This adapter is very light and very suitable for gun and go. It does not have the any moving parts, hence it is very silient. Good when you want to use the on board mic of your camera.Fast set up ,1min for me.Great for docu work.
you can use it without rails or you can get a lens support with it, cost about 70euros form manfrotto. go here:
http://www.adorama.com/BG3420.html
I also had the WDR35pro, but i sold it , because it was too heavy and very noisy. not suitable for gun and go and on camera mic sound recording.Same goes to the Sgpro and M2
This adapter is one of the brightest adapter around. the adapter can be used for interiors up to f/2.8 on the 35mm lens with little lighting; bright exteriors (and film grade interior lighting setups) afford greater shooting freedom, allowing the 35mm lens to be stopped down to f/5.6 comfortably with little change in the graininess of the image.
Please Read before buying
All the known adapters. M2 , Sgpro , Wdr35pro, P + S
mini 35, Letus, Movietube, Go35pro, G35 can't change
the G.G. and have problems with vignetting and grain
when using a zoom lens at slower F stops.that is why
it is always recommanded to use an 35mm adapter with
prime lenses (Fix Lenses)
Only recently Brevis came out with a new diffuser that
can handle the zoom lens with out vignetting (CFL1).
All G.G inside 35mm adapters are frosted to a certain
degree. It is made this way so that the image from the
35mm lens can diffuse better and create what you call
as " Bokeh" ( D.O.F)
There are static adapters and moving adapters. Static
adapters have limitations, but they are very silient.
But they are the best for live interview.(go35pro is
the best static adapter on the maket at the moment.
They are as good as the G35, which has only 14 pieces
in the world.)
Moving adapter are better when you need to shoot in
slower f-stops.But normally everybody i know never go over f2.8
(indoors).Because all adapters loses light. Even the
P+S 35mini loses 2stops of light.So that is why all the
people i know usually shoots between f1.2 to f2.8, For
out doors. you can go up to f22, but only when you are
like shooting into the sun.I only use it up to f5.6
but normally stay at f1.4 to f2.8. Every adapters that
i've tried outdoors at f11 has grain.
Even when shooting outdoors above f5.6 with my (EX) WDR35PRO and a
XHA1 , i can also see alittle grain . As reported by most of
my friends which are using the SgPro and the M2.
The main disadavantage that the M2,Sgpro, WDR35PRO
have, are that the set up time is too long. It has to
be mounted to a rail and it is very heavy compared to
the Brevis and Go35Pro.You can't "Run & Gun" with it.
I hope you get a insight of what you are looking for
in a Adapter.
If you have the money to buy a Brevis, go for it. The
HD Bundle Set cost about 1020(U.S.D) . extra diffuse
cost about 150(U.S.D)each. Taxes(19%). Shipping to
Germany 90(U.S.D) go here for more details:
http://www.cinevate.com/catalog/index.p ... 5ba09cdb42
You got to spend abit extra on rails too. it
tends to get abit heavy. But still good for gun and
go. Because of the design.
This is only the opinions of afew of my friends and me that owned and used 35mm adapters.