Medium format glass

[Shane Peel]

Interested to know if anyone has stuck old medium format stills glass on thier rig? I have a bunch of great old lenses lying around and figure the centre of em will be killer so interested to try it out. Anyone done it?

 

[Nick Morrison]

Interested to know if anyone has stuck old medium format stills glass on thier rig? I have a bunch of great old lenses lying around and figure the centre of em will be killer so interested to try it out. Anyone done it?

Yup. I have a full set of modded Hasselblads. LOVE EM.

 

[Paul Russell]

Yes. I use my Mamiya 645 MF Primes a lot. They're a bit slow (apart from the 85, which goes down to f1.8) but for sharpness and colour rendition they wipe the floor with any Canon L Prime that I own. Plus, they're built like tanks, are super cheap from KEH, and look very cool when attached to a Red with some Viewfactor iron on it.

Now I'm building up a Contax set I was considering selling the Mamiyas, but I love them more than the market value.

 

[Shane Peel]

Yup. I have a full set of modded Hasselblads. LOVE EM.

Makes my day I have a 30 that made my life on the stills rig and it's gonna be great to bring her back into the game!

 

[Aaron Champion]

I shoot with my Mamiya 645 primes as well, shot a whole feature on them. Looks killer.

 

[Joe Shemesh]

Hi Paul,
What mount are you using - I have some of these lenses in storage but never thought they were usable on Red
(without being moded that is)?

best
joe

Yes. I use my Mamiya 645 MF Primes a lot. They're a bit slow (apart from the 85, which goes down to f1.8) but for sharpness and colour rendition they wipe the floor with any Canon L Prime that I own. Plus, they're built like tanks, are super cheap from KEH, and look very cool when attached to a Red with some Viewfactor iron on it.

Now I'm building up a Contax set I was considering selling the Mamiyas, but I love them more than the market value.

 

[Paul Russell]

I use the Fotodiox mount and so far it's proven very sturdy. They're so cheap that one lives permanently on each lens.

Edit: spelling

 

[Nathaniel Haban]

Hi Paul,
What mount are you using - I have some of these lenses in storage but never thought they were usable on Red
(without being moded that is)?

Fotodiox has a number of different adapters for medium format lenses. http://fotodioxpro.com/index.php/lens-mount-adapters.html?cat=17 I have to admit, the affordability of them really makes me want to pick up a set to play around with.

 

[Paul Russell]

$49.95 from BH Photovideo
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/995136-REG/fotodiox_m645_eos_p_pro_canon_eos_camera.html

 

[Joe Shemesh]

Thanks very much!!!

best
joe

 

[Dave Blackham]

We use the Mamiya 645 lenses which are great.We also have a Mirex tilt shift adapter for them which works well using Canon EF mount on Epic. We also have a 645 to PL adaptor from Les Bosher. Fotodiox have various mount adaptors too.

The 120mm macro, 150mm f2.8 telephoto lenses are especially good.

I believe the last batman Imax film used some of the Mamiya Tele's.

They are inexpensive lenses.

You need to watch for breathing on them which can be significant.

 

[Joe Shemesh]

Good to know Dave - thank you

best
joe

We use the Mamiya 645 lenses which are great.We also have a Mirex tilt shift adapter for them which works well using Canon EF mount on Epic. We also have a 645 to PL adaptor from Les Bosher. Fotodiox have various mount adaptors too.

The 120mm macro, 150mm f2.8 telephoto lenses are especially good.

I believe the last batman Imax film used some of the Mamiya Tele's.

They are inexpensive lenses.

You need to watch for breathing on them which can be significant.