With the focus mapping I am in the GAS danger zone, dare I wonder if the same is true for the spherical focus adapter. Did a check the zv-e1 supports focus mapping.
OK Neil, so the main question that I have for you is, does the thing actually work? Does it really have any positive results on the camera's operation? Thanks so much.
Yes it does, it’s not going to be the answer to everything but it does keep the camera running for longer and a lot cooler. I have used it with few cameras (all Sony as I like to match) I have used it with the ZV-1 as per the video but I have used it real world with the A7IV and the ZV-E1 (the full frame camera) and it has helped a lot and resulted in now over heating. But if you want it to run for longer than an hour you will need to plug it it into a USB-C power supply. Overall it’s a quick and easy solution it’s not a fix for everything but as a not too expensive purchase that will keep it running cooler for longer yes it works. Unless you are in a desert working under direct sunlight then no you will need something better.
Soon I am editing the footage now I just delayed it because I had a couple of things wanted to confirm first (plus life things slowing me down). Might take a few days a week at most due to other commitments.
Thanks for your effort and commitment! Really looking forward to it 💪🏻. I’m shooting myself some test footage with the 24mm in apsc mode ( which is the only lense I have) the image looks pretty sweet!
Yes you can, but you need to use the lens station. It is an additional cost and an extra step. Though you need it to update the lenses to run the anamorphic adapter.
LOL. I use Olympus OM Zuiko lenses myself, on a Sony A7 (s) mark 1 (so no ibis setting needed!) . “Lenses” because I own about 20 of them. Regards from The Netherlands.
I will be covering that soon I am full look at it, I have been testing it over the last few weeks. It doesn’t have a filter thread but at 95mm diameter you can use a Matt box or as I tested it with a filter behind the lens in-front of the sensor.
Unfortunately not it manual only and if you use T1.9 the depth of field is very shallow. I don’t think it will ever be autofocus to be honest. I am working on a more in-depth review and it should be out in the next few weeks. I wanted to really use it before I put it out.
@aircloud7471 this one actually stops the auto focus working, it uses the manual focus in conjunction with the electronic focus in the lens so they work together.
@@GMTNeilyes but this would not stop the dji lidar system from working. The samyang combo can’t know if a human or a dji lidar system is pulling focus.
Yes that’s right it would still work with the DJI LiDAR. And I t’s not like other anamorphic adapters once added to the lens it almost becomes one lens rather than lens + adapter, maybe that’s a better way to put it. So yes the DJI system will work. And with additional motors you can control the aperture as well. I also wanted to point out this is like no other adapter on the market.
Great job, I have the 75mm and looking into buying the 24mm or 35mm on an APS-C camera. I use it for my snowboard channel, still in doubt to go the prime lense or zoom lens route.
I would say the 24mm is the better for a wider field of view. I would also look at the sigma 18-50 on APS-C, I really liked that lens when I had it and it’s light something you would want when snowboarding.
I had a Quick Look at your channel but I didn’t see you. I have the adapter on order though so I will give my thoughts once it’s shipped it looks like fun.
I'm mainly a Canon shooter but I've been wanting a decent compact camera. any good ideas? I don't mind what brand since I won't be buying lenses. ideal under 500 dollars "wanting for photos mainly"
If you get can either for a good price second hand then you have to think what are you after, photo RX100 I would presume, but I got the ZV1 for its video features. Both are good depending on your needs and what you can get for the price. I wouldn’t recommend it at it’s full price.
It’s just for the Samyang V-AF series (for Sony emount) but Sony made lenses no as the V-AF lenses have electronic connectors on the front as well as connecting points. I have reviewed 3 of the lenses on this channel if you want to check them out.
Hi, they are dust and splash resistant with some weather sealing, quoting Samyang from their website. “This lens features a highly effective dust and splash resistant structure with special sealing on 6 lens points” Personally I used the 24 and 45 in the rain and had no problems.
When youre at the spot and you say its sigma 28-75 f 2.8 at 28mm the lens clearly says 24mm t 1.9. So what actual setup are you using? I dont feel like you’re giving proper information
I went back and checked it the footage was on my sigma 28 to 70 but when I was demonstrating how it works the images of the camera had the Samyang 24mm with the adapter. So to make it clear I put on the screen what lens I was using. I was using the 28 to 70 on another camera when I shot the adapter so I couldn’t use it at the time. So all the proper info was on the screen and I mentioned on the commentary. Now all the info is here too
That’s a good question, the footage was from a while ago and I sold the ZV-E10 to help fun another purchase (though I do want to get the mark 2 when it comes out). From memory it would have been around -3 and some of the shots would be using a freewell ND filer / black mist filter that would have soften the image as well.
Great video. Can’t wait for this! I heard rumours it won’t be out until Q3/4 2024. Given the 100mm was delayed from Dec 2023 until Feb 2024, we might not have this until early 2025 - but I’m remaining hopeful! I’ve also invested in the VAF series specifically for this adapter
I think there may be a chance that these have amber flares as an option. The coatings on the beauty shot of the lens at 3:27 look to have an amber hue to them.
What's up with manufacturers seemingly making up the squeeze ratio of lenses? There's nothing wrong with 1.7x. Just my question is, why 1.7x instead of 2x or 1.5x?
I have used quite a few 1.75x - and 1.8x. My Aivascope is 1.75x and my Vazens were 1.8x. Most NLEs allow you to set your desqueeze and many professional monitors allow you to enter arbitrary value.
