rehousing still lenses..

[Roberto B]

it seems they're optically good.. even mr david mullen himself agrees.. so why not?

evin, you one of my idols here.. maybe you might have the skills to take the task.. i believe it would go quite well.. :greedy:

what do you guys think?

[Stephen Williams]

it seems they're optically good.. even mr david mullen himself agrees.. so why not?

evin, you one of my idols here.. maybe you might have the skills to take the task.. i believe it would go quite well.. :greedy:

what do you guys think?

Hi,

Problem is they will be expensive & will still breathe due to their design.

Stephen

[Roberto B]

thank you stephen for your contribution.. isn't it possible to hold the breathing problem?.. the idea would be to fix such kind of still stuff problems..

note: i will post a poll.. do not take that poll so much seriously.. even i'd like to find a way cheaper to go safer with non expensive glass.. i've been reading all the inputs from the motion picture crew people (so much appreciated.. even you finner.. thank you all)

[Evin Grant]

I'm a shooter, not an engineer. I'll leave that to the Red team, P+S, century and others. I might however try and come up with a geared down follow focus ala the Willy tech. Something that would give the Nikkors the correct focus direction and precision needed. Emphasis on
MIGHT, I do still want to shoot with my Red.

[Roberto B]

i understand you.. but isn't there anyone with guts for to go with?

i read that your warning to peter and i agree with you, so..

any suggestion about honest and skilled people interested to buy the task?

[Stephen Williams]

thank you stephen for your contribution.. isn't it possible to hold the breathing problem?.. the idea would be to fix such kind of still stuff problems..

Hi,

Generally the Canon primes did breathe more than lenses such as the SuperSpeeds that were designed from scratch for motion picture work. I think it's due to how the lens focuses, if a lens moves backwards & forwards to focus then it will breathe.

Stephen

[Jason Ing]

Just wanted to be sure... "breathe" means that it continues to move slightly even though you've stopped focusing?

[Emanuel A.]

Similar zoom in or out when you're doing the focus. Just so simple than this. But that slightly move can be present yes if your lens is not manufactured for motion picture use. That's the case of the still lenses.

[sbaechler]

it seems they're optically good.. even mr david mullen himself agrees.. so why not?

evin, you one of my idols here.. maybe you might have the skills to take the task.. i believe it would go quite well.. :greedy:

what do you guys think?

The lens tech at Megarent, Switzerland converted the Nikkor 17-35 into a PL-Mount cinema lens. It works fine and it's a very popular zoom now. Only the focus rotation is a bit short for a cinema lens.
It took him almost a year to do it. But if there are enough people interested maybe he will convert a small series.
Contact camera@megarent.com.

[Sanjin Jukic]

MEGARENT:

17-35 Nikon LW T 2,8 - 22
Daily CHF 350.–
Weekly CHF 1'050.–

From Megarent rental catalogue , page 18.
Download at
http://www.megarent.com/pub/Preisliste-2006-www.pdf