How to build a VIBRATING 35mm adapter (part2)

[Georgitos]

Thank you very much for yours tests!

[TheLimbReaper]

No joke. I kept telling my girl friend to answer her phone, thought it was on vibrate. We figured it was on the video and she called me an idiot.

[MrCrgl]

Jorge, tremendo adaptador. Yo puedo hacer este adaptador con un lente zoom de 28-90mm q tengo ? una pregunta q me tiene loco: no es mejor proyectar la imagen en un "focusing screen mas grande ? siempre veo q el focusing screen es pequeño, supongo que es el formato 35mm. Pero si la imagen en el focusing screen es mas grande pues uno tendria mas espacio para enfocar. Es solo una hipotesis, supongo q estoy equivocado.

[samsoul78]

very good job!

[will4ward]

bRAVO for such a low buck project it looks good!

I'm curious how it would look on a large screen.

Iguess vignetting would be the next issue.

I think there are quieter vibrators out there!

[JETProductionsInd]

mother of...

that beast is freaking loud!

[kaaprotoni]

Nice! The sound was just something that I don't want to my video.

I'm having external microphones, do you think that you can hear the noise of motor if you are 50 cm away from camera.

Can you take footage with another camera when you are using the motor in your current camera?

Thanks and best regards,

Toni

[juanpocopin]

Jorge es q tengo un dilema ...tengo una camara panasonic hdc-sd9 y quiero usar un DOF adapater..pero no estoy muy seguro de mi camara, mi pregunta es...me quedo con la panasonic o consigo una canon hv20?

[juanpocopin]

Jorge tienes un tutorial en español para fabricar este adaptador?...

[drjassvideo]

no tengo tutorial en español grabado pero cualquier duda puedes escribirme y con mucho gusto te lo explico,. suerte!

[bashfamous]

does it record the video backwards? ive been hearing that alot. please reply. im about to make this contraption lol

[drjassvideo]

yes, it record the video upside because the image is projected that way in the focus screen, you should flip the video in postproduction

[rocketrig]

Brilliant results! Thank you for sharing in-depth instruction, I'm making my own now ;)

[evildonkey]

What can you do about the sound of the motor? You would not want to hear that in a recording.

[drjassvideo]

if you are using a 35mm adapter you are tring to make a semi-professional video, so you sholud use an external mic and that way you shouldn`t record the motor noise

[jjho8]

Very nice, if you don't mind me asking how much did it cost to buy all the supplies to build the lens adapter?

[designbydave]

Those results are excellent. Now that Youtube supports HD, how about some HD sample footage?

I am currently gathering parts and materials to build an adapter like this one.

[DANNERatLARGE]

very very good man!

[bWWd0]

Whats the name of your macro lens 5x ?

Very good picture.

[acekingie]

your camera sounds like a goat. FAIL!

[Cigotie]

Its not the camera, its the vibrating adapter! You suck acekingie

[acekingie]

corretion. you sir, are an ass biscuit.

[sonicclang]

What part of "vibrating lens adapter" do you not understand? You get rid of the grain by vibrating the ground glass. It's not the camera. Moron.

[acekingie]

go fuck yourself. moron.

[nigeymix]

you seem cool

[DeadMansPartyFilms]

How much did it cost you to build?

5 stars man!

[tumbles94]

Have you ever tried to film and sports or car racing type shots with this setup? I am wondering if i wanted to zoom in on a soccer player and try to make that person be the focul point could this be done with the adapter you show us how to build?

Thanks! - Great job on all this - it has been very helpfull for me.

[eladbari]

so...no chance of filming something with text, cause of all the buzzing..huh? :]

anyways, its frikkin Awesome of u to post those videos!

where could i get the lenses, u think? what should i ask for exactely?

[drjassvideo]

They are called 35mm adapters but if you want to build one you´ll need a 35mm filma camera lens

[eladbari]

well..yeah. my dad has some lenses from his still-film camera. i tried,once to put one lense in front of a DVX100, but it has a small hole,couldnt see nothing. i guess i need a magnifying glass,and to modify the lense itself. :\

[drjassvideo]

No, you need some thing (focus screen) to get the image from the lens projected and then you have to record that image with your camcorder. Check my video on how to biuld a STATIC adapter were I explain all that

[eladbari]

ok...ive watched it! amazingly great job! :]

so i guess that STATIC adapter is the basic thing, and that this new tutorial is about how to get rid of the dust using the motor.

i guess id have to show this video to a guy that works in a camera store, so hell hook me up with all of these ingredients. cause theres alot of them! :]

the pvc part will be tough to get and fit in.

Will this work on any camera? how will i know whats the "final" part should be-so it will screw on the camera?

[drjassvideo]

It should work with any camera, you just have to get the correct ring adapter for the diammeter of you lens

[eladbari]

youre Cool, dude!

thanx alot, amigo! i will try it out someday :]

[flamingbrickstudios]

I you take the time to make this then i assume you would be using a lavaler microphone are a shotgun microphone mounted on a boom pole over the subject.

