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Contax Zeiss Survival Guide

Hey everyone stupid question here. I have tons of footage shot with Contax glass, what's the best way to post stills here and have them appear in my reply, not just as attachments. Is there a file size limit per jpg?

This thread is what turned me on to Contax, couldn't be happier with the lenses
 
Jake Wilganowski said:
Hey everyone stupid question here. I have tons of footage shot with Contax glass, what's the best way to post stills here and have them appear in my reply, not just as attachments. Is there a file size limit per jpg?

This thread is what turned me on to Contax, couldn't be happier with the lenses
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Yea, it's an amazing thread!!! Upload the images to flicker, then use the BBcode within the share image screen and you're all set. You can even set the file size you want to display. I normally go with medium.
 
Nah I liked it like that, done on purpose

It was from the greenery surrounding, but not corrected out
 
John Brennick said:
Great frames Jake... how did you light that if you dont mind me asking? The profile shot of the two guys and the solo shot of the glasses guy as well? Great looking frames.
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for that 2 shot of the guys it was a 12x ultrabounce with a m18 hmi into it behind and beside the white guy, and then another m18 shooting through full grid behind and beside the black dude, a few flags, had a nd grad filter in and 1/4 Hollywood blackmagic filter, no change at all for the close shot, just moved camera and put in a 1/2 hollywood
 
Jake Wilganowski said:
for that 2 shot of the guys it was a 12x ultrabounce with a m18 hmi into it behind and beside the white guy, and then another m18 shooting through full grid behind and beside the black dude, a few flags, had a nd grad filter in and 1/4 Hollywood blackmagic filter, no change at all for the close shot, just moved camera and put in a 1/2 hollywood
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this looks great Jake !
very nicely balanced.
 
Hey everyone, I have posted this in the shot on red forum already, but since over half of my reel is shot on contax I figured I should share in here. Love these lenses.
 
Don't know if this is the right place to post this. It was shot on Canon 1D mk iv but used a couple of Contax Zeiss Lenses, one of which (1.4/50mm) was purchased from a long term contributor to this thread - Ben Scott. Anyway here is a link to the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF0cWjeSBuU
It's pretty rough and massively oversaturated - heavily softened and mucked around with but such is the nature of no budget pop promos.
I've used a Red One once and would love to have the money, know how, storage and backbone to use Red again but for the moment I have a beaten up old Canon, 2 lenses and an old Clevo, which I kind of love.
Anyway, I came to these contax lenses through this thread. It's a positive, warm and supporting place with a wealth of good information - something quite rare in any film making forums these days I think.
I hope I can learn to make better use of these lenses. They have so much potential... and Nick is Gold for starting and overseeing this phenomenon which is the Contax Zeiss Survival Guide.
 
Tim Peck said:
Don't know if this is the right place to post this. It was shot on Canon 1D mk iv but used a couple of Contax Zeiss Lenses, one of which (1.4/50mm) was purchased from a long term contributor to this thread - Ben Scott. Anyway here is a link to the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF0cWjeSBuU
It's pretty rough and massively oversaturated - heavily softened and mucked around with but such is the nature of no budget pop promos.
I've used a Red One once and would love to have the money, know how, storage and backbone to use Red again but for the moment I have a beaten up old Canon, 2 lenses and an old Clevo, which I kind of love.
Anyway, I came to these contax lenses through this thread. It's a positive, warm and supporting place with a wealth of good information - something quite rare in any film making forums these days I think.
I hope I can learn to make better use of these lenses. They have so much potential... and Nick is Gold for starting and overseeing this phenomenon which is the Contax Zeiss Survival Guide.
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And that's some bona fide crazy right there :)

I can't even remember owning a 1.5 50, muyst have been ages ago! Glad you're getting use out of it. Since then I've had 2 x 50 1.7s, one of which I left on a roof in a storm shooting a timelapse.
 
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jordan levy said:
... is there a big difference in mutar I, II, III? the 3 is probably the most modern im assuming. i was just worried because i see the mutar seems to have an extra mechanism on the back mount.
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Hi Guys!

Finally after about three months, my account has been activated so I can post on this excellent forum. The difference between the three Mutars is that the later 1.4x only loses 1 stop whereas the earlier 2x lose 2 stops. The earlier models are really only suitable for telephoto lenses and can introduce slight chromatic aberration under certain high contrast conditions.
 
From my tests with the 180mm 2.8 and a Mutar II I'd rather say it's just enlarging the existing (quite small) amount of CA than introducing anything substantial of it's own.

Of course, with the smaller extension factor of the 1.4 you'll see even less of that.
 
It was indeed my West German 180mm f/2.8 with the Mutar I 2x Extender on where I noticed the slight chromatic fringing on the edges of over exposed street lights.
 
Sorry guys for being MIA, my Dad's been visiting from Spain!!

@Jake - love those stills!!!! So awesome!!! Your MMJ set looks fantastic!!

@Brandon - love your reel! Breathtaking work. Your mixture/blend of narrative, sports and macro is awe inspiring. Can't wait to see what you do next!

@Tim - love the video! Very Devo!

@Craig - welcome to the thread! Officially!!!
 
@Craig

Here is a quick shot with my 180mm @ f4, corner at 1:1 (with Sony A7R):

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If embedding doesn't work, use this link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/i4ab6lpg7sj09ca/Corner_Contax_180mm_@4.jpg?dl=0

And this one with the Mutar II:

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link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jeo2y541swrg3gz/Corner_Contax_180mm_w_Mutar_@4.jpg?dl=0

BTW, that top of a church tower is about 300m away. I'd say the CA is already there, but this camera resolves very high.
 
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