first of all it\'s hard to differ from other 35mm adapter producers, especially knowing that market and technology is very young. So i\'ll try to underline only major impovements and/or keypoints:
1. Fixed GG sandwich system - it means Indie35 GG is fixed(not moving or vibrating). Sandwich means that GG containing more than one physical groundglass and they are combined into so called sandwich rack.
This system guarantees very low grain and reduces possibility that grains of dust get right to the surface of projection.
2. Industrial housing - all details are revenue of turnery. No glue is used, even no screws are used.
3. Truly modular - Indie35 H/C is separate part and Indie35 H/C is part of all bundles. So Bundle usually contains Indie35 H/C. And CamMount and LenseMount of Your choice.
where are they made?
what lens (achromatic?) do they use?
what is the frame size?
what mounts are supported? (SLR and otherwise)
what screen type?
what is the weight and overall size?
what cameras has been proven to provide a GOOD image with?
where are the uncompressed samples of footage and frames from footage generated by this indie35?
Who has used it?
Is the manufacturer a knowledgeable person or is this just another “me too” product?
(Nothing but questions I had to answer over the last year)
(please, no offence! I just don’t know the answer, that’s all. It may be a good product and could provide a viable alternative to other contraptions, for the consumer’s benefit)
Indie35 adapter weighs 245g (8,7 ounces). With camera & lens mounts attached the weight is about 440g (15.5 ounces). The overall length of the adapter (with mounts) is around 12-16cm (4-6 inches), depending on the setup.
what cameras has been proven to provide a GOOD image with?
Any camera that provides a good image to begin with.
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where are the uncompressed samples of footage and frames from footage generated by this indie35?
They\'ll be added to the site in a few weeks.
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Who has used it?
We have and we saw that it was good :)
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Is the manufacturer a knowledgeable person or is this just another “me too” product?
The designers have been working in photography for over 20 years. The adapter elements, although custom designed, are produced on a professional machining line, not custom made one by one.
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please, no offence! I just don’t know the answer, that’s all. It may be a good product and could provide a viable alternative to other contraptions, for the consumer’s benefit
No offense taken. The questions are inevitable. And thank you for your own work in the field; we are following your progress.
WHOA!! That clip totally crashed firefox twice! It crashed so bad that it went into \"can\'t end program in debug mode\".
I looked at it in another browser and it was fine. I would like to know what adapter that is as well. If it\'s microwax, I\'m sold.
Also, I don\'t think it actually was low-light video. I think it was just lit to look like that. Lighting technique is amazingly critical to getting decent video.
The adapter looks like some PVC pipe spray painted black with a nikon mount on one end. It\'s supported by plastic knives duct taped to the sides. Pretty ugly, actually. And while I\'m quite proud of it working as well as it does, it does have some issues, like light loss, and general cruddiness, and a very bad macro lens. I will probably buy a G35 because it has a similar design (familiar to me) and fixes these issues, I assume.
I used a dvx100a, by the way, and shot in 24pA with a shutter speed of 1/48th, if anyone is curious. This was shot super quickly, though, with home depot work lights and next to no set up time, by which I mean literally a minute or two per set up, although longer for the master of course.
I am not against Quyen. I just give some suggestion.
I would be very happy to see adaptor get popular as these customer might be interested to buy a stabilizer.
Regards
Leigh
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Maybe some 6kg camera on the market is really front heavy and your stabilizer can\'t compensate for it. That\'s not my point, my point is that it\'s pretty unpracticle to think that Quyen could and would test it with every camera on the market just like it would be for you.
So that\'s why I think it\'s good that he\'s doing the testing period right now.
Yes it is. And best practice to turn normal during sooting is to use ferromagnetic piece. In post-production are many different ways to do rotating. Very soon we will post detailed tutorial of handling footage in post-production.
