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30. Canon HG10 + Letus35…
4 months ago
My Letus35 Mini came in the mail today and I just had to use it right away :)

This is raw footage straight from the camcorder. Absolutely nothing was done to it.

I made the same mistakes with the Letus as many seem to do. First of all, most of the footage is shot with the Letus turned off. The alignment / zoom factor has to be changed (I need to zoom into the GG 'ground glass' some more in order to get rid of the vignette).

Getting all the settings right takes practice. However, I can't believe how well this worked out. I'm so proud :)

The color comes from the Cokin filter (Sepialight) and the polarizer. It was a hot and sunny day in Denmark today - June 2nd, 2008 - 30C+ (86F+).

I added some photos of the setup at the end of the clip. The rod support is from Letus as well.

Focus isn't perfect at all - that takes practice too. Maybe I need a bigger, external screen? and / or follow focus?

All in all, I'm so excited about this adaptor...

If other Letus / DOF users see something that needs attention, please let me know.
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  • nice this is cool lucky boy.
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  • Jon Rawlinson 4 months ago
    wow that looks great. I gotta get me a letus!
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  • youdiejoe 4 months ago
    sweet
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  • bigd1971 4 months ago
    sweet indeed. I really like the shots through the chain link fence. Looks great.
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  • oxlee 4 months ago
    Finally eh. Congrats.
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  • Jerry Serna 4 months ago
    how much? and where you bought it? from who?
    It looks fantastic.
  • [ PIXEL VIKING ] 4 months ago
    Look here:

    adapterplace.com

    and

    letusdirect.com

    Same company but two websites.

    Price: USD 1100 + 400 (letus + rod support) + shipping + customs duty + local VAT.
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  • Øyvind Stokkan 4 months ago
    great first video. you seem to need a new tripod
  • [ PIXEL VIKING ] 4 months ago
    Yes :)

    A fluid head or some sort of motor is on my wish list...

    I've been looking at one of those telescope mounts that some people use for timelapse movies:
    youtube.com/watch?v=Ni89TBOTCUA
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  • Paul Klinger 4 months ago
    Very nice!
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  • Jay Boy's Random Cutz 4 months ago
    Awwwwww... man...
    Damn it! I want a cool setup!
  • Remyyy 4 months ago
    Me too
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  • Rob Evans 4 months ago
    Looking sweet dude! It certainly make you look at the world in a whole new way through your camcorder !!
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  • Jeremy Powlus 4 months ago
    ARRRRGGGHHH
    I wish these weren't so stinkin' expensive... amazing looking footage.
  • [ PIXEL VIKING ] 4 months ago
    There are cheaper alternatives to the Letus:

    vimeo.com/hg10/forumtopic:321
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  • Xian 3 months ago
    Hej!
    Thanks for the explanation of the letus settings.
    Im still wondering if you have to focus manually?
    I think it's too hard to see the focus in the little lcd screen.
  • [ PIXEL VIKING ] 3 months ago
    Yes, focusing is done manually on the attached 35mm lens.

    The camcorder is set to focus on the screen inside the adaptor (and then turned to manual focusing and newer changed after that). You are not supposed to touch the zoom or the focus on the camcorder after the adaptor is mounted.

    Zoom / focus is done solely on the attached 35mm lens. It can be hard to focus correctly only using the built-in LCD. Some people use an external screen that is plugged into the 'Video out / HDMI' plug. However, I use only the built-in LCD.
  • Xian 3 months ago
    I see, thank you for explaining.
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  • Bracken James Batson 3 months ago
    Did you consider the Letus Extreme? The letus mini or extreme is on my want list. Great footage. Very soothing too. Ha! Don't watch this video past 11pm. :)
  • [ PIXEL VIKING ] 3 months ago
    Yes, I did consider the Extreme. First of all because it's not that much more money and secondly because I feel it might be easier to sell (if I ever lost interest in it - which I seriously doubt). I'm not sure I'll ever get a larger camcorder but who knows. The Extreme would be the best choice if you were thinking of upgrading the camcorder later...
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  • Joseph Palmario 21 days ago
    I could not imagine how excited you were when you 1st got your Letus =) ... Coz I was so UBER ecstatic and shot my 1st video with my son ... I can't wait to explore some more about this Letus phenomenon ...
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