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Okay, there's a leak on a supposed Sony FX3, an odd naming scheme or a complete table flip on the lineup, and it is supposed to not only offer HFR 4K but also 8K UHD video. Source is SonyAlphaRumors: https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/leaked-sony-fx3-product-image/ Alright, if it is what it looks...

Hi, everybody, okay, so Sony drops the 50mp A1 and it sounds like a really nice 8K option, although the 4:2:0 internal is a weird misstep but anybody using it for filmmaking would go Prores/BRAW HDMI output anyway, and now Fuji brings out the medium format 100mp GFX100S to shake up the...

Hi, everybody, I’ve been toying around with a Mamiya 645 version of the Kipon Baveyes medium format speed booster and I had hoped to use it with the 500mm 5.6 but there seems to be vignetting of some kind. Has anybody else tested this combo? I’ve heard that certain Mamiya 645 lenses just don’t...

Hey, everybody, so the RED Komodo is shipping and it looks like a competent camera so now the question turns to DSMC3 or whatever is coming next from RED. There’s a good deal of enticing 6K and 8K options from the competition and Blackmagic dropped the 12K into the ring and all of these are...

Hi, I was just reading about another user having a scratched 7" RED PRO LCD on the Scarlet forum and it made me think about the lack of LCD options for RED cameras, especially the older cameras like the RED One and DSMC1 which are now discontinued. As a RED One owner, I know HDMI monitors are...

Hi, everybody, I’ve been faced with a couple of Full Frame lens deals lately and I’m not sure which way to go considering today’s modern sensors. I currently have a few different lenses across different lines and some almost complete vintage filming sets here and there, whether they were test...

Hey, everybody, I have been meaning to write about this for a while in between my other work but I wanted to let you know that Band.it located at camerabandit.com is someplace to avoid buying from. I had found a fixer upper lens in the form of the Canon FD 85-300 SSC zoom and really the only...

Hi, everybody, we're working on a new workstation fully decked out with an AMD 64-core CPU, 256gb of RAM, Quadro RTX 8000 48gb, and our same ARECA 1680 RAID setup from our previous workstation. We needed to upgrade for VFX purposes since we're rendering 4K and even 8K for certain things to fit...

Hey, everybody, in anticipation of the Sony A7S III announcement tomorrow, I decided to start this thread a little early with some of the rumored specs and thoughts on the potential impact it could have. So, as far as rumors go, we have this: All new sensor 12mp Stills 4K 10-bit video 4K 120fps...

Hi, everybody, I found a fixer of a Vivitar 200mm 3.0 that just needed a light clean and the rubber grip replaced but I’m having a hard time getting the front element out. On Allphotolenses.com, there’s PDF copies of the parts list and diagrams for it and it looks like the front name ring is...

Hi, everybody, I recently came across another copy of the celebrated Vivitar 28mm 1.9 Series 1 lenses in Canon FD Mount and I made a little discovery upon disassembling and cleaning the lens! I had purchased a haze and fungus infected copy in Olympus mount some months ago for not much money and...

Hey, everybody, I recently lucked into a fixer upper of a Canon nFD 80-200 F4 L that was quite the experience to take apart completely for fungus and oily aperture blades, now I’m resetting focus and having problems. I try to not put a fungus infected lens on my camera so I’m not sure if it was...

Hey, everybody, just looking at anamorphics again and saw the price on the SLR Magic 65 1.33x at $900 and wondered if it might be an interesting option for some of my larger lenses. I already have the SLR Magic 2x anamorphic and love it but it's for lenses with 62mm filter threads and below and...

Hi, sorry if this has been asked before in the big Komodo thread, but I've been debating getting a Nikon Z6 as an all around camera upgrade from my old Canon 5D Mark II and I've been thinking about the Z mount options out there including the Sony E-mount converter to help with having to buy a...

Hi, everybody, does anybody happen to know where to look for a guide or knows how to take apart and clean a Canon FD 35-105mm 3.5 parfocal zoom? I've recently gotten a couple of them, the first having zoom issues that I fixed but I got another one that has fungus and dirty elements. From my work...

Hey, everybody, I was looking up 8K camera options and happened to notice that the ZCam E2-F8 was in stock at B&H! I didn't know those were available yet, I thought they were still on pre-order, so I looked around for reviews and I've only found a couple videos that didn't really delve into it...

Hey, everybody, I know it would be a niche product but with certain custom speed boosters being made for other popular cameras, I was wondering if it would be possible for someone to develop a speed booster mount for the old RED One series? Surely by now we've learned enough about speed booster...

Hey, everybody, so word is that the new Canon R5 mirrorless camera coming out soon will have full frame 8K video with no crop factor which, as we know, has been the sore point for Canon’s 4K cameras for a while now. Since there’s no rumors from anybody else with 8K, I wonder if this could be a...

Hey, everybody, so the news is breaking out about the new Samsung Galaxy phones coming out soon. Coming from my experience with my Nokia Pureview 808 and Lumia 1020, I know that there's some great photo opportunities to be had with the digital wiggle room 108mp resolution will give and even 64mp...

Hi, everybody, I’ve been on the lookout for new and interesting lenses over the past year or two, checking out thrift stores, antique shops, garage sales, and the like and it got me thinking. When I started really searching for lenses, it was to find interesting or unique options and I’ve found...