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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

APS-C lens coverage ok for Komodo?

I wonder too! It would be great :)
 
Daniel Porto said:
APS-C lens coverage ok for Komodo?
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Komodo's Sensor in FF needs an image circle of 30.56mm, while the modern/digital APS-C-ish / DX-format-ish sensors need a minimum image circle of approx. 27-29mm. I recommend Phil Holland's tools (in this case the formatCompare tool) to get the info you need. He's been doing so much in this regard (all kind of testing and comparing) during the last decade (maybe?), that he became an actual VIP not only for the REDuser community.
So, if you want to use EF-S, Nikkor DX, Minolta V-Mount, A-Mount lenses for the DX sensor format, you will have to shoot at 5k resolution and you'll get the "full APS-C" image (and maybe a slight vignetting, since digital APS-C is not a standardized format). Check for yourself:

http://phfx.com/tools/formatCompare...elB=5Ds&formatB=Still+APS-C+3:2&focalLengths=

Remember, you can't use every APS-C lens on Komodo, because of the shorter flange focal distance (FFD) of e.g. the Sony E-Mount, Canon EF-M, Fujifilm-X Mount lenses. APS-C vintage lenses, however, should give a bigger image circle, since the analog APS-C format was bigger, while APS-H sensor size would fit best to Komodo's FF sensor size.
"Sensor diagonal" or let's say "film crop diagonal" of analog APS-C 30.1 mm, APS-H 34.5 mm, APS-P 31.7 mm).
I can't tell you if AF, IS, iris, etc. will work on non-Canon lenses. If the need for electronic control is not so important to you, and you still want to use a small, lightweight lens on Komodo, I'd try M-Mount lenses (Leica, Voigtländer, etc.). BTW, Jarred was using a Voigtländer Nokton 50mm F1.1 with his white Komodo, as you can see:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAl9zHyh7Ge/

The only downside with M-Mount lenses is the not-so-close-minimum-focus distance and the vintage looking focus ring on most lenses which might need some tinkering if you want to cine-modify it yourself. (can be done by ducloslenses, too).
...I hope this helps.
 
It seems to be similar to dragon x - at least from my observations
Thanks Thomas for the detailed reply :)
 
Komodo EF-S Lenses

Komodo EF-S Lenses

Guys, do you know if the Komodo also supports Canon EF-S Lenses (Canon APSC Lenses) via the included Adapter? Best, Marcel
 
To be honest, I have not received my Komodo Starter Pack yet, so I can't be 100% sure:
EF-S lenses should be supported sooner or later. According to the user manual the Canon EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM
is currently the only (officially) supported EF-S lens.
 
Thomas B. said:
,,,, According to the user manual the Canon EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM
is currently the only (officially) supported EF-S lens.
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That EF-S 17-55 is one of the best bangs for the buck. It's basically the APS-C/S35 version of the venerable 24-70L lens with the added benefit of Image Stabilization. Used it quite a bit with the Redone and Epic. A Canon rep once told me that it was basically built to L series optical specs but they never put the L designation on any EF-S lenses. I sold my first one back in 2017 but bought another in late 2019 when there was a special on for $549 - it is back up to the $879 now but still a good value.

I haven't had much chance to use it yet on my R5 but it should be pretty useful since when you put an ef-s lens on the R5 it automatically drops you to the S35/APS-C 4K mode that doesn't have a overheating time limit.
 
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