Robert Hart
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During the course of my dalliance with 35mm ground-glass adaptors, I built up a small collection of Nikon stills lenses. Whilst 35mm ground-glass adaptors do not yield anywhere near 4K, they will show any deficiencies in a sub-par lens in a sort-of amplification effect. I learned fairly quickly the cheap kit lenses did not look so good.
Among the better Nikon lenses I managed to score before the prices went up were a Noct-Nikkor 58mm, Nikon 85mm f1.4, Nikon 105mm f1.8 and Sigmatel-for-Nikon 135mm f1.8. These lenses performed well in the fairly narrow sweet zone of f2 to f4 for ground-glass adaptors.
I have this past three days assisted a small indie project crewed by a younger generation giving effect to their studies of film craft. They are a good lot, well organised, well prepared and keeping to their schedule despite doing it on a shoestring.
They have a good crew morale and professional attitude going, a pleasure to be around. Sooner or later, this new generation will achieve a critical mass or talent and you will see something quite extra-ordinary come out of Western Australia.
An Epic owner has put his camera into the mix. They equired after my Nikon set but the price I wanted for rental, a reasonable one was unaffordable. If my lenses go out on someone else's project at all which is rarely, I go with them. Through unfortunate past events when loaning gear, I have trust issues these days. Then I found out my casual work for the week had dropped to only one day which did not conflict with their schedule.
So I have gone along as a visitor to their shoot and taken the lenses along to bung onto the front end of their Epic via a Nikon-Canon adaptor when needed. Their entire crew has been very thorough, careful and clean with the gear.
I must make a grudging admission. The images on the monitor and in the proprietory software in the big Apple computer display look quite good, in fact really quite good. I have been soaking up some of their training by observation like a geriatric incubus and I have been living off their generous lunches for the early part of this week. So it has not been at all bad, not bad at all.
Among the better Nikon lenses I managed to score before the prices went up were a Noct-Nikkor 58mm, Nikon 85mm f1.4, Nikon 105mm f1.8 and Sigmatel-for-Nikon 135mm f1.8. These lenses performed well in the fairly narrow sweet zone of f2 to f4 for ground-glass adaptors.
I have this past three days assisted a small indie project crewed by a younger generation giving effect to their studies of film craft. They are a good lot, well organised, well prepared and keeping to their schedule despite doing it on a shoestring.
They have a good crew morale and professional attitude going, a pleasure to be around. Sooner or later, this new generation will achieve a critical mass or talent and you will see something quite extra-ordinary come out of Western Australia.
An Epic owner has put his camera into the mix. They equired after my Nikon set but the price I wanted for rental, a reasonable one was unaffordable. If my lenses go out on someone else's project at all which is rarely, I go with them. Through unfortunate past events when loaning gear, I have trust issues these days. Then I found out my casual work for the week had dropped to only one day which did not conflict with their schedule.
So I have gone along as a visitor to their shoot and taken the lenses along to bung onto the front end of their Epic via a Nikon-Canon adaptor when needed. Their entire crew has been very thorough, careful and clean with the gear.
I must make a grudging admission. The images on the monitor and in the proprietory software in the big Apple computer display look quite good, in fact really quite good. I have been soaking up some of their training by observation like a geriatric incubus and I have been living off their generous lunches for the early part of this week. So it has not been at all bad, not bad at all.