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PL Cine Glass for Stills Photography?

Mike Prevette said:
Ahh I just came to this thread late. I have a PL to Leica M adapter that I've used over the last couple years. It works well on the M8 since the chip is smaller and a little closer to a movie frame size. I had it made by a guy in Australia. I'm getting ready to list it on ebay if anyone is interested.
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Nice toy, Mike. I didn't know there was anyone in Australia that could make such a mount.:biggrin:

I am hoping to try mine later today....will report soon.
 
Jeff Kieffer said:
Woa,

That's very nice. Could you share some details, how is the PL mount fixed to the Canon body. Or is it just an adapter?

I'm really interested in such a solution!

Thanx,

Jeff
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Adapter is not possible. PL mount is bolted to the camera after removing the original Canon mount. Holds perfect back focus too. The only trouble is that, without removing the mirror box from the Canon, some of the lenses do not fit. I am looking into removing the mirror box as the rig is operational without the optical viewfinder using Live View mode.

Anyone interested in this solution, you can email me at pawel.achtel (at) 24x7.com.au
 
Holy crap!! WOW!

Could this be done to 5D2? How much of the FF35 sensor would be covered by the 14mm MP?
 
That's really cool, Pawel. :)

I want to say that the 14mm MP gives just slightly less than a 32mm image circle. FF35 coverage probably looks something like this:

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Pawel Achtel said:
Now, that's more like a lens... :sifone:
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Looks great, Pawel! :thumbsup:

Can we get also some of that snap shots at the original size!!!! :sifone:
 
Tom said:
Holy crap!! WOW!

Could this be done to 5D2? How much of the FF35 sensor would be covered by the 14mm MP?
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Yeah, you should be able to do this to 5D2 too. But, on most cine lenses you would only use portion of the FF35 sensor. The Canon 50D sensor seems to be perfectly matched to cine glass and the resolution.

Pictured is the MP 75. The MP 14 seems to protrude more into the mirror box, which I am trying to figure out how to remove :head_explode:
 
Shot with Arri/Zeiss Master Prime 75mm, 14mm,... Canon 50D sample pictures (snap shots) as soon as you can Pawel, please!!! :yikes: :beer: :sifone:
 
Pawel Achtel said:
Yeah, you should be able to do this to 5D2 too. But, on most cine lenses you would only use portion of the FF35 sensor. The Canon 50D sensor seems to be perfectly matched to cine glass and the resolution.
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I don't think the 50D's ISO performance is anywhere near the 5D2s. But rumor has it that the 60D should have excellent ISO performance, with a new DIGIC V processor.

Do you have any thoughts on the 50D's high ISO performance? I'd love to see a couple sample astro shots once you figure out how to get that 14mm on that baby. :gun:
 
You will need to wait a bit longer. I've been way too busy shooting on Red One :cool:
 
Tom said:
That's like something from out of a dream....

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hehehe, thanks, Tom. Looks like Arri may do an article about it.:)
 
Is it easyish to swap the mount between cameras should you decide to upgrade? if so is EF shooting retained with the mount off?

I was looking last night, and if you mounted the PL mount thought the 4 preexisting lens mount holes, you should have enough room for a PL mount to slap on top of it and still be safe. MOAR TOYS!
 
Too cool. Pawel, do these cover the whole sensor? Does your Canon have a FF sensor, or something more like the Nikon D80, 1.6 crop. (Sorry, I'm a Canon neophyte.) Well done to everyone who pulled this project off. Very cool.
Peace,

-Harry
 
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