35mm DOF Adapter Project on a Sony DCR-PD100 DVCAM Camcorder

[savakucherin]

i have a important question. did you capture this footage with the pd100 or did you use a separate camera to capture? please reply

[ctgartland]

You should've done some shots with it at f/1

[FilmstaMan]

to much DOF!!!!!!!1

[randallpaulcom]

looks great Good Job!

[jessetalako6]

DOF adapter does

[raddman3000]

is this camera better than the

DSR-PD100A ?

[TheNav05]

blitzkreig76

well said 2 Eggbertsmith..

[raphabadboy]

hi, could you please help me? im using a sony hdr-xr500 and im searching a 35mm adapter for my cam. COuld you help me? thank you :(

[sokalegga]

One of the videos that inspired me to built my vibrating DOF aadapter (check the test video on my channel) Thumbs up!

[Crazy216Carl]

dude i want that so bad could that work on my camera please please please message me back man

[blitzkreig76]

Eggbertsmith, if people didn't care about peoples projects, why are YOU on here? You contradict yourself constantly. Where are all your video's? Cant afford film?

DIY & low costs is being smart. Why do billions of people buy consumer digital camcorders & cameras? It reflects their budget or all they need. Also who wants to carry around a huuuge weighty film camera? If film was cheap all us kids would be using it.

Your ignorance is humorous, so is your point. The special bus awaits you son!

[knk2000]

this is the best one so far what did you use as your gg?

[northernstudio]

Hey! Very nice footage. Question: What codec did you use for uploading to YouTube? I have not found the ideal one just yet. Thanks, Mark

[LuvhandleR]

Looks great!Have you resolved the slight hotspot issue?If you have,could you post the work around?

[arcanosai]

Check my own test : watch?v=DKKm0hTq7WQ

[arcanosai]

i made one too. But the image is head down. How do you resolve this??? . ThanX

[aaronazz]

I use Apple Final Cut Pro to rotate the image 180 degrees and it seems to work fine with almost no loss in quality.

[rawkidd2006]

Congratulations dude. i think this is the best 35 mm selfmade thing i've seen so far. for years now, i'm dreaming of a way to get as close as possible to film look.

[aaronazz]

thanks for the comments. Keep an eye on my blog (in the movie info above).  I'm working on the v2 project currently and you might find it interesting or inspire you to build your own ;-)

[eggbertsmith]

Gosh, pretty easy question to answer, kiddies.

Umm....SHOOT FILM!

Duh.

Step up to the plate, children. You cry, scream, and carry-on about "I want film-look, I need film-look, blah blah blah film-look". Then stop toying around with your outdated-every-three-month video cameras, and get yourselves what has been used for over a hundred years, and will outlive any camera you have now, and look far better, and more archival,

FILM, fools.

[bythewayside]

why should we use film? what you have just said is the cry of a moron.

i could on all day about the technical elements of this but it is worthless you see. . . what is the point. . after all YOU VISITED THIS PAGE which obviously shows that you were interested in the idea.

when video has had 100 years of development as well THEN you can bring your argument out.

[Sonikbloo]

Do you want to know why we don't use film? Because its expensive. Film guys always talk about how great film is and all the great things they'd do if they could afford film and processing. But video guys don't talk, they do.

So, now with affordable HD that looks better than 16mm stock and even some 35mm....why do film at all?

I could shoot video that looks so good that you'd think I even shot it with film. Get out of the past, embrace the digital age. FIlm is dying, if not dead already.

[Sonikbloo]

Do you want to know why we don't use film? Because its expensive. Film guys always talk about how great film is and all the great things they'd do if they could afford film and processing. But video guys don't talk, they do.

So, now with affordable HD that looks better than 16mm stock and even some 35mm....why do film at all?

I could shoot video that looks so good that you'd think I even shot it with film. Get out of the past, embrace the digital age. FIlm is dying, if not dead already.

[eggbertsmith]

Silly children. I guess this is why there are new cameras from both Arri and Aaton. Oh wait, and a brand new stock from Kodak too? Hmmm. Oh yeah, read up on how many prime time TV shows (yes, TV) are still shot on film. Gosh, doesnt make sense does it? Surely they are foolish, these old men and their archaic film cameras.

Who gives a toss about your personal HD projects? Will they ever be seen outside of Youtube?

...and still film continues. Why? Perhaps you should write to them.

[Sonikbloo]

If you want to waste your money on film for the sake of art, I'm not going to stop you. I make a profession out of shooting and editing. I'd be bankrupt if I had to shoot film, not to mention it'd be impossible to make the deadlines that I have for broadcast.

I've shot/edited at least 100 projects in the last year, how about you? Probably still trying to decide what to shoot, can't waste a single frame of expensive film, right? While you dream, others do. Film = the dodo bird. Sorry.

[aaronazz]

Thanks for the comments Parravision. You're obviously an expert at this stuff. What have you made lately?

[Flavouredspine]

lol

[PARRAVISION]

looks like shit! milky & blerred out and a real movie dosent have a blerr back ground through the whole showing! this is nothing like film

[hhansF]

what camera do you use??

[aaronazz]

See the page title. I'm using an older Sony DCR-PD100 DVCAM.

[wilsonentertainment]

Looks good, but you gotta zoom in a little more to get rid of the vignetting. Unless of course you wanted it. I just got one of these and I discovered you gotta zoom in quite a bit to reduce that effect.

[hcjr103]

wow....how much was the camera?

[aaronazz]

Info is on my blog. See the notes and my other videos with the link supplied above.

[aaronazz]

DIY construction information coming soon. Please take a look at my blog for up-to-date project info. Link is in the video information box. Thanks, Aaron.

[liamwen00]

Congratulations on your results. This is a terrific project. The results even after Youtube's notorious compression are great.

[aaronazz]

I have a more up to date video, using the 35mm DOF adapter after some adjustments. Click on my username to see more of my videos. I will be posting more as I progress with the construction project.

Thanks for the interest.