{"id":4807,"date":"2009-08-11T22:44:52","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T22:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/?p=4807"},"modified":"2009-08-11T23:46:37","modified_gmt":"2009-08-11T23:46:37","slug":"little-bit-of-fun-with-gh1-30mm-f1-4-and-glidetrack-compact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/little-bit-of-fun-with-gh1-30mm-f1-4-and-glidetrack-compact\/","title":{"rendered":"Little bit of fun with GH1, 30mm f1.4 and Glidetrack compact"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have neglected my GH1 recently, mainly due to time as always. But I wanted to test out my 30mm Sigma f1.4 (35mm equivalent 60mm) on the GH1 for ages. You need a 4\/3rd to micro 4\/3rd to make it work but it does work a treat. Great to use a fast prime on it without a doubling of the focal length that you get when you put a 35mm lens on the camera.<\/p>\n

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I also used the Glidetrack Compact<\/a> to give it a bit of movement. I mounted the camera directly onto the glidetrack. It works really well. Very light and does exactly what you need it to do.<\/p>\n

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Everything was shot at 720p 50p, imported as ProRes LT in FCP 7 and converted to 25p in Cinema Tools for the overcrank.<\/p>\n

It shows you just what a great little camera the GH1 is, most people would do little tests with their kids. I don’t have any, yet, so I used the cats which have been requested a few times by people as they appear in many stills of me opening new toys as they are VERY curious. They actually act far more like dogs than cats.<\/p>\n

Bert and Percy are the Siamese twins of the title. My old girl Noodle makes a cameo. She is more camera shy and also not Siamese! Sorry if you don’t like cats. I actually have filmed A LOT of dogs in the past year too!<\/p>\n

It’s a great lens and I really recommend it, but what I am really looking forward to are some native micro four third fast primes so no need for the adaptor making the camera nice and compact. I filmed for about 20 minutes using just ambient light…not much of it too. Shot at ISO 800 wide open at f1.4<\/p>\n

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Click the image below to see the video.<\/p>\n

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