One of the joys of working for Marketing is parcels! After a great lunch I made my way back to the office where I found Will hunched over a rather gargantuan box caked in shipping tape. There could only be one object inside, the Letus Extreme 35mm Adapter complete with a Carl Zeiss f/1.4 Lens! Needless to say, Christmas was abounding in our hearts as we lusted after its opening like a dog eying stake on his owner’s plate. With every incision into the box, the ecstasy began to mount and thoughts bound so tightly in my brain were overspilling into my soul: was this really happening? Was I dreaming? Thank the good LORD no. He has been so gracious to us, and this has been such a creative boon on behalf of our institution to which I am very thankful.
What is this new device you might ask? Simply put, it mimics (though I use that term lightly) the look and feel of an authentic 35mm motion picture camera by allowing a shallow depth of field not granted to consumer camcorders. Depth of field is simply the length of a particular focus – in lay man’s terms, its the blurriness (boku) you perceive around the object in focus. It draws the eye into the image while building a solid state of surrealism.
The above video was simply but together as a test when the adapter first came in, I have yet to fully work it to full capacity. The trick is in the grounding glass and learning how to control to separate shutters. It can get crazy intense. The stuff above is a little shaky and possibly a little grainy, HV30s are great little camcorders but bite the dust in low lighting, I keep forgetting that I just need to rely on the aprature of the lens.
Tags: Carl Zeiss, HV30, Letus Extreme
