There is a lot of light loss with the adapter. All the dark areas are completely black. The crane shots are nice!

Nice. What adapter are you using? IMHO, I think it looks pretty good. I like the contrast. Detail is overrated.

Very nice shots, sharp focus, except for mabye the beginning, I think that hte fact that you could see the focusing screen gave it a music video feel, and added to this video in particular, but i know taht you knwo to zoom in more for a short film or whatever. Nice choice of music, coldplay is awesome. I liked it, good test. Can't wait to see your test with the shrigg rig.

I like this video.

I'm impressed. What crane tripod tip is that? it looks real good. To me, the contrast on the video is really good, very artsy looking! I like it a lot. I see your softbox there as well, what do you have in there, in term of power and color? cute kid!

Nice shot. Agree that it's underexposed, but it gives certain look, which is cool in that case, I believe.

By the way, why can't u measure the light with some meters and do exposure according to measured?
Otherwise you are just guessing with zebra, could be that in different scenes one has different colors of skin, for example...
Of course you have to know the light-losse of the adapter, but it's not a big deal I hope...

I'm trying to find out how to do it hv20.com/showthread.php?t=10798
but still no suggestions...

Nicely done, Ben! I think i'll be trying the crane very soon!!

Sizzled My Dizzle Man, Thank You. Was Reading Some Of These Comments. I have The Canon Hg10 And The LetusMini. I Find I Need Lenses With At least F1.4 Otherwise I get Lots Of Vignetting.

Sorry for the confusion. Was thinking these adapters lose light so prime lenses work good. Yes, I believe the only lens 1.4 is the 50mm. I tried a 50mm 1.8 nikon lens and got bad results. How did the 2.0 28mm work for you? I am thinking of getting one. This is new to me so I am learning.

Bloody brilliant shots man. A bit underxposed, but it looks like you know that ;) But yea, wow, very nice. Are you using the twoneil adapter with the Nikon Nikkor 28mm?
Also, did you remove pulldown, and what are your export setting, cause it looks awesome!

Thanks alot, and once again great vid.

Dude, I totally dig it. I'm so eager to get my HV30!!

what lights are those in 1:43

I need an adapter for my HV20 -- everything just looks amazing afterwards.

I'm a bit late to this party, but I wanted to say this footage looks just great. That DOF adapter makes it look so filmic.

really liked it dude!

Very Nice dude! I really like your vids !
Your style is excellent, dark and light, good vibes and cut little family :)

hey man, f*&king brilliant man to put it blunty, and its another kick in the teeth for film purists that you can get such a look using a HV30 consumer camera with a few add ons. Me and my team have a HV30 and a Sony HC9, and as I yet have had the chance to use film, I know now that I can achieve this look from both cameras.

But man you have to help me with 2 post questions, cause I know that alot of your questions have been hardware based, and I read you use FCP:

1. The look.. are you converting your footage (not sure where you are from so presuming you are filming 1080 60i, Im from Oz so I converting 1080 50i) to 24p using Cinema Tools or Nattress G Film Conversion, or have you kept that at 29.97 or 25p. I have had no end of trouble trying to find information about converting to 24 or 23.98 progressive from people, as it much be a well kept secret, and you seem to be pretty helpful and enthusiatic haha, I would love some hints on how you did it.

2. Did you colorgrade that using Magic Bullet or is that just the normal CC that comes with FCP, and the colors are just stunning because of the lens you use.

Thanks man, and you should be making music videos with your skill.. :)

I know I'm butting in, but that adapter is really sharp and looks great is it a diy?

Gosh, your really talented, great editing my man.

Benjamin, I can tell how much you appreciate comments, so I signed up to leave you one.

I just got my HV20 a week or so ago and I love it. I'm turned away from 35mm adapters for two reasons:
Too many. Tons of people with HV20s get one to make it look "better." Not so much in my opinion.
And cause I've got a few GREAT Minolta/Sony lenses and there are no A-Mount adapters I don't think.

I have yet to shoot anything major or upload anything here, and this will probably be my only time taking time to comment someone else.

Being a Visual Effects artist and photographer I am CONSTANTLY thinking about how things were shot, how to do them, if it's a good composition, everything.

This little film didn't make me think of ANY of that. That's very rare.

The beginning was iffy, but I loved the rest of it. Such a cute little girl, a beautiful older girl, and you are very good looking as well =]

The way it shifts focus from the girl to you is plain beautiful. I liked the color correction you did, the only reason I didn't like the black is because it kinda crushed some detail I sometimes wanted to see in the girls.

Other than that. KEEP SHOOTING :D

light loss or no light loss, youve got a good eye for composition. liked pretty much every shot. schweeet!

Awesome. I have watched this like 15 times, I keep coming back to it! I watched it over the summer, then whenever I hear this song I thing of this and I have to watch it. Nice!

hey man sorry to bother, but I'm just curious what camera you're using. everyone here's talking lens and I couldn't find that out.

I love your videos btw. the 50 people 1 question one is probably your most applauded and for good reason!

all the best, Ovi.

This is some great stuff! I just got my DIY adapter in the mail and i using an 50mm f/1.8 on it and i was wondering how could i get my videos to look like yours. I am so confused and it shoots upside down so it makes it a bit difficult for my to film.

I really like how you always seem to get the right kind of music for each of your videos, they add to each other for sure.