Nice footage Daniel and Wayne. Speaking for myself, it makes a big difference when you show higher quality footage. Obviously everyone interested in an adapter is interested in techniques for suspending disbelief, so IMHO showing a hq example should help sell that (big though the files may be). Adding an old timer and good soundtrack doesn't hurt production value either :)

I'm curious...what was that piece of music? Very nice.

SG35pro to be released in 1 - 2 months
 

Hi,
We are working on the next version, SG35pro, which will be released in 1 - 2 months.


New features in the SG35pro will include:

Metal interchangable lens mount

Fully CNC machined aluminium 15mm rods support system

new higher quality optics, no distortion, no chroma abberation, no vignetting.

New smaller Die cast aluminium box for the main unit.

Fully sealed and dust proof

Smaller, ligher more compact.

improved internal ground glass mechanism.

runs on 2 AA batteries instead of 8AA's

Aimed price of £300 - £400

http://www.s149867411.onlinehome.fr/SGpro.jpg

I'll be the first to say congratulations. From the footage I have seen of your current adapter I must say it is rather amazing. This new version sounds even better. Wish I could afford either one. Best of luck with this new version.

Thanks Mike.

I'll hopefully be testing out the new optical setup with a DVX100 next week, i'll post footage.

Congratulations Wayne, wonderful news. I am sure you will
make a great product again. Thanks a lot for your work.

I can't wait!!!

:-)

Wayne, good to see you're moving forward with your product...it shows commitment to your clients. Moving to 2 cells will lighten things up nicely too. Are you still using brushless motors (great idea BTW)?

Thanks Dennis,

I am no longer using the PC fan motors, its not something i wanted to take into the pro version. The whole mechanism is different for the pro version.

wayne.. can you sell your rod support separately?

Andrew,
Yes, most parts will be availible seperatly on the new website, which will be online monday night we hope. You will even be able to purchase the ground glass disks seperatly.

Now THAT is cool Wayne. Allowing the parts to be purchased separately is an ingenius idea. Especially the glass disks. I can see a lot of do-it-yourselfers going for that. Any hint as to how much the disks might be? Or we do have to wait until the site is up? If so, that's fine. I just wondered.

Hi,
Note, that the SG no longer uses a real glass disk, as announce a while back. We managed to source a material that gave better lightloss to diffusion ratio a while back, much better in our opinion.

OK Wayne. Get off this forum and get my SG35 finished! ;-)

I want it bad!

Rick

HEHE, OK Rick, i've been told. (Wayne walks off with tail between legs).

SGpro teaser picture - Interchangeable Lens Mounts
 

Hi,
Just an update on the progress of the SGpro. We have finalized the design of the interchangeable lens mounts, currently offering Nikon or Canon FD, with more options to follow.

Here is a picture to give you an idea:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/wayne.k...gpromounts.jpg

those mounts look sturdy... its looking better and better every day wayne.