Jeff & Co, I’m sorry for the aside, but do you know of a technician that could put a PL hard front on an Arri 16S? Asked Les Bosher once and he said he didn’t offer it as an option. Thank you!
Isaac On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 10:05 PM Jeff Kreines <j...@kinetta.com> wrote: > I hate to disagree with Scott. > > First, I assume your camera has a standard or Bayonet Arri mount, not PL. > > Arri Mount has a flange focal distance of 52mm. Olympus has a FFD of 46mm. > That means a lens can’t focus to infinity, tho it could be used as a macro. > Zooms will be somewhat disastrous as focus won’t hold through the zoom > range. > > If it were the other way — using the Olympus lens on, say, a C mount > camera, there’s plenty of room — C Mount is 17.526. > > > > Jeff Kreines > Kinetta > j...@kinetta.com > kinetta.com > > Sent from iPhone. > > > On May 27, 2020, at 9:02 PM, Dominic Angerame < > dominic.anger...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Yeah thanks Scott was able to get a battery from B&H that works just > fine, very portable….Power Star 1223 12v 2.3AH also runs my EL. > > > > d > > > >> On May 27, 2020, at 7:00 PM, Scott Dorsey <klu...@panix.com> wrote: > >> > >> You could probably get an M42-to-PL adaptor and then an Olympus-to-M42 > >> adaptor and screw them together if you really are married to that > >> configuration. I wouldn't try it with a zoom, though... every time you > >> add an adaptor you're adding more error to your backfocus distance. > >> --scott > >> _______________________________________________ > >> FrameWorks mailing list > >> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > > > _______________________________________________ > > FrameWorks mailing list > > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >
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