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Re: ACL lenses
Eclair ACL Discussion and Support
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Huh, so the Angie 15-150 is not a good choice for S16. Curious? What about
the Zeiss 10-100 converted to 12-120? Any thoughts on that? You mention
Nikkors, are those Nikon lenses? I use a Tokina 17mm, metal barrel, multi
coated glass, and it's light. It works great for me, though I don't do any
blow up work and I still work in Reg 16 (usually transferred to video). I
get excellent color rendition from it and it's sharp. I read somewhere that
the benefit of 35mm still lenses on a 16mm camera is the fact that you are
using only the middle portion of the lens, which is the sharpest part and
most lenses tend to go softer around the edges. I also like the fact that my
lenses use standard filter threads so I can jump all my lenses to 72mm with
a cheap step up ring. Regarding the Nikon conversion of the ACL mount, the
Moviehouse wanted $350 to do it. Is Optical Electro even close to that?
-Ray
On Wed, 16 May 2001 01:31:13 -0400, Eclair ACL Discussion and Support wrote:
Years ago, there was an article, perhaps in American Cinematographer, on
selection of lenses for blowup work.
The conclusion was that Nikkors were the optimal choice.
For projected 16mm, Nikkors were found to be less usable than Zeiss 16mm
optics, because the RTF is optimized at too high a spatial frequency, and is
thus smeared out due to projector jitter. However, projected 16mm is no
longer a significant market.
Abel Cine-Tech in NYC has a web page on Super 16, and suitable lenses.
They specifically state that any 35mm zoom can be used for S-16 work, but
that older S-16 zooms, such as the Angenieux 15-150 (which I unfortunately
own) are to be avoided.
The 16mm Camera Book states that for blowup work, there are three
choices: Zeiss Superspeeds, the remarkable Cooke 10.4-52, or Nikkors. The
Cooke Kinetal primes,which I own, are not sharp enough.
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