Footage Gallery of the GG.relay Rev2.
This is a series of test shoots with the GG.relay Rev2 along with the prototype 3 of the developing FiberScreen project. The relay is for mounting in a Varicam 2/3 B4 the Brevis35 that has internally the FiberScreen as a ground glass. The GG.relay has a variable aperture F2.8 to F8 and is set for Super 35 frame 24.8mm x 13,5mm. In most of the test the relay is at F2.8 unless is stated differently on the notes below.
The FiberScreen has the ability to operate also static so in some of the points of the test I turn off the vibration. When I go from vibration ON to vibration OFF I move my finger in front of the lens horizontally, when I go from vibration OFF to vibration ON I’m doing my fingers like a parrot… I have left intentionally some dust on the FiberScreen in order to be evident that is not vibrating.
On the other hand I mistakenly didn’t align it very well… so there is a light falloff on the right side of the frame… The slight vignette is due to the FiberScreen, the new prototype 4 I expect to not have vignette at all, even in FD 24 F2.8… On the stop down tests every step in brightness is half stop.
The test is shot with Varicam on tape DVCPRO-HD 1280 x 720, edited in FCP, color corrected in Color and encoded to H.264 at 1280 x 720. The camera was on shoulder, the whole setup was longer than my Cinestyle Canon zoom HJ11x4,7 KLL SC by 1cm, so shooting in a reporter style was easy… Varicam-F with battery, Chrosziel handgrip and GG.relay > Brevis35 > Zeiss ZF lens 7.2 kilos… in comparison with canon zoom 8.8 kilos… so relay, Brevis35 and Zeiss ZF lens was lighter by 1.6 kilos…!
I want to thank my children Constantine 2,5 years old, Anais 4 years old and Stefanos 5.5 years old, for helping me…
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Notes of the test video
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00:00 |
First part is all vibrating; the lens is Zeiss ZF 50mm F1.4, aperture set to F2.8 most of the time. |
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01:10 |
Stop down test, vibrating ON, from F1.4 to F16 |
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01:28 |
Put gain to +3 db’s to get the maximum light |
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02:00 |
Notice a vignette on the right side is due to XY misalignment… |
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02:38 |
A bit under exposed |
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03:17 |
The same with relay aperture to F2.8, good exposure |
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05:53 |
The front lens is at F16 an the vibration is ON |
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07:04 |
The front lens from F2.8 to F2 notice the difference in sharpness, ZF 50mm F1.4 is very bad below F2.8… |
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08:19 |
Check the edge sharpness |
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09:04 |
Second part is with Zeiss ZF 28mm F2, this part is with the GG.relay at F4 and the front lens at F2.8, vibration is OFF |
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09:47 |
Vibrating is ON |
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10:24 |
This part is with the GG.relay at F2.8 and the front lens at F2.8, vibration is OFF |
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10:57 |
Vibration is On, check out the shining spot in the right side to see the bokeh… |
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12:06 |
A high contrast part with highlights, vibrating is ON |
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13:34 |
A wide shot , vibrating is ON |
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13:51 |
The same with vibration OFF |
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14:08 |
Vibration ON |
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14:44 |
Vibration ON to OFF |
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15:19 |
Vibration OFF to ON |
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16:03 |
Vibration ON to OFF |
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16:20 |
Stop down test from F2 to F22, vibration ON |
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16:32 |
Vibration ON to OFF |
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16:49 |
Vibration OFF to ON |