The M-Lite DIY Cinema Camera is AWESOME! 

Wow, thanks Cole! That means a lot! I'll definitely be making more :) thanks for all your work on the M-Lite!!!

Thanks!! And can't wait to see what you shoot with it!!

Thanks Tom! Pumped to hear from the two creators!!

Awesome!! Excited for you! Glad you like the video, it was fun to make.

Awesome, enjoy!!

Awesome, congrats!!

Thanks!

It's worth putting on a credit card or line of credit!

@@VietinghoffAlex Unfortunately my situation doesn’t allow for this to happen. Next month would have been perfect. I guess I’ll just have to go with building a small rig with a Sigma camera.

@@RokDAWG1 You never know, there might be some people buying them to resell on eBay.

The EOS M is so cheap that it's worth trying out! Easy to resell if you don't end up feeling you need it.

I got it from the Corridor Digital store!

Thanks! Who knows, they might pop up on ebay at some point!

You can always reach out to Filmatura to see if anyone canceled their order!

Haha awesome, thanks! It's by Corridor Digital!

Glad that worked for you! I have the ZV1 but I'm trying to sell it because I just haven't been happy with the image from it.

It required tweaks. Color grading and cinematic look requires more dynamic range but shooting S-log2 didn't work out because 8-bit recording degraded colors. So I created LUT to transform HLG and S-Log2 gamma with Rec709 gamug. S-Log2 is more noisier with more dynamic range (noise can be cleaned on post), but most of time HLG works best. Also 8-bit recording makes exposure more critical while there are no playroom to fix exposure afterwards. That was also required to get perfect skin tones so I use manual exposure only. I have two reference points that I can carry everywhere: piece of white paper and my caucasian skin :) I check subject exposure using those while light direction matter, or shooting landscape/environment I just put the paper on floor/ground. Optimum zebras for HLG was 60% (+/-2) skin, and 73+% for piece of paper. S-Log2 50% (+/-2) skin and 59%+ for piece of paper Second tweak was to change sharpening to -7. Camera wastes bits on video compresion way too much when sharpening was on and it degraded especially 1080p footage. Some shots needed to shoot 1080p because of cropping or need of fast framerate but when making video on streaming those doesn't matter. Streaming video quality is in practice 1080p and I actually improved 4k footage by adding 2pix radius gaussian blur to them to improve compression, while 1080p was upscaled to 4k with bicubic filtering. So making cinematic shots working on ZV-1 need more effort on post processing and biggest inconvience is that I need to carefully plan my shots, configure settings to camera memory before shooting starts so I change them quickly. I've been researching a lot what is the bigger and better gear next to ZV-1 and unfortunately there is huge difference in price.. Next size and price is likely Sony FX3 + Sigma Art 24-70mm + ND filter + expensive gimbal (Sony ZV-1 can be stabilized with small and cheap gimbal). There are a lot of cameras from different manufactures between those but I'm very sensitive to rolling shutter and bad autofocus, and I need slow motion capability. Sony ZV-E1 is kind of interesting but I'll end up using Sigma Art 24-70mm on that too and I doubt that small plastic camera body is usable with heavy full frame lenses. I think the killer camera for me is having APS-C sized Exmor RS type sensor with fast rolling shutter and features like in ZV-1, integrated fast lens with 16-50mm focal length with manual focus ring.

I'm using the Tilta Komodo top plate, but you should order the one directly from Filmatura that's specifically made for the M-Lite! www.3dfocus.org/product-page/m-lite-nato-top-rail Then order any nato rail top handle. Glad to hear you ordered an M-Lite!

Thank you! It's only compatible with the original EOS M, not the later models!

Thanks! I printed them myself with Sticker Mule by uploading a white PNG with transparent background!

now searching for a eos m and seeing how to get money to buy the M lite

You can use almost any lenses since it's a mirrorless camera. I'd suggest if you're very new to just use the kit lens that comes with the EOS M at first, then buy a nice vintage portrait lens like the Helios 44-2 58mm f/2. You use the free MLVApp to transcode the raw footage, then you can edit it in anything! I'd suggest using the free Davinci Resolve.

@@VietinghoffAlex thank you so much

A little demon named Dobe flies around and throws errors at editors.

That Digital Bolex global shutter CCD Kodak sensor is true magic. Out of camera it's the look I've been chasing for years!

Thank you! It's a shirt by Corridor Digital, my favourite RU-vidrs!

I had to make mine using Sticker Mule.

where can i contact you off list?

@@JanCzmok Instagram @vietinghoff

Are you asking how to install the power button in the M-Lite body? If so they explain it in the build tutorial :)

No, but you should reach out to Filmatura in case anyone canceled their order after he already put their kit together!

It depends on which mode you're in and the speed and capacity of your SD card. Some people have reported unlimited recording time when shooting in a mode like raw 1080 24p!

They're making one for the BMPC 6K!

I think that's an older camera issue, but with Magic Lantern you can select an option to automatically restart recording after the 30 minute cutoff.

You can order from anywhere in the world, just go to 3dfocus.org

Thanks! Best of luck :)

You should ask 3D Focus on their website, some people cancelled their orders after they were made so sometimes he has extras! www.3dfocus.org/product-page/m-lite

You can message the Filmatura website and they sell them!

@@VietinghoffAlex they stopped making/selling them, i'd LOVE to purchase your housing if it runs it's course one day.

@@Ascoundrel They actually have a waitlist you can ask to be put on because some people cancelled their orders after all the parts were ordered!

Join the Filmatura FB group, they'll be doing another batch early 2024!

Hahaha!

I'm very tempted to get one, been eyeing them for awhile!

That's on my list of things to do!

Haha thanks, bought it from Corridor Crew!

Well it's raw, so you can change it to whichever colour science you want, haha

Did you watch the whole video? There are a few benefits to this rehousing: the in-body fan cools the camera which allows for longer record times in raw mode, the new body has a bunch of mounting points for professional gear, and it's ergonomic and makes for much easier/better handheld operation than the original EOS M body. I agree that story is the most important thing, but this is a fun and cheap DIY project that can be creatively inspiring for new filmmakers who are using their gear as an excuse not to just go shoot :)

Dehancer and Filmbox do a great job, but there's definitely something to be said for crafting the look-in camera. A lot faster and usually cheaper than running post software! I actually sold my FX3 a few months ago and went all in on older cameras, haha.

Yes, by Corridor Digital!

yeah those guys have no idea what they're doing. There is a reason why they make youtube videos and don't work at ILM or Dneg @@VietinghoffAlex

son there is only resolve, and there is just wasting your time with anything else@@VietinghoffAlex