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[PerthRedhead]

Hello fellow red enthusiasts. I am a young film maker who is on the verge of buying his first motion picture camera. Until now I have done my work solely with what I could borrow from my educational body.

I have been following the threads posted here since I first decided to familiarise myself with the red camera a couple of months ago. I have been inspired and educated by many a post and have been completely converted to the red way of thinking and now I think it is time to jump off from the sidelines and make a post of my own.

About six months ago whilst cleaning out my back shed (a huge job) I came across my fathers old stills film camera. A (and lets see if I get this right) YASHICA TL-ELECTRO with some funky looking glass. Now first off, this whole set is in need of some serious loving and caring. From memory this camera followed us to motorcycle gatherings out in the middle of Australia's no where land, and probably took many a bruise and battering whilst there. BUT underneath the dirt, the glass still looks in good condition.

I am still trying to rap my head around the way a sensor and lens interact and effect each other and so am curious to know whether or not these lenses could be of any use to me in the world of digital motion pictures. I am planning to purchase one of either the 3k or 5k scarlets and am also curious to know if these lenses would work at all with these brains.

below is a list of the lenses (based on what is written around the lens end):

YASHINON-DS 50MM 1:1.9 YASHICA JAPAN AUTO

HANIMEX TELE-LENS 1:2.8 F=135MM

RAYNOX AUTO TELE-ZOOM 1:4 90MM-210MM

All seem to be screw mounts.

The Hanimex has CS inscribed on the back end of the lens, is this a class of lens?

I have attached some pictures to help with the identification, the YASHINON-DS appears twice, the second time attached to the camera body.

I know this all seems quite noobish but I am essentially new to lenses and cameras for that matter.

I hope there are some real gurus out there who can help me with this.. thanks. Long live Red

 

[Jason Ing]

Sanjin?

 

[PerthRedhead]

Sorry is that a model?

No I cannot find that name anywhere on the lens's

 

[Kyle Mallory]

Funny... Sanjin is our resident lens historian... If he doesn't pop his head in here soon, send him a PM.

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Hi,

there are a lot of nice still glass but not all of them can be mount on RED.

If you have Canon EF try out with Y/C mount (Yashica/Contax).

If it works then you could get on RED with Birger EF, Alesniak EF or other soon upcoming third party mounts for R1.

 

[PerthRedhead]

sure I'll give that a shot. Thanks for the advice, much appreciated..

Do you know though if the lens would be happily supported by the sensor. Is it at risk of cropping or lessening the quality of the image in some way or another?? Why? I'm afraid I don't understand the dynamics all to well.

Sorry again, I reiterate my noob status

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

As you know the camera you hold at the 4th attached picture is

Yashica TL-Electro SLR 35mm photo film format.

Your lenses will cover sensors from R1 to Scarlet or Epic FF35

if they can be swapped on them and that is the main question.

Center portion of the picture is always sharper than corner in any lens for still or cine photography.

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