I've been working on a Brothers Young production last week and this week. The directors who are brothers, are acting in this project. They play some very ridiculous and funny characters.

I uploaded some photos that were taken during the shoot.

James and I have been working over the weekend, trying to finish up the website and such. So far its looking pretty good and should be finished soon. We also finished our reels (aside from the motion graphics intro). Let me know what you think, Go check it out. http://Carbonfilm.tv

Recently was brough onto a Music Video shoot as the Key Grip/Dolly Grip. The song is called Danger; by Slick Watts Ft. Mike Joonnnesss haha. The shoot was pretty fun, and moved along at a decent speed.

Here are some behind the scenes photos:

www.cheezyfilms.com/photogalleries/SlickWattsDanger/

Music Video Trailer

So i went out on a search, I found a Pentax 30mm lens that can open up to a 2.0. It basically comes to a 50mm lens with the cropped sensor. I also purchased a 135mm 3.5 (because it was extremely cheap), and I had an Olympus 50mm 1.8 lens laying around.

So my adventure with finding lens adapters started. I decided to order several of them from random eBay dealers and see which ones worked the best. It would seem like they all would be exactly the same (all they do is let you put a lens on the camera), but it turned out they were a lot different.

Price: $6.99
Type: M42 Mount Lens to Canon EOS
Hi-Etech

The first adapter I ordered was thecheapest one I could find. It was $6.99 with free shipping. The adapter was shipped extremely fast and I received it in the mail within a couple of days. The adapter itself was a nice heavy metal. Out of the 5 lens adapters I ordered this was the only one that would not lock into place on my camera.

Price: $14.50
Type: M42 Mount Lens to Canon EOS
Digibatterycity

The next Adapter I ordered, I ordered because it was black and more expensive (more money means better quality, right?). The adapter was a little slow in shipping, but not bad for free shipping. It is made from aluminum, so it feels a little cheap. When I first attached it to the camera it felt like it ground a little bit, but after attaching it and taking it off a few times it smoothed out. My other complaint is that the red dot that shows you where to screw the lens in, is nearly invisible against the black, and positioned in a weird place. Other than that it works fine, but it is more expensive than the rest.

Price: $12.49 + 2 dollars shipping
Type: M42 Mount Lens to Canon EOS
Treasuresale

I seem to remember this adapter taking a long time to ship. It is made out of a nice heavy metal just like the first adapter I purchased, but this one locks to the camera. It is extremely smooth attaching it to the camera and has proper markings to indicate where to attach the lens. Overall a very solid adapter.

Price: $12.29
Type: Type: M42 Mount Lens to Canon EOS
c.kee
This was the last of the M42 adapters I purchased and by far my favorite. The company that makes them is located in China so expect the shipping to take around 2 weeks! It also came with a EOS lens back cap, so you can leave the adapter attached to the lens.

What really separates this adapter from the one made by Treasuresale, is the AF-Assist microchip attached to it. What this chip does is it tells the camera that their is a lens attached and allows the camera to try and Auto Focus. It does not control the lens, but when you get the lens in focus your camera will beep at you (if your pressing the AF button or holding the shutter release half way down).

I have only played with this feature a little bit and I was not impressed with it at all, I am also unsure of how accurate it is. The reason I DO like the microchip is because while working in video mode, the camera doesn't know there is a lens (when using adapter without the chip). This isn't exactly a problem since the camera will still work, but the reason it can be a problem is during lens changes. While in live view mode the shutter is lifted leaving the sensor exposed. When you pull off a lens that uses an adapter the camera wont know it is being taken off, thus leaving the shutter up, making it easier for the sensor to get dirty or damaged.Having the AF-Assist chip on the adapter will tell the camera that the lens is being taken off and drop the shutter.

Conclusion:
Overall I'd say buy the adapter from China. Even if you never use the AF-Assist (I'm sure you wont). It tells the camera there is actually a lens there which from what I can tell, is nice. Your also not paying anymore money for it and it comes with a Canon back cap so you wont have to purchase caps from somewhere else, which i had to do. If you arn't comfortable ordering from China then go for the adapter made by Treasuresale.

Other Adapter(s):
I also purchased a OM(Olympus) mount to EOS from cirrusadapter for $24 dollars.

The adapter is made from brass. I was let down by this adapter the most and i paid the most for it. some of the things I hated were: You have to attached the lens to the adapter first, and the adapter jiggles while attached to the camera.

This is the first thing I shot on the 7D. We were out into the woods to film ANYTHING, and we ended up making a mockumentary. Kinda weird overall haha.

Hardwood from michael robertson on Vimeo.

I just finished shooting in 16mm Film Production class. I had Co-Wrote and Co-Directed the film Lazy Accident. We had two months of preproduction before shooting the short film. Our team designed, built, painted, dressed, and lit the sets. We had a three-day shoot (after pre-light and blocking days).
I start my avid editing class this month and hope to have an edit finished by the end of this month and uploaded to the site, until then check out the behind the scenes photos.

www.cheezyfilms.com/photogalleries/16mm/

Lazy Accident from michael robertson on Vimeo.

Mike R.

For this video Aaron Directed, Justin did Art Direction, Andy rapped, and I was the DoP. As simple of a video it was, it was actually one of the hardest projects I've worked on at Full Sail. helping create the music, learning the choreography for the dance, coming up with lighting plots, helping get the actual lights setup (at one point we had setup nearly 50 lights), and finally performed in the video... It was a three day shoot (4 hours a day/night). By the end of it I was exhausted to say the least.

Overall it was a really fun shoot, everyone hauled it, to get some of the larger setups finished in the 4 hours.

I also have a gallery for this project which has some behind the scene photos.
www.cheezyfilms.com/photogalleries/maynestreet/

or you can skip that gallery and check out the final product:

Check it out in HD on youtube.com

Mike R.