Igor,

sent you a PM.

Ted

Haven't seen an easy way for a DIY adapter that has flip module included...

Letus all the way man. That red button is cool as hell too.

I guess it depends on your budget. If my budget were big and allowed me to rent say a Varicam or Red, then an adapter would not really be an issue. But if we're being real here most of us are shooting low budget indie personal projects or under 25k videos etc. That said if you're adapter stops working you simply use your camera without it. I mean an adapter is a aesthetic luxury. I know people will disagree because there not cheap, but what did you do before you had an adapter? Some of my problems with the Brevis were the result of Panasonics crappy engineering, garnering an off center ccd block...what part of the game is that!? But hey that means I can't use a 14mm lens on the Brevis...too bad...before the Brevis I couldn't use a 14mm lens on my HVX. I'm not sure what the point of thread is now. Original question, can you DIY better than the commercially available adapters. Rich says yeah...I say no, and I have not seen the footage to prove it. And even if you can every new gen of camera is gonna create it's own challenge until the Scarlett eliminates the need to have an adaptor in the first place. Oh yeah and i've seen plenty of complaints on the soft image of the Movie Tube and P+S and their black hole light loss. Gimme my LEX and ability to shoot when and where I want any time of day or night. Flame on.

No flame-retardant needed.


My reservations about risking the time and efforts of a volunteer crew for a low-no budget project are no less pronounced than if the project is a funded one.

The groundglass adaptor aesthetic value-adding requires other value adding in the form of better lighting etc., otherwise what is the point of it. Then comes the dilemma.

The effort and cost involved may not be any less than for a high-definition or film project, so does one then do justice by using a cheaper camera-adaptor combination.

A counterargument is that without the camera-adaptor combination and the aethetic it enables, the project might not otherwise happen.

Regardless of any argument, any groundglass device, even a Pringles can with a plastic shop bag GG enables people to experiment and become accustomed to 35mm lenses and just what they can bring to the creative effort and there is a certain smug satisfaction in having got it to work.

In the not too distant future I may get the DNA from my sweaty palms all over a Letus Extreme. It will be interesting to do a side-by-side with the Mini35-400 and my own gadget on the same camera.

As for the Varicam. If I had my hot greasy mitts on that for long enough, it would wear a Letus35 or Mini35 or my own device too if I could get them to fit and work properly on it.

RED and Scarlett the daughter, may remain outside of the affordable realm until real economies can be had in the post-production environment. There is life left in groundglass relay for a little while yet.

I'm in agreement with you Bob 99.9% and the .1% doesn't warrant an argument in the least. I did a couple of diy's guided by users on this site...and...well...let's just say I became a user of commercial units:)

here's the footage and adapter to "prove it". strictly DIY and probably the best footage I've seen from an adapter.

http://www.stage6.com/user/fss328/vi...7/allstar-35HD
http://allstar-cine.myweb.hinet.net/...5%20HD.htm

DIY is the absolute best way to learn IMHO, and from my prespective, very rewarding. What I discovered very early though is that getting accuracy down to the +- .001" mark is extremely difficult, if not impossible, without CNC equipment and a whole lot of quality control. With our latest version, the MP.1, implementing microprocessor control was a process I would not have dreamed of from the DIY world .... and in our case only possible due to the great support we've had from our customers.

If you're into experimentation, don't mind spending a few bucks, and time is not an issue, I say give DIY a go.