I've got a threaded adapter that screws onto the filter thread of the lens and then slides over the eyepeice of the scope (I'll take a photo to show it at somepoint). I was playing with the set up this evening trying to get some moon shots...
A candid street pic in Upminster
A candid street pic in Upminster
Nice sharp photos David, and I'm so jealous of that sun.
Nice one RSMarco - is that outside the cafe at Llandegla by any chance?
obviously not. However, at the price point, which I think is lower than the 20mm? I think the 45-200 gets unfair stick!
Normal walk about, I'm happy with the 14-45mm.
The G1 doesn't support video at all so it's probably not a good start
The obvious choice for video is the GH1 as the GHx cameras offer improved video over the rest of the range. The GH1 + 14-140mm can be had for under £700 now which is around the same price of the lens alone, the 14-140mm lens is optimised for video which means a continuous aperture iris and silent, quick AF.
In terms of whether it's good or not for video that's a difficult question. For me I like the GH1 as a video camera because I'm mainly a stills person and therefore for video I prefer having a device that handles like a camera that I can use with my existing lenses. The GH1 also has the advantage of a comparatively massive sensor which gives you access to shallow depth of field (with suitable lenses, the apertures aren't really wide enough on the 14-140mm) and very strong low light performance.
However from a pure video point of view there does seem to be quite a few complaints with the GH1. Many are due to the choice of codec and its settings which to be entirely honest I don't particularly understand, the hacked GH1's seem to get around a lot of this but Panasonic locked the cameras down and it's harder to get this type. There also seem to be complaints about the auto-gain control on the audio which can't be modified and there's no 'power zooms' available, all zooming is a manual ring type which can be difficult to achieve smoothly.
As is probably clear I'm not that familiar with the video side, I'm happy with the GH1 as a stills person with video on the side but it may be different from a purely video approach.
John
I really fail to see how having video is 'adulterating' anything. Just because you don't use/like it doesn't mean it's not a valuable feature.
Let's try and keep this civil eh?
Gorgeous day here in Lancaster...
I don't know how anyone else has it set - but I have usually had 'direct AF point' switched off, in order to allow easy access to the ISO and WB controls. Today I tried having it on and I have to say it works a lot better than using focus and recompose imo. ISO can still be changed fairly quickly via the Q Menu button, and I don't really change the WB much anyway (I shoot in RAW too so it can easily be set afterwards).
Nice sharp pics again Oldboy - 20mm?
Thanks Barbara - was rather pleased with the spider shot actually
Here's a couple of the growing little Lord Montague the Magnificent - aka 'Biscuit'.
Nice sharp pics again Oldboy - 20mm?
Thanks Barbara - was rather pleased with the spider shot actually
Here's a couple of the growing little Lord Montague the Magnificent - aka 'Biscuit'.
The video quality and functionality on a hacked GH1 is up there with the very best. To get the low light video capability and shallow DOF you can achieve with a DSLR (or GH1) you would need to spend 10s of thousands on a dedicated video camera. There are some drawbacks however. Sign up at nofilmschool and get their free pdf if you want to look into it properly. There is some stuff on Philip Bloom's blog also.
Please don't criticise what you don't understand.
Re your 45-200mm shot - it looks pretty sharp but still not pin sharp - I think the fact that you were not quite at 200mm, stopped down slightly, and using a very high shutter speed all helped to get it as sharp as possible.
As mentioned above, AVCHD is a standard which you can either transcode or some video editing packages such as Vegas can handle it natively. For playback, the likes of VLC can handle 720p ok (performance can be an issue with 1080p) and the PS3 can also play back AVCHD files. The mjpeg mov files are generally easier to play back on PCs but on some of the Panasonics you lose some options (such as 1080p and 720p60 on the GH1) as well reducing the recording limits.
I tend to stick with AVCHD for some of the reasons above plus I find it's good having the motivation to get the files edited as a few minutes spent with them can significantly improve the video for showing to people.
Still no sign of the courier with my 100-300mm and no update on the tracking since it left Milton Keynes yesterday
John
