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RE: Eclair Cameras: Angie 16-44 and ACL matte box rod adaptor
Hey Ian
Apparently there's quite a few Russian/European filter ring adaptors
available, also a few camera mechanics in the East who will make custom
rings for prices they used to charge over here.
I suggest you check on the Russian camera message board (also on topica)
or the Kiev Report message board, which is the hub for the Russian
medium format cameras and their Kiev and Carl Zeiss Jena lenses. They
too have an incompatability issue between their Russian Exakta
66/Pentacon 6 copies and the originals, and have solved them using means
that would suit our puspose fine.
BTW you may or may not know this, but the front element of the Kinor OPF
rotates (i.e. it's not an internal focussing lens) and so that pretty
much necessitates the use of a matte box that's rod supported for shots
where one is, for instance, using a polarizer filter. So I've never had
to use a filter ring on mine, I had the box instead.
Don't forget that I used a home-made15mm rod support system I made from
housing construction aluminum parts from Home Depot for around $30. It
hung off the top T handle so as not to get in the way of the handgrip.
Also, doesn't look that great (I was more concerned about function than
form at the time) but it works very well. Anybody wanting details should
email me directly.
HTH
Cheers
Chris
ianmarks@lycos.com wrote:
Hey Chris - Congratulations on the sale of your ACL! I seem to recall
reading that the 16-44, in addition to being a fast lens, is one of the
few lenses designed for regular-16 that also covers super-16 throughout
its range - but I guess that's why you're asking about it in the first
place. BTW, I recently obtained an "aspheric" wide-angle adapter like
the one you had with your ACL (not the 10-100, just the attachment). A
quick viewfinder check suggests that it will work fine with my Angenieux
zooms - something like the Century "zoom through" adapters Century sells
for ENG video cameras - BUT the attachment has a non-standard filter
attachment size. It think it's something like 75mm, but since you
actually had one I thought you might know for sure. If I could find an
adapter to the Angenieux's 72mm, that would be great...
--
>Hello All
>Was wondering if any list members were familiar with the Angenieux 16-44
>
>T1.3 zoom lens, and would care to comment on its optical quality vs,
>let's say, a modern Zeiss 10-100/T2 lens.
>Thanks!
>Cheers
>Chris
>
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