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Eclair Cameras: Shooting 35mm lenses on 16mm camera-response
raymond,
i have used a couple of cheap, older nikon lenses a couple months back using a nikon to c-mount adapter on my super8 and 16mm beaulieu cameras. i also used some other mounts for other 35mm still lenses, again, cheap lenses i borrowed from soem of my friends here that have still 35mm cameras in their closets. i do not personally own any of these still 35mm lenses. but the film, upon receivng it back from processing and telecine, looked good. mind you, i had only shot a couple thousand feet of film prior to those specific experiments, and was using differnat/various cameras for which i was neither accostumed to, nor had completely dialed in. but i did make sure is was in focus by zooming the lenses, setting to infinity, and opening hte iris all the way and then i focussed the viewfinder so everythign was clear/in focus, and then i adjusted the lens down to 5', and used a tape measure to check if i was in focus at 5', and i was for the most part with the differnat lensesso
me i could not focus below 10-15'.. so after doing this i filmed both indoors and outdoors using my colorbar slate, and i used the range of the lens(es) and aside from some improperly exposed film(due to my lack of experience), all the footage came out great. however, everything seemed like i was using a 2x adapter on one of my normal c-mount lenses ... everything was more like a telephoto lens, wherein the subject was in focus, but anything behind or in front was not. this was at close distances. i did not shot much footage otherwise, wherein everything in frame was in focus, but i did shoot a little, and indeed everything in frame was in focus when the lens was opened wide, not zoomed. but the actual frame/image still looked like i was using a telephoto. perhaps i am not explaning this correctly ... do you know what i am trying to say? am i making sense to anyone?
i will upload these tests once i get my computer apple setup. perhaps then you wll understand what i am saying. i think that if one were to use 35mm still lenses on 16mm cameras, they just need to know things will seemed magnified and seemingly zoomed, even when the lens is not.
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From: Raymond <roelrich@shaw.ca>
Reply-To: EclairACL@topica.com
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 15:05:02 -0700
If you find out, let me know, as I am considering the same. I would like to
know if anyone has used Nikon lenses on either 16mm, S16 or 35mm? Do the
zoom lenses function the same to zoom while filming. Some people say yes,
others say no, and I have an Eclair I want to buy in S16 that HAS the Nikon
adapter, so I need to know this?
Raymond
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Marks" <ianmarks@lycos.com>
To: <eclairacl@topica.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 8:26 PM
Subject: Eclair Cameras: Shooting 35mm lenses on 16mm camera
Does anyone have experience using 35mm still photography lenses to shoot
normal or super-16? I just bought a cheap Nikon to "C" mount adapter on
Ebay. I have also seen a Nikon to Eclair mount adapter on the net. I
have some fast Nikkors which generally perform well for stills wide
open. Short of shooting a test, can anyone tell me if these will produce
good results?
- Ian Marks
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