Re: Eclair ACL Ang Zooms

[Mark <super16acl@aol.com>]

PS - Didn't mean to sound so negative, but so much is also personal 
judgement. For example, if you are shooting for TV then a slight corner 
vignetting of full Academy Frame may be OK for you. Also, the amount of 
vignetting at any given focal length will change as you vary the F-stop. So 
If you plan to work at smaller openings (say  a lot of exterior work) then 
the lens will have even less accepatble range.  And of course even if you 
just manage to prevent vignetting, it is likely that the image will be a 
little darker (and less sharp) towards the sides than at the center when you 
cut it that close. So ------- best idea is to do a test to see if a given 
"range" on a zoom really works for your specific needs. The only R-16 zoom 
lens that I ever found to be versatile with S-16 is the Angie 17.5-68 ... 
though it is not sharp enough for blowup to 35mm. I wish I could be more 
encouraging --- Mark. PS - I'm told that Les offers a really good price to 
convert a Zeiss 10:1 to a Super-16 14:140 (-1 stop). A T3.5 Zeiss 10:1 can 
occassionally be bought used for under $1000 on ebay  (It wouldn't be the 
fastest lens when converted, but it would give you the sharpest possible 
image from 14-140!  And exposing between  F4 and F5.6 is a good place for 
overall sharpness anyway).

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