The buzz shouldn't be two loud it just sound loud because it's right next to the cameras microphone.

[eladbari]

very nice tip, buddy! :] thanx!! :]

[technogeist]

Nice work, but let's not detract from the original idea of the camera....TO MAKE FILMS AND IDEAS!!!

You can get as anal as you want with this sort of stuff, but distortion, scratches and noise just add to the overall feel for me...I normally use Super 8.

Godspeed.

[drjassvideo]

You´re totally right! but just remember that is very important yo know the filming techniques and try to have the best equipment to give life to an artistic idea.

[UnbreakableCold]

Don't get me wrong. You are extremely talented. I just don't understand the purpose? Is it to simulate a film look or just to do focus pulls. I good cameraman can do that without a 35mm adapter. I would love to understand more about this.

[drjassvideo]

There are several things you can do to achieve the "film look" 1.- Create a selective focus with a 35mm adapter. 2.- Record in 24 fps. 3.- Desaturate a little bit the video and increase the contrast. 4.- Use the correcto lights with the "3 lights" rule. 5.- Use soft camera movements.... and so on...

[UnbreakableCold]

I have watched both the Static and the Vibrating videos. I think the static is better. What I don't understand is what's the point of the vibrating one if the mic is going to pick up that buzzing sound all the time? And I feel like the quality of the image is degraded but it doesn't give the look of film. I am extremely impressed at the fact that you could build those things.

[drjassvideo]

There are no totally clean screen (maybe you can´t notice it because of the low resolution of the youtube videos) but the static adapter has a lot of dust that is avoided if you use the vibrating device. All the professional adapters are using vibrating devices

[Jester2138]

How important is it to have a really wide aperture on your lens? I have a lens already that only goes down to f/4.5

I understand how the smaller number creates a shallower depth of field, but will f/4.5 still be good? Does it make a huge difference?

[drjassvideo]

It depends a lot in the kind of lens you are using, in wide angle lenses is very important but in telelenses is not so noticeable. Just remember that all 35mm adapters have light loss and the wider aperture of the shutter is better for getting more light to the screen

[ywuditellu]

so all the vibrating does is clean up the image?

[drjassvideo]

Well... yes... it´s a way to see it. No focus screen is clean at all, so that´s why we need something to "clean" it. The main problem is that the recording area is very small (35mm) and any little imperfection is going to be very noticeable.

[patwix]

Hi Jorge! Great job.. Just a question. Can you use Canon EF lenses for this? The aperture of these lenses cannot be manually adjusted. It's usually controlled by EOS DSLR cameras. Is it better to use the old FD lenses, instead, coz their aperture can be adjusted using their aperture rings.

[drjassvideo]

You´re correct! the best lenses for this projects are the manual lenses because you can control the shutter aperture and the FD lenses are great, I have a 50mm Canon FD and it works very nice!

[kamel3d]

great job but what do you tkinh if we remove the vibrating motor ?

i sow some other exampels on the internet but no one use it

[drjassvideo]

You can do it but it will be just a static 35mm adapter and that way you can´t get rid of the scratches and dust from the screen.

[tsccea]

after zooming in to get rid of the vignetting can you attach a wide angle adapter to get more of your shot in the picture? and i might have missed it, but how much did you spend for the vibrating adapter. Thanks.

[drjassvideo]

1.- If you attach a wide angle lens you´ll lose a lot of the shallow depth of field, that´s why the best lenses for that effects are the tele lens

2.- I constricted the vibrating device with liquid plastic, but it was aprox $25 USD the bottle

[jollykap]

Great results,

I'm trying to make one for xh a1 I own. Can you hlp me on how to fix flipped image which I believe is producd by the adaptor by default?

[drjassvideo]

you have 3 options: 1.- Flip the image in postproduction (the easiest). 2.- Turn facedown you camera (hard to manipulate) 3.- Buy a pentaprism to attach it to the adapter and you´ll record the correct face always (i losses a lot of light). Good luck!

[efjae34]

Genius!  gracias por la motivacion!

[pwdonohoe]

Amazing!!! Thank you very much! I'll start building mine right away!

[CovanentFilms]

cool. is this better than a static adapter?

[drjassvideo]

It depends a lot on the final project you anre going to do. If you want to publish it on youtube, a static adapter works great but if you are going to use HD you´ll need a vibrating adapter

[WarrierOfX]

I did notice that there is some sound caused by the adapter... Is there a way to fix the motor sound?

[drjassvideo]

yes, the sound is always present even with the brand adapters because it is recorded by the camcorder mic, but if you are going to make a decent production, you´ll need to record the audio with an external mic and that way you are not recording the motor sound because of the distance between the mic and the motor.

[WarrierOfX]

And does turning on the vibration shake the lense and cause loss of steadyness?

[drjassvideo]

No, it won´t because the vibrating device is not touching any part of the PVC tube or lens, it´s just attached by very thin wires (as you can see in the video)