ebay (via bestpriceoptics) has the Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 fisheye lens for $189.99 (reg. $229) in limited quantity. The lens is available for Canon, Nikon Sony A, Sony E, Pentax and Olympus mounts. Check it out here on ebay.
Add Grain to Your Footage, Get a Film Look with Rgrain
Rgrain is a set of film plates with grain to help turn video footage into more of a film look. The film plates are available in 35mm, 16mm and 8mm sets and are provided in 1080p at 23.976 fps for 30-second loops. [Read more…]
Canon 7D Shoots Video Like a Hand-Wound 8mm Camera
In the above video, Ryan Hargrave put his Canon 7D to work in the above video by capturing Small JPEG files at the full burst speed, which he then stitched together in post to create this old 8mm camera effect.
Hargrave gives a good description of how he handled the media in post on his Vimeo page.
Panasonic Lumix G Fisheye 8mm/F3.5 Lens Announced
Panasonic has unveiled the Lumix G 8mm fisheye lens for it’s G-series Micro Four Thirds cameras. The new lens offers an equivalent focal length of 16mm on a full frame camera thanks to the Micro Four Thirds 2x crop factor.
No word yet on pricing or availability.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]