Richard know on the forum… Richard Gale emailed me a few days ago to tell me about his cinema housing for the NEX 5N. And here it is. Richard tells EOSHD more about the housing after the break – how it improves the NEX 5N and how he intends to price it.
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/40805018[/vimeo] Here is a sneak preview of whats to come. Please be sure to download the 50Mbit constant bitrate clip rather than judging it from the highly compressed Vimeo stream.
First and foremost – a huge thank you to James Miller for the inspiration and guidance Disclaimer: I accept no liability, nor can I recommend this risky operation on your camera unless you are totally insane! Over Easter I disassembled my 5D Mark III. The aim is to remove the optical low pass filter that sits in front of the sensor block, a drastic operation pioneered by James Miller last…