35mm adapter

If you have 2000 to throw down, get a letus. If you dont have as much, you can buy little ones that create an upside down backwards image but theyre like 200 bucks i guess. Vibrating from what ive heard is the best.

oh yea, i forgot to add that i have like $300 bucks to my name, so nothing really too pricey

well, first off, what kind of camera are you currently shooting with?

you aren't really going to be able to get a 35mm adapter for $300. You might be able to build one, but even then you're going to have to pick up a rail system and probably a rig if you want to be able to manage decently if you're not shooting on a tripod. You also are going to need a pretty beefy tripod if you don't have one already. 35mm adapters aren't just a simple thing to buy and get using, they require a lot more than just the adapter itself, all of which is going to cost you more than $300.

although i suppose if you have a smaller camera like the hv20, there are some pretty budget adapters that might do the trick. They don't include a flip module, so your footage will be upside down, but I'm sure with some practice you could get used to working like that. There's also work-arounds; i believe with the hv series you can do what is called a flip hack and basically set up a button that will flip the image in the lcd. If you do have a smaller camera, maybe look into the jag35 for an adapter. I've heard decent things about them and they're pretty low budget.

Overall though, I think you might want to do a bit more research and wait until you can put a solid investment in. I'm planning on picking up a 35mm adapter myself, and I've been doing research on and off for about a year now and am planning on dropping the amount of money necessary to get something that will last me a while and be a good investment.

Also, what type of video project are you planning on producing? If it's skiing I think you'll come to find that you probably won't be using the adapter as much as you planned on. I hear it's quite the bitch to set up and everything; not something you usually want to deal with in the cold and snow.

Thanks for the advice man. I think you and I got pretty much the same info.

I think overall the tripod setup maybe need to get beefed up. 701 head might not cut it, especially if you've got your telephoto on. I've got roughly the same legs and a 501 head and i plan on picking up a whole new tripod setup for my adapter. I'll probably go 503 head and 351 legs. I'll probably go for the letus extreme. I'm kind of banking on the fact that I'll be picking up at least one big job over the summer, right now things are looking good.

I plan on using mine for just about the same stuff. I'll mostly just use it for paying jobs, typically off snow, but I want to pick it up pretty soon so that I can use it to shoot urban/spring shoots. Basically anything where I'm going to be camped out for a while I don't think I'd mind setting it up.

As for static vs vibrating, I've just heard that vibrating is definitely the way to go if you can afford the extra money. I suppose don't quote me on that as I don't have a solid source at the moment, but that's the general consensus from what I've heard.

i was thinking the same thing, until i was told i would be packing my bags for a summer@harvard program, so i don't know if i will be able to make or earn back much money.

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Buy mine.
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=197974

Unless you go all out with a system, which is a couple grand, they're not worth it.  DOF is just one of the many aspects of film making, and really isn't that important when you take into consideration everything else that makes a movie good.  Buy a nice tripod, more batteries, tapes, bags, the list goes on.  The money can be spent better elsewhere.

word, thats really sick, to bad its ten times more than any budget i have :\

If i had an extra 1300 i would probably buy that. fuck.

get a vibrating glass or a rotating glass. a static glass will have visible grain and will ruin your shots. thats why now they are all vibrating or rotating. The vibrating glass ones seem like less trouble weight wise and durability.

Sooo... you want an expensive piece of equipment but you don't want to pay the price that said equipment costs?  Probably not gonna happen.  I built an adapter for around 150 dollars a few years ago, and it was a piece of shit.  I used it for an HV20.  For a DVC30 you may need an achromat on your adapter.  My DIY adapter didn't work on my XHA1 without an achromat, but i ended up just buying a used Letus with rods.  Anyways...

Basically, I suggest you wait. Cool gear and gadgets can be tempting, but it won't make your movie any better, especially if you have a bad script/actors.  Lots of people fail to realize this.  You should just not buy one.  Plus adapters are dead now that large sensor cameras are so accessible.  Sorry for the nonsensical rant.

Cinemek G35 takes the cake. Generally, vibrating ones have more grain, but the G35 is some kind of alchemy I say.

Alex, why are you getting rid of it?

the cheapo diy $300 adapters dont really give you a film look, more like a cheap 35mm adapter look. Dont get me wrong, you can still get cool footage with it but it wont look like film or an expensive adapter

Is this what a 35mm adapter does for video?

https://newschoolers.com/web/content/viewvideo/id/316491/cat/top/

if you're referring to the sort of faded/feathered sides/corners, then no. thats vignetting i believe

no, it does this. http://www.vimeo.com/6475938

Thats shot on a DSLR, but thats essentially what the adapter is doing. Taking your footage through a 35 mm still camera lens.

Yeah you're probably thinking of vignetting, but there are a couple 35mm shots in there.

A lot of cheap 35mm adapters vignette and have a lot of grain, the good ones do not. And like eheath said, some of the more pricey ones will flip the image back upright for you. Problem with 35mm adapters is that you can get a DSLR for about the same price as an adapter and have better image, better sensitivity and lighter setup. Of course then you give up a lot of exposure controls as well as on camera audio among other things... Everything comes with a trade off.