New Cinema Lens Mount

[Vance Colvig]

Jasek,
I suspect you are thinking posilock like the rest of your mounts. They are so good!

 

[John Marchant]

 

[Asif Limbada]

If they want to use the same adapters than yes. All the adapters have the same communication protocol and the same connector in the back. And the same mounting obviously.
I just pitched the idea to the manufacturer I am doing a project for and they agreed to it. They supplied me the sensor board model and I went as close to "wrapping aluminum foil" around it as I could haha. If I had influence on the sensor board design I would probably make it even skinnier ;-)

Hahaha, thats a extreme to get that close!!! But this really cool!

Do you think something like this can be retrofitted to older camera bodies if need be, obviously the way I am asking would be simplistic, "oh lets try retrofitting this on our cameras" but since you are designing and have more hand on experience than most of the people I know, your opinion will be highly valued.

If retrofitting it on any camera is possible, like how they made the 5Ds with a Female PL, until everyone figures out whose standard the next generations of camera bodies the all the competing camera manufacturer's take, in the meantime you have a system ready and working.

That internal ND too would be killer!!

 

[Jacek Zakowicz]

Hahaha, thats a extreme to get that close!!! But this really cool!

Do you think something like this can be retrofitted to older camera bodies if need be, obviously the way I am asking would be simplistic, "oh lets try retrofitting this on our cameras" but since you are designing and have more hand on experience than most of the people I know, your opinion will be highly valued.

If retrofitting it on any camera is possible, like how they made the 5Ds with a Female PL, until everyone figures out whose standard the next generations of camera bodies the all the competing camera manufacturer's take, in the meantime you have a system ready and working.

That internal ND too would be killer!!

Yes in fact the first camera I decided to tackle was an older one. I figured that if I can retrofit that I can standarize the adapters and add the new camera models as they come. New cameras are easier because the R&D can be started right and there is no wasted engineering resources.

 

[Jacek Zakowicz]

Jasek,
I suspect you are thinking posilock like the rest of your mounts. They are so good!

Vance if all professionals in the industry were like you we would have had that standard for a while by now....
Oh well... we know from history that progress can be slowed down but can't be stopped. So here is to hoping it won't slow down to a crawl at least ;-)

 

[Asif Limbada]

Yes in fact the first camera I decided to tackle was an older one. I figured that if I can retrofit that I can standarize the adapters and add the new camera models as they come. New cameras are easier because the R&D can be started right and there is no wasted engineering resources.

I would really like to see maybe I would want to do that with my one of my DSMC1 bodies that I won't be upgrading to WEAPON.

 

[Frank Glencairn]

Imagine a lens mount that has as secure of a mount as PL, with electronic contacts like an EF.
.. Old glass would still be adaptable to this new system. ALL your current PL/EF/F glass would still work with a simple adapter. .

The Kinefinety cameras have exactly this since day one.

 

[Jacek Zakowicz]

The Kinefinety cameras have exactly this since day one.

so does RED, Sony , ARRI ;-)

 

[Blair S. Paulsen]

(snip) I do not mind the camera a little bigger, if it allows internal ND. Sorry but the motion mount is just half baked. (snip) And internal NDs starting from clear not .9

The motion mount is certainly not an ideal ND solution - though it's nice for run-n-gun exteriors sans matte box. It is, however, an excellent tool for correcting time aliasing. Time aliasing? WTF? What the heck is that? The most obvious artifact is created by the span of time during which the shutter is closed and the object or camera moves - think judder on fast pans. Why don't viewers notice it unless it's extreme? Because most of us have been watching moving images for many years, so our eye-brain processing system has become adept at compensating. It's also more distinct on cameras that do not have a mechanical shutter to "round off" the beginning and end of each frame.

Cheers - #19