MTF B4 to m4/3 adapter ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 4 In a recent post I spoke with DP Sean Simmons about his experience with the Abel Cine  – IB/E Optics HDx2 B4/PL optical adapter which allows him to use his Canon HJ11 x 4.7-52mm F1.9 HD ENG lens with with his AF100. The HDx2 is an optical doubler that expands the image projected by the 2/3” lens to...

By: Derek J. Allen for GearJones.com 2011 is shaping up to be the year of the large sensor camera. With the launch of affordable, large sensor, “video” cameras like the AF100 and the F3, the days of the 2/3″ camera may be short lived. Ok, well not really, but these large sensor rigs have turned out to be great alternatives for a variety of production. [Show as...

At first glance, this might seem like a really silly idea.  I mean, if you have Nikon or Canon lenses, isn’t likely that you’d have a pretty sophisticated image capture device. Never the less, it’s still a very interesting device. The $249 iPhone SLR mount allows iPhone 4 users to attach Nikon or Canon lenses to the mobile phone’s rear camera. with SLR Lenses, you have control of focus and depth of field in ways...

  If you haven’t already seen you it, you’ve gotta check out this lens. Very nice. I’m eager to see what else they come up with.

  I was just surfing around a bit today, looking for lenses suitable for my AF100. While there are quite a few to choose from, at a wide variety of prices, I found this interesting 50mm from a lens company I hadn’t heard of before, Noktor.  The interesting thing about this $800 Micro FourThirds lens is – this bad boy fast!.  The wide aperture is F0.95!  Talk about seeing in the dark. Unfortunately, the 50mm seems...

Find more videos like this on MyToolfarm In an earlier post, I mentioned how creating creative lens flares in post was not always very effective.  Well, I stand corrected. ToolFarm offers a plugin for AfterEffects that creates very realistic optical flares for $124. The plugin has a tool set the lets create a wide variety of flares, aberrations, flickers, shimmers and so on. So if you want to have more control of you light effects...