Manjeet Singh

Amazing review Andrew !

" codec is HEVC H.265 – at 10bit 200Mbit no less." Is this All I or Inter codec?

Hi Ian, how sharp is this lens wide open? Or you have to shoot at f4 atleast to get a sharp image?

Trying to buy a matching diopter for the wid angle adapter...What would be a good match for this 0.7X Century Optics Wide angle converter lens?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Century-Precision-Optics-VS-07CV-XL-0-7x-Wide-Angle-Converter-Lens-f-Canon-XL1-/252321543088?hash=item3abf8933b0:g:GwkAAOSwP~tW6FBW

Can someone please suggest !

B&H has the Tamron close up lens for $7... wondering if it is the same glass? 

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/53497-REG/Tamron_FL71400_Close_Up_Lens_for_Older.html

Thanks Timotheus, so it must be a good performing single element diopter, similar to achromat, if it is mentioned on the thread. ABout to buy one

On 5/19/2013 at 5:11 PM, Tito Ferradans said:

Canon +2 72mm (500D, achromatic diopter)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/330922992060

 

Tiffen +0.5 138mm (with a small scratch, so, cheap)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221227004384

 

Fujinon +1.25 72mm (WAY overpriced)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/200809854263

 

Tamron +0.5 72mm BAYO (require adapting to regular threads)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/380163187761

http://www.ebay.com/itm/310661150570

http://www.ebay.com/itm/140971813687

http://www.ebay.com/itm/380422763865

http://www.ebay.com/itm/170994348554

 

Tamron +0.5 72mm (this one is already fit into regular threads)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/310670951174

 

Angenieux +?? 108.5mm (scratched, but huge. strength unknown)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/140975037257

The Tamrons you have mentioned are Achromats I assume?

On 4/26/2016 at 3:19 AM, Tito Ferradans said:

Bold, summer is here and I finally got time to go over ALL THE POSTS here. Wow, man, I admire both your perseverance and the amount of detail you packed here.

I would be down to buy a mod kit from you and would straight out make a video about it and about how awesome of a guy you are by making it all public here. I think this should get you at least some extra visibility in the lands of facebook, and possibly sell more mod kits. Let me know if you're interested.

After the video is done, I'm likely to sell my B&H, as I'm downsizing my overall lens collection.

Let me know if you want to sell your B&H

How does one calucate the strength of the diopter required for a particular Wide angle adapter say 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, etc

Need to setup a foccussing unit, was wondering which achromats and wide angle adapters to buy.

Have an access to a machine shop so making a telescopic push and pull system, should not be a problem, once I have the required lenses!

On 1/7/2016 at 7:06 AM, FrankLad said:

I'm a little late in doing this, but for anyone still interested in the DIY single-focus anamorphic approach, here's an updated video.
 

Here are the ingredients:
Blackmagic Pocket -> Metabones Speedbooster -> Jupiter 9 85mm -> Isco Ultra Star -> Polaroid 250D Achromatic Diopter (77mm) -> focusing tube -> Cavision .6x Wide-Angle Adapter (82mm)

Main difference from my first setup is the use of an achromatic diopter (the Polaroid close-up filters aren't too bad, btw!) and I've snugged the focusing tube up a bit so it doesn't jitter as much.

Now I'm trying to figure out a variable neutral density filter solution.  The end of this thing has > 82mm threads, so that's a pretty huge ND filter... but at the same time I don't know that I like the idea of an electronic ND filter at the mount.  Might have to figure out something in the middle of the pipeline.

 

 

Frank, that is so cool! Whats the size of the rear element of Cavision .6x Wide-Angle Adapter... Guess it is smaller than 77mm achromat.... doesn't the image vignette because of that? Did you modify the Cavision .6x Wide-Angle Adapter by any chance?

Wondering how this single focus thing works? How can we collapse the HD zoom attachment to work as single focus unit?