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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 :)

Hasselblad glass on an EPIC WOW!!!!

Mark Toia said:
My saving grace is all the glass has been ripped out of the original lens housing. re housed in special made housings and siting in a mutli direction bellows mount. We have no focus issues from one inch to infinity.. no lens hitting anything in the back when screwing the swing shift around due to the shaft design going into the camera. Other than the glass being typical medium format BLAD, Ziess... (super crisp), the rest is all hand made by the ultimate lens nerds.. Gotta love em :)
With the Hasselblad there were no 18mm... but the people that made this kit, made an 18mm from the glass through addition glass elements they had sourced...

I'm not going to tell you what I paid, because you would think I was nuts! I used to shoot 10x8 inche as a photograher on a P2 SINAR. Having complete lens control I always wanted that for my 35mm work..
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From the looks of it you have the Century /Clairmont system.
These are not Hasselblatts. The lenses are a combination of Nikon and Canon PC lenses. No Zeiss that I remember. I was in charge on production implementation of this system so I should know....
Unless you have some Hybrid ARRI/Century combo but I doubt it...
The ARRI tilt/shift used Hasselblatts but their lens board (mount) was different . Good old times- these things fetched $40-60K and we couldn't make them fast enough....
 
I do know that.

I am just saying that the Lens baby is pretty cool as you get interesting shots like swing shift, Don't rip my head off!

I personally like using diopters for a similar effect.
 
Adam Eden said:
I do know that.

I am just saying that the Lens baby is pretty cool as you get interesting shots like swing shift, Don't rip my head off!

I personally like using diopters for a similar effect.
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Not quite. The swing/shift system is a perspective control similar to split diopters but more flexible/ precise and smoother.
The lens baby is a "spot filter" where a small sharp area is surrounded by blurred peripheral surroundings at all times. It can't be changed.
I sell a modified PRO version of it(lensbaby) with PL, Nikon, Canon and B4 adapters and I used to get this question a lot. DPs thought that it was a cheap Swing/shift and after my explanation and some tests they finally got the grasp of it. It's a very cool effect for schizophrenic/dreamy POV shots, they also used it a lot for cosmetic commercials, wedding pictures etc. Not PC system but very useful for in camera FX.
 
OptiTek said:
From the looks of it you have the Century /Clairmont system.
These are not Hasselblatts. The lenses are a combination of Nikon and Canon PC lenses. No Zeiss that I remember. I was in charge on production implementation of this system so I should know....
Unless you have some Hybrid ARRI/Century combo but I doubt it...
The ARRI tilt/shift used Hasselblatts but their lens board (mount) was different . Good old times- these things fetched $40-60K and we couldn't make them fast enough....
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I know of the nikon canon glass sets, we have used them many many times, this lens set (not the movement) are completely different, twice the size weight, bigger optics, Ziess planar and hassleblad written on them. far far bigger movements before edge clipping, F2... not F4 like the nikon glass. all made by cinemagic. Century did the mount.
 
I didn't know that Mark. Congrats, this is really rare.....
 
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