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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

KOMODO....

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David Rasberry said:
Certainly for prime lenses, and decent AF can be a real boon at times. Parfocal zooms can be hard to come by.
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True. Even Sigma's Cine line of Zooms are not parfocal.
I've worked for some years during Cannes Film Festival shooting the Red Carpet with an FS7 (client's request), a speedbooster and a 100-400L Series Canon Zoom (only lens I can get hold of that offers the type of coverage the client wants -_-) and it's a PAIN to work with. ^_^
 
Bastien Tribalat said:
My point was that non-PL glass nowadays are good enough for B/C/D cam application IF needed.
Anyway.
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Good enough is not the same as ease of operation out of the box.
Example - This year I worked on 24 series show it was ProRes Alexa show before I proposed to go Hellium. Executives went for that and post that is made inside house was ready to work after they got Lut for ProRes that was made inside camera from day one. Production wise nothing changed for them, cost wise we cut a bit lighting package for the difference in cameras so it stayed the same.
But for us it changed a lot , we had so much fun shooting from handheld, inside cars, tight spaces, gimbal, to the point when shooting on stage and a new actor would come he would ask why it so dark is it a night scene and hear an answer "Please come to the monitor, look its a sunny day" . So we had a fun , new toy on set.
 
I think trying to identify any contemporary glass as being superior based on a PL mount is just wrong. Most contemporary lens offerings are available in multiple mount types, many with modular or field-replaceable mounts. Some of the best performing lenses, both in real-world use and on the test bench, are primarily available in EF or other mounts or not available as PL at all.

I’m finding that I’m moving away from PL more and more these days with newer lens offerings. PL is a great mount, very robust, yet has no bearing on how well the optics in the lens operate. PL is not without its share of problems. So right tool for the job and all that... I have various lens kits in PL... kits with EF mount... other formats too.
 
Jeff Kilgroe said:
I think trying to identify any contemporary glass as being superior based on a PL mount is just wrong. Most contemporary lens offerings are available in multiple mount types, many with modular or field-replaceable mounts. Some of the best performing lenses, both in real-world use and on the test bench, are primarily available in EF or other mounts or not available as PL at all.

I’m finding that I’m moving away from PL more and more these days with newer lens offerings. PL is a great mount, very robust, yet has no bearing on how well the optics in the lens operate. PL is not without its share of problems. So right tool for the job and all that... I have various lens kits in PL... kits with EF mount... other formats too.
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Contemporary glass is not about which mount is better, its about what set of lenses is possible to rent in real life, like Master Primes. I don't know any set EF-only that is the same as the above.
And yes its nice to have a choice, but still.
 
I'm interested to see what the lens manufacturers can do with the shorter flange distance on the RF mount. Already the photo lenses are better than their EF mount counterparts, let's see if they can make some smaller/lighter/sharper RF mount cine glass.
 
I think the biggest problem here is the understanding of the term "parfocal" I spent last 15 years trying to clarify it with obviously very poor results ;-)
 
Jacek Zakowicz said:
I think the biggest problem here is the understanding of the term "parfocal" I spent last 15 years trying to clarify it with obviously very poor results ;-)
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Is it not just a lens that maintains focus when you zoom?

This has probably been talked about before, and maybe there's a reason it is more difficult than it seems, but would it not be possible to map a bunch of focus points against focal lengths for any AF lens and have the camera make slight focus adjustments while zooming to make any lens "electronically parfocal"?
 
Robert Hofmeyr said:
Is it not just a lens that maintains focus when you zoom?

This has probably been talked about before, and maybe there's a reason it is more difficult than it seems, but would it not be possible to map a bunch of focus points against focal lengths for any AF lens and have the camera make slight focus adjustments while zooming to make any lens "electronically parfocal"?
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In a nutshell, that's how the Sony servo lenses that they marketed with the Fs7 cameras work. I've heard guys say that on a really fast or crash zoom, they've "outrun" the lenses ability to maintain it's set focus, because it's not really parfocal and only performs "like a parfocal lens", because of the constant electronic adjustments made depending on focal length.
 
Christopher A. Bell said:
In a nutshell, that's how the Sony servo lenses that they marketed with the Fs7 cameras work. I've heard guys say that on a really fast or crash zoom, they've "outrun" the lenses ability to maintain it's set focus, because it's not really parfocal and only performs "like a parfocal lens", because of the constant electronic adjustments made depending on focal length.
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Interesting thanks. I seldom zoom while rolling, but it would be really convenient to be able to change focal length and not have to double-check focus.
 
Hello,

For us that need to make some business costs by the end of december of this year. Will the komodo be ready for preorder? Will there be any test footage? Is the price already locked?

Thanks!
 
Robert Hofmeyr said:
Is it not just a lens that maintains focus when you zoom?

This has probably been talked about before, and maybe there's a reason it is more difficult than it seems, but would it not be possible to map a bunch of focus points against focal lengths for any AF lens and have the camera make slight focus adjustments while zooming to make any lens "electronically parfocal"?
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The Canon CNE 18-80 looks like a decent run and gun match for Komodo. It has enough image circle to cover (31.4mm). Supports auto-focus and auto-iris. Could be used with the Canon adapter with behind the lens filter slot. Modest price for a true cine zoom with much better mechanics than the still lenses. From a test review it looks to be a heavy breather though.

Any body have experience or footage to share with this lens?
 
David Rasberry said:
The Canon CNE 18-80 looks like a decent run and gun match for Komodo. It has enough image circle to cover (31.4mm). Supports auto-focus and auto-iris. Could be used with the Canon adapter with behind the lens filter slot. Modest price for a true cine zoom with much better mechanics than the still lenses. From a test review it looks to be a heavy breather though.

Any body have experience or footage to share with this lens?
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I've never used one but it does look pretty good. Out of my price range though. I'm thinking speed booster plus canon L / Sigma EF glass for now.
 
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