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Thank you! Just two cameras. Z-Cam E2-M4 & Sony A7IV

It’s a great lens and great camera! Everything was shot in slow motion at 45fps.

@jonahwalker4425 yes i was looking the gh5s but this is better for slow motions and the vazen lens the best anamorphic look at that price range can shot true 24 fps in anamorphic the M4? Thanks

@ yes it can shoot from 24fps to 60fps with no crop which is very nice. The vazen company has gone out of business so I’ve found their lenses used for a nice price now. Check out the Blazar Cato lenses too if you haven’t already. They’re half the price of a vazen lens and have a 2x squeeze for a true CinemaScope look!

@jonahwalker4425 Yes i know tha vazen was out, but i check the mft set and added to favorites , i saw other anamorphic lenses but like the vazen look, imposible to compare with the others brands maibye others but much spencibe so i will buy the 28 40 and 65mm mft from vazen

@@FIRUFILMS the Vazens are awesome! You can shoot BRAW with the bm assist on zcam, however I don’t own one so I’m not sure if you can shoot in the 4:3 aspect ratio I shot this footage in with the 12g assist. And yes the 28mm and 40mm Vazens vignette ever so slightly in the corners on the zcam m4 when shooting in that 4:3 aspect ratio especially when using a matte box, but not enough that I crop in personally. The m4 is a great camera! Thanks for watching 😁

I did! On the E2 M4 you can shoot 4k ZRAW at 60fps and even C4k ZRAW at 60fps. But there is misinformation out there for sure. Even B&H Photo/Video's product specs page for the camera is incorrect.

@@jonahwalker4425 thats good news thank you so much

Thank you! I almost always use a 0.71x focal reducer on the M4. I’ll really only shoot without it when using vintage lenses as I’ve found they can rub up against the focal reducer’s glass.

Ok thanks :) Because the 40mm without it you got a nice 80mm as well :) "two lenses in one" @@jonahwalker4425

I do for the look, but it’s a little hard to pull focus.

@@jonahwalker4425 The focus ring is indeed too stiff. I have the mit and I like the look a lot but I am looking into buying something perhaps more modern. Do you find the mir to give a look closer to a movie than the Rokinon does?

@@dimitris.tsakalas yes absolutely. It has character and gives some texture to the image which I’m always looking for in a filmic look. If you haven’t already, I would suggest checking out DZOFILM’s lenses. I’ve used the Pictor zooms and Vespid primes and have been really impressed with the look!

@@jonahwalker4425 Oh I know! Unfortunately they are too expensive for my needs.

Thank you! For where I’m at in my career and my workflow -I was looking at price, form factor, sensor size and being able to shoot 1.8x and 2x anamorphic. I think the Z-Cam e2-m4 is an excellent choice for more entry level cinematography, but I know I can upgrade to a S35 or full frame sensor down the line and my rig will look and feel the exact same!… with that said if I had 10k to drop on a Komodo rig I would 😁

@@jonahwalker4425 Agreed! I have the E2 and I get wonderful images with great dynamic range. Do you pull focus manually?

@@ndavies8 Yes I do! I use a nucleus nano system

This is with a speedbooster. 0.71x Viltrox.

Thanks! It was a super nice sunset that day.

Thank you! No diopters were used, if I remember correctly when we shot these videos the close ups were right or pretty close to the minimum focus distance.

You’ll get a great image out of the Sirui lens. They’re sharp, the colors are great, and the flares on the 24mm are toned down a bit (which I like) compared to Sirui’s 50mm and 35mm. BUT their squeeze factor is only 1.33x and Vazens are 1.8x so if you mainly want that intense anamorphic look like in my Vazen test videos I don’t think the Siruis compare in my opinion.

@@jonahwalker4425 yes and ive also been seeing that the squeeze factor with sirui arent always just as consistent, im pretty new to this so im debating wether I should just get a normal 24mm or the sirui anamorphic version. Its purpose would be for short films en small commercial for local companies, am I better off just starting out with a normal 24mm?

@@maxbrenke4101 I think for those purposes a normal 24mm makes sense. When I’m doing work for clients I’d say 95% of the time we don’t use anamorphic lenses. Unfortunately 🙂

If you’re talking z-cam firmware updates then it was the 0.98.0 update. I didn’t use z-cam’s video suite, just the adobe premiere update to get zraw to import.

@@jonahwalker4425 got it because the fb group says anything under .94 is true raw 12 bit

ZRaw is amazing for sure. Just being able to capture 12bit in camera w/o an Atomos monitor is helpful for a number of logistical reasons. Only thing is, ZRaw does not perform as well in post as ProRes RAW. BUT if you have the computer power for editing, then yeah ZRaw is the way to go in my opinion.

@@jonahwalker4425 yes so I heard. I have a M1 Mac it edits it with no issue.

@@nexgenfilms5727 how do you process zraw?

@@Filmsimulation Using a pretty fast machine. I use the M1 processor from a Mac

@@nexgenfilms5727 can i ask what u use to edit it on mac? don’t know if final cut would handle it too well

Thank you for watching! Much appreciated. My arms were definitely like jelly after that hike lol

I recorded 12bit Zraw internally. I haven’t shot much with ProRes Raw on my Atomos V yet.

@@jonahwalker4425 can récord zraw 12 bits on SDD usb? or what SD i need thansk

@ yes you can record zraw to an SSD. I have had no issues with that so far.

@@jonahwalker4425 Ok thanks very much!

Thanks for watching and for the sub! I’ll have another Vazen lens test video coming out soon

For this I used the Viltrox .71x EF-M2 II.

@@jonahwalker4425 I see,im not sure about my viltrox but its kinda muddy/not sharp. Hows the rokinon cine lens?

@@Filmsimulation My Viltrox was also very soft and could not focus to infinity. However, there are a few youtube videos on how you can modify it to correct those issues. It's a very simple modification. As for the Rokinons, I think they're great for what you'd be paying for. Very sharp above T2.8 if that's what you're looking for. Only thing I don't like is the amount of focus breathing.

@@jonahwalker4425 I see, i've been trying to fix that viltrox of mine and couldnt really "fix" it. it is always soft and all, anyways the rokinon is FF lens and our viltrox is .71, is there any quality loss on the image?

@@Filmsimulation wide open at T1.5, yes. With the viltrox I found the rokinons to be much softer than if using just an EF mount. However if stopping down to just T2.0 or T2.8 it sharpens up.

Thank you!