@@Superbustr well given that most stretch ratios other than 1.33x and 2x are sort of arbitrary I don’t see what the difference between a lens manufacturer deciding to make a 1.7x vs a 1.5x. I think having additional squeeze ratios is helpful for some of the oddball sized sensors that are on some of the cameras we have now. my RED Komodo has a slightly wider than normal sensor and one of my Kinefinity cameras and my XH2s have taller sensors when shot in open gate. Not every sensor fits neatly into the 1.33x for 16:9 to get a 2.40.1 or 2x for 4:3 to get 2.40.1 Options are a good thing and these lenses with ability to configure your NLE and equipment is getting more flexible all the time. But ok…
Exciting news! I have the full set and I'm looking forward to the tests, including the focus interaction between the adapter and the lens (mentioned in the announcement notes.)
Hi Neil, Because of you I bought a sirui anamorphic adapter. When I found out how with it is easy to focus I bought focus wheel and started testing it with many cheap and not so cheap vintage lenses and it is amazing. Old vintage lenses like Helios 44-2 were made mainly for photography and focus takes like 2-3 full turns on this vintage lenses to reach infinity focus. It is not so good for video and introduces shakes, focus is choppy. With sirui adapter it is smooth like in rehaused helios 44-2 for 3k USD. So thank you for introducing me to this adapter but my wife and my bank account are not so happy now - i bought dji rs3 pro and lidar autofocus just to be able to solo shoot anyhting on this vintage lenses + sirui adapter. Bought silver version of helios lens 44-2 which is the best for video , the diffrence is huge between versions of those but the silver ones were supposedly made from original carl zaiss glass with diffrent coatings and more blades inside. 77-m4 is also quite good for video with new coatings and still swirls but the contrast is kept under bad lighting coditions. You can look also into mir-1b 37m 2.8 lens - my copy is easly matched in post wih 44-2 for wider look. I also got 85mm 1.5 helios from new production line (you can buy it in like moldavia, they make it in russia and import is banned) . Same vintage glass as in 85mm but without bubbles inside and with better coatings. The look you can get with srui adapter on it is even more dreammy, swirly bokeh is much stronger than 44-2 but sharpnes around the corners is obliterated. Forgot to add that helios 85mm + sirui adapter weights more than 1kg so heavy beast and I basically need to rig the camera for it. It is not point and shoot :D
But btw to any one reading the comments Helios 77m-4 is also dirt cheap and better quality then most 44-2. 77m-4 is a newer brother that may be worse for photo but for video build quality is usually better (44-2 and ther are 7 different versions made in diffrent plants with different quality issues that make some 44-2 look like a cinema glass and some like a cheap russian lens toy, can wobble on the mount when focusing, sharpness can be or not be there depending on the unit, coatings are crap or good, even if you get 2 lenses from the same plant and same year it can be better or worse). Good thing those are so simple to strip apart and clean up that some of this issues you are able to solve by yourself. But if it is wobbly at the lens mount it will be a crap for video no matter what you do. 77 m4 have better coatings, no grease on the blades and I never heard that someone got wobbly mount on those. Also important thing - they look the best on the full frame, like in the lens corners is all the helios look and character, in apsc swirls are not so noticeable. You will need a speedboster and it is not cheap. There is ttartisian 27 / 2.8 apsc lens for 200$ and it costs less then speedbooster, has autofocus and vintage character like helios, also swirls so basically modern helios with 39 equivalent in apsc.
@KevinvanDiest interesting it can focus but within small amounts of distance. I am also waiting for Samyang adapter for their VAF lenses and how that works with auto focus.
@KevinvanDiest just tested on a 35mm lens and stayed in focus within 10 to 15cm as a quick test. Both on my eyes and hand, I zoomed in to check focus using a monitor. It is possible not the best but it worked. Edit I also set the focus on the adapter to 0.8, I also get what you’re saying when back focusing it should not be able to keep up as the front part does the focus. But it does have a little wiggle room.
@@GMTNeil yeah it’s just the way the coni Ines lenses work. Got several lenses and adapter myself so tested that too a while ago..the result, when adjusting the focusring of the rear lens the image becomes blurry/ not aligned/distorted. Also when you’re saying it’s sharp in your video (guy walking with glasses on), it’s really not and the closer the guy comes the more out of focused/even distorted it becomes.
I do not own any nightwalker lenses to test but in theory with their 67mm filter threads you can use the included step down ring and put the adapter on. I just can’t comment on the quality but I would presume it would work well.
Good for you. I still had fun making this. If you can show a link to some examples you have filmed with details of the lenses you used that would be rad. I am excited to see how good it is. I don’t get so good results when I tried it.
@@GMTNeil sure! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tWsvWFn4QTM.htmlsi=zOpr6Sn5f2Gn6DGL a lot of shots there are on my 35mm + Srl magic adapter ( not everything ofc, most important parts of the wedding were filmed with tamron 28-75) It's not perfect but I found this adapter good and easy to use . My next adapter will be Great Joy
Depends on the taking lens. Some pair pretty crisp while others look like this. Number of elements plays a role too. One downside about the anamorphot is that you can't put it on an 85mm lens. Biggest one is 65. You could stack this on a mamiya 80mm 1.9, stretching an "open gate" medium format shot, (speed boosted or GFX). Closest thing to a poor man IMAX image circle.
great video! I've been looking to get one of this adapters. for the samyang T1.9 lens did you stop down the aperture? or does it work fine with the T1.9?
Hi it does and I did but I would recommend T2.8 as you still get the nice separation and a little sharper. Though don’t me wrong I was on T1.8 and it looks fine as you can see.
