[Konvas] 16mm -> 35mm lens (a silly question)

[Peter Haas]

On Nov 12, 2008, at 2:50 PM, Ole Dost wrote:

> Do you have experiences with using lenses the other way round -35mm  
> lenses for 16mm Cameras? I wonder if I should do so, as 35mm lenses  
> are producing great close up images on 16mm frames. Would you say  
> that there´s a big loss of quality when using 35mm lenses on 16mm  
> Cameras?
>

Early Arri 35 and 16 share the same mount.

This is certainly a benefit, for long focal length lenses, but is not  
for short focal length lenses. nor for zooms.