HDV with redrock Micro M2 Adapter footage downloads

Here is a divx file of the M2 adapter with a Nikon 85mm 1.8.. I left the lens wide open at 1.8... In a dark room to test out the low light performance.. The Redrock Micro showed virutally no light loss. See for yourself.. I actually should have stopped down the lens to 2.8... But it was just a test. I have 3 videos of the same footage one after the other. The First is using magic bullet 2. Which is okay.. The 2'nd is my own color correcting. It looks pretty close to 35mm film. and the third is raw footage untouched. Other then being compressed to Divx.

I am pretty impressed with the M2 so far.. Excellnt low light performance.

The file is 56 mb's.... Sorry you have to look at my ugly face on the footage.. But I don't have any actors in the area to use..

I was trying to do a depth of field test. The depth of field is about 6 inches in front of my face to just a little beyond my ears...

I was using the JVC HD10 camera.. After you view the footage let me know what you think. Good or bad.....

I feel the second clip is the best..
I am going to shoot a short soon testing it out.. I will keep you posted...


http://www.filefactory.com/get/f.php?f=5f07fef17c5248aab6c3724d

One note...... This footage was captured with the cineform codec HDV 720p.. Then converted to WMV 6mbs 720P then to Divx... So it is heavily compressed.. It still looks good though....

Here are some smaller clips...... One is the color corrected one and the other is side by side shots.....

Color Corrected shot 24meg divx

http://www.filefactory.com/get/f.php?f=cbe5a23f7ceb920e6524fe02

Side by side 9 meg divx

http://www.filefactory.com/get/f.php?f=9026f3ba737848beb0a322e6

Here is one more of my wife with better lighting...

http://www.filefactory.com/get/f.php?f=499d3be8bba4d8569d48a7de



Here are some more clips.. Finally solved the vignetting here are examples.. They look pretty good.. I only used two lights and three lenses.. 35mm 1.4, 85mm 1.4 and a 135 2.0 all are Nikons.... These were shot with a Letus35a adapter......

900 miles Divx File I think about 10 megs... In 720P

http://www.filefactory.com/get/f.php?f=e7ca52d6f379218e9038fc2f
 
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I think it looks very good.

You say you didnt shut down the lens, from what Ive experienced I think you're not supposed to adjust the lens f-stop, leave it full open. Use the video camera's exposure to adjust. This maximizes light, reduces vignetting, and maximised depth of field. Or buy some ND's for the lens.

Your key is obviously too hot. Depending on what look you want you could move it back a little or bounce it or fill it then close the ap on the vid camera.

As for the comparisons of Magic bullet etc, I dont know that one is better than the other. Again, it depends on what look you want in your film. Try taking it out in the daylight and playing around with the lens... its fun :)

Thanks for sharing and keep us updated.
 
test shots

Yeah I know about the hot key.. I just did a quick setup tp test it out.. I have a soft box but did not use it... I kind of liked the blown out look though, so I left it... I really like the M2 adapter.. It works great in low light.. Hey if you come across any really good footage let me know where it is at so I can check it out...

thanks,
erick
 
Yeah well it depends on what look you want. Me I'd rather shoot it a bit flatter on lights and do the rest in post.

If you're just generally looking for some ideas, the first (ever?) 35-type non P+S device used for a video camera was used to make this: http://www.marlathemovie.com/ and theres a lot of nice stuff in there. Some very nice lighting.

Also (hope this guy doesnt mind me posting the link)

This guy did a couple of nice music vids with an FX1 and a homemade 35 adapter with Nikon and Sigma primes and mostly sub 1k's and kinos.

http://www.theblacksheep.be/portfolio/music/03/everyday.mov

He did this one with 500w worklights around the stable.

http://www.theblacksheep.be/portfolio/music/04/piments.mov

Another is this music vid done with an FX1 Pal and an official mini35 P+S with Zeiss Primes:

http://www.hmanvisions.com/videos/fettesbrot.mov
 
WideShot said:
You say you didnt shut down the lens, from what Ive experienced I think you're not supposed to adjust the lens f-stop, leave it full open. Use the video camera's exposure to adjust. This maximizes light, reduces vignetting, and maximised depth of field. Or buy some ND's for the lens.

The DoF is a function of the iris size (f-stop) and capture medium size (frosted glass in the adaptor). You can use the iris in the lens to have finer control over your Dof (higher number = longer DoF, less blurring). I've just completed my build for my 35mm adaptor (and will be posting that in another thread soon) and have done tons of research on how these things work (my brain hurts). You can control the overall exposure from the camera side of things to simply reduce light coming in. It doesn't matter at the camera side as there is actually no depth, you are shooting a single plane (the ground glass). But if you need lightly wider focus or slightly shorter focus, you can tweak with the iris on the external lens to change those.
 
and you haven't had any problem with vignetting when shutting down the exposure? I found any lens 2.8 and above simply wouldn't work as the light was not strong enough hitting the gg. I have a 28mm Nikon mount that simply doesnt work, not even with a Nikon D screen.
 
Vignetting

I have a 28mm, 16, and a 20mm all 2.8... I will check them out in the next few days.... I have used it with a 3.5 28 before and it worked outside fine.. I never tried it in low light though..... I will try to post some tests up by next weekend......
 
Wide angle vignetting

The above clip titled 900 miles has a 35mm lens used with an adapter and no vignetting... You can check for yourself... Edge to edge sharpness...

The shot I am refeering to in their is the one of me on the bed with my wife in the background out of focus. I am about 6 inches from the lens in focus she is aboout three feet befind me totally bokehed out...

The lens used was a 35mm Nikon F1.4 opeend all the way to 1.4 and the shutter speed at 1/30th...

Here is the link again


900 mile files

http://www.filefactory.com/get/f.php?f=e7ca52d6f379218e9038fc2f
 
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