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David Delaney October 1st, 2006 11:40 AM

Finding the right PCX / Achromat
 
It seems after seeing Ettore's footage that sharpness he is getting it undeniably one of the best. Since his setup is generally like the DOF machine tutorial, it must be either -
1) The achromat
2) PCX lens
3) The correct distance from the DV camera

Which of the three is the magic bullet, I can't figure out - but I haven't seen that quality and sharpness yet in any adapter...
Personally I don't think it is the GG because of all the testing on different diffusers / sandpaper / microwax tests that have been done here.

Any ideas?

Bob Hart October 2nd, 2006 09:22 AM

No magic bullet. - Care in selection of and fitting up of all those components.

Jim Lafferty October 2nd, 2006 09:55 AM

Bob is right. And if you build it sufficiently long, no PCX is needed.

Frank Hool October 2nd, 2006 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim Lafferty
And if you build it sufficiently long, no PCX is needed.

... which is best choice in my eyes, because of possibility to avoid lots of side effects.

Jim Lafferty October 2nd, 2006 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank Hool
... which is best choice in my eyes, because of possibility to avoid lots of side effects.

Exactly :) The less glass, the better.

Dennis Wood October 2nd, 2006 10:05 PM

Ettore's footage is excellent. However keep in mind three things:

He's using a PAL camera, meaning better res than NTSC SD. I've been continually impressed by how much better PAL SD stuff looks than our NTSC equiv.

The clips are half size.

They are 4:3. Shooting 16:9 uses the same number of pixels..but stretched.

David Delaney October 3rd, 2006 06:55 AM

Good point Dennis. I did notice that myself and just wondered if he was cropping to make the images a smaller size for the internet.


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