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How in blue blazes did this happen? We have no idea. We entered the Global Battle of the Bands and somehow made it into the finals and now I'm still in a daze after hearing that we've won. It's still a frickin' shock to me. All the other bands were so good, we were so sure we were going to lose. So yeah. Back in the hood again. Back to London, and this time with my band mates. I can't fucking wait. Question: what gives away, almost instantly, the difference between film and video? It's not the colours or the clarity or what-have-you, all that can be tweaked in post to get it as close as you can to film, but one thing that you can hardly ever get on video that you get on film is the ability to do shallow depth-of-field. For those not in the know, shallow depth-of-field is when the object your filming is in focus but almost everything behind and in front of the object is an out of focus blur. A really out-of-focus blur. The main reason why film can do this but video can't is because of the size on which the image is projected on to as well as the lens. Ergo, if you attach a film camera lens onto a video camera, you can get the same effect. A lot of companies are now making these adapters for video cameras, with prices ranging between USD$500 and USD$2000. I've made my DIY one for about RM200. Below are the first test results of Version 1.2 of the 'Kabij', so called because there's a good adapter called the 'Letus' (geddit? 'Cabbage', 'Lettuce'? Hehe... I make joke). I've recently upgraded to Version 2.0, where I spent RM300 on a new lens and RM5 on super glue so that it's no longer connected with tape. Will post the pictures of the actual adapter soon, but for now, hope you like the footage. And yes, there's a huge chunk of dirt on the lens that, at time of test footage, I couldn't be bothered to clean. Shots from the indie movie I'm currently shooting, tentatively titled 'London Calling'. Will blog more about it at some point. Starring Justin Chan, Chermaine Poo, Melissa Maureen, Khairil M. Bahar and Johan John. Shot with my trusty Canon XM2 and the 'Kabij' lens adapter. |
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I don't believe it, I don't know how it frickin' happened, but a once impossible dream has suddenly come true tonight - my band, Y2k, are going to play the Electric Ballroom in Camden Town (UK) next month!
