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@adarsh – my guess is if a GM lens has a manual aperture then it should work on the passive mount. Most lenses have a focus ring, it’s just about being able to dial exposure. If the lens you’re thinking of that has a manual aperture ring then it should work.

haha! Thanks for the lookout. I’ll def give a holler if I make it back to Detroit.

Hey Catherine, I asked my friend @Segwaymike – who knows everything there is to know about rigging cameras – what handle he uses and he said this:

Now I use a Nitze nato handle and it’s fantastic. It’s my goto handle for easyrig clamping as well to explain its reliability. They’re on amazon but I don’t see it sold Individually. Maybe in their website then.

Hey Lonzo – both of my cameras came with an SSD reader, but it’s good to have another one for travel. I have two of these with me pretty much at all times. Super cheap.

Also, welcome to the forum! I’m in the midst of rebuilding it and will relaunch with a new design in a few weeks so look out for that, too.

Last thing: I shot about a third of…[Read more]

I’ve heard good things about this top handle – it mounts to a Nato rail so you’d need a top plate with one of those as well.

Hi Catherine, welcome to the forum. I’ve heard some of this speculation, too. As far as I know Kinefinity has never confirmed this – most manufacturers neglect to name which off-the-shelf products they use – but people have been pretty clever about comparing resolutions and frame-rates to make guesses about which cameras use which sensors. I’m not…[Read more]

I haven’t experienced this problem because I don’t shoot cDNG much. Will see if I can replicate it.

I’m pretty sure raising highlight sensitivity raises the noise as well. I don’t have the technical explanation for this but the basic idea is that the dynamic range stays the same the whole time, so changing the sensitivity just affects where the midpoint will be.

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Great post and love the enthusiasm! The E mount for Kine cameras is analog, unfortunately so I don’t think Sony lens control is coming soon. Please post the Apple piece when it’s ready, though 🙂

Thanks for the update, Matt. I haven’t upgraded my firmware yet but will look out for this if I get the same issue.

Hi Martin, I haven’t tried this but am curious myself. I’ve had a couple timecode issues in the past and resorted to manual syncing but TC would be faster. I hope someone has the right recipe for this.

That’s an interesting question. I’d photograph the back of the lenses and send them to Kinefinity camera service to ask. I had some Leica R lenses that had small bits that protruded from the back of the lens – they weren’t compatible with the KineHancer. But I’d never thought of CN-E lenses. My guess is that they are compatible but it’s best to…[Read more]

Hi Gordon – on Facebook there’s a private group called Kinefinity Camera Service. I’d recommend posting there as the company can respond directly. I haven’t faced this issue myself. Hope this helps.

@koba please share when the KineEVF gets in. I had the Zacuto Gratical. Really dug it but battery life was an issue. Looks like the Kameleon has better resolution so would like to try that one out as well

Hi Calvin – here’s the article I wrote about the lenses last year. I’d say everything I predicted int he article is true. They’re an excellent value and handily outperform other cine lenses in their price bracket. I shot the short Re/Connections on them, and much of this documentary: