PL Cine Glass for Stills Photography?

[Jarred Land]

wow great shots Pawel...

 

[Pawel Achtel]

wow great shots Pawel...

Thanks Jarred, but: No, great lens and great camera. I just pressed the red button

Seriously though, all of those shots were taken with motion control and it makes a lot of difference how the lens renders the space in motion.

Tom, there is 50/50 chance that, after trying to adapt to MP 14mm the camera will be an expensive door stop. Would you be prepared to take that risk even with the 50D?

 

[Tom Lowe]

Tom, there is 50/50 chance that, after trying to adapt to MP 14mm the camera will be an expensive door stop. Would you be prepared to take that risk even with the 50D?

The 50D would not interest me due to the crop factor and lack of ISO 6400 shooting. By the time you add on the crop factor, you are getting closer to the 24mm mark. I am looking for a significant FOV gain over the EF 24L, and the tiny f/stop bump doesn't hurt either, not to mention the stunning quality. Would I be prepared to take the risk? Yes, if someone else is paying for it. :sifone:

I need to get a music video or TVC gig that will have a nice little equipment budget to try this.

 

[Pawel Achtel]

I have finally done it!

I have finally done it!

It is amazing how many parts can be taken out of Canon 50D and it still works! I reckon the reason they are so expoensive is because they put way too many parts in them to start with. Anyway, this deficiency was fixed today. Irreversibly :smash:

Viewfinder optics - gone, mirror - gone, lens control board and contacts - gone, mirror flip mechanism - gone, mirror box - mostly gone There is also about a dozen other parts I have NFI what they are for, but obviously not terribly important - gone.

OK, so it is not DSLR camera anymore. Can't see a damn thing through the optical viewfinder. I was never a big fan of optical viewfinders anyway. But, the MP 14mm fits like a glove, back focus is perfect and the camera takes beautiful pictures. :happyhappy:

And remember, never ever try this at home. There is a very fine line between a revolutionary DSMC and an expensive door stop. :cryin:

 

[Tom Lowe]

Bravo, Pawel!

:smash::happyhappy::cheers2::smash:

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Very good Pawel!

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[Pawel Achtel]

Thanks guys. Your support and encouragement greatly appreciated. :thumbsup:

It was a lot harder than I thought and required some heavy tools and force to make it happen. The camera certainly looks like a door stop. But I am happy with the result.

I'm bit snowed under at the moment, so pictures coming next weekend.

 

[Tom Lowe]

Pawel, here's the rumors for the new 60D:

15.1 megapixels
ISO 100-25600
7 fps
Digic V
Movie-mode: 1080p with 30 and 24fps
build in GPS for geo-tagging
only a SD-card slot (no CF)
148×109x75mm and 738g

:smash::smash::smash::smash:

 

[Pawel Achtel]

So, the MP 14mm fits

So, the MP 14mm fits

I told ya guys, I was desperate to get the damn thing fit inside the hole. Do you think it is still under Canon's extended warranty? :rofl:

 

[Andrew Walker]

I told ya guys, I was desperate to get the damn thing fit inside the hole. Do you think it is still under Canon's extended warranty? :rofl:

Heavy tools, you weren't kidding. The area around the sensor looks like it was chewed out with a chisel. I have yet to mess with the 5D2 so how is the focusing with the LCD now that you don't have an optical viewfinder.

 

[Pawel Achtel]

Heavy tools, you weren't kidding. The area around the sensor looks like it was chewed out with a chisel. I have yet to mess with the 5D2 so how is the focusing with the LCD now that you don't have an optical viewfinder.

It is perfect. Vast improvement over the stock model.

Focusing with the screen is much easier than with the optical VF because you can magnify the image. Just like Red One

Seriously, it was a big job. I needed to remove the mirror and all the other bits around the mirror box, then seal the sensor from contamination and do some serious carving. Looks ugly. Works perfectly.

 

[Andrew Walker]

It is perfect. Vast improvement over the stock model.

Focusing with the screen is much easier than with the optical VF because you can magnify the image. Just like Red One

Seriously, it was a big job. I needed to remove the mirror and all the other bits around the mirror box, then seal the sensor from contamination and do some serious carving. Looks ugly. Works perfectly.

As long as it works who cares how it looks inside. I wouldn't go showing that job around to clients because it might make them nervous but maybe yours expect this kind of work from you. Very interesting project. I really need to try out the 5D2 because I think for my timelapse work it would look cool with it. But for right now my 40D does a kickass job.

 

[Tom Lowe]

Some of the wider panavision lenses (and I'm sure MPs) will not fit on the 5D2 because of the plastic "well" behind the EOS lens ring. There is no real need for that plastic well to be there, that I can tell, but Canon just never thought that anyone would be trying to put MPs on their still camera, so they did not maximize the open area inside the camera. Chopping is all that can be done!

I think DSMC cameras like FF35 Scarlet and Epic should have no problems like this, right?

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

"The Canon 5d looked dreadful, just truly awful." wrote Geoff Boyle FBKS

in CML list forum at "BSC film & digital image evaluation" multi camera test event that took time last month in England.

 

[Roberto B]

geoff boyle FBKS yeah.. me will not sleep tonight :zombie_smiley: btw.. geoff who? :emote_hippie: how many frames shot by "mr who" have me truly seen since the old S8 times just before the K-3 days?

here's a clip shot on that "advanced touristic camera".. ehehehehe sorry sj couldn't resist..
a fine example of something dreadful, just truly awful..

http://www.vimeo.com/5539236