[Konvas] OCT-19 mount adapter on a Canon EOS 5D

[Adam Frey]

Light Collision wrote:
> Today I tried my OCT-19 mount adapter with the Canon EOS 5D.  Didn't
> work very well. I was expecting that the wide lenses would vignette
> too much but as with Panavision Primos you can use lenses all the way
> down to a 35mm I was hoping the same would be the case with the
> OCT-19 lenses. Not really. Only 75mm and up works and the 50mm after
> the crop to 16:9 would be serviceable but still a little in the
> corners. 35mm and lower hit the mirror and look like a pin hole.
> Bugger as I was hoping it would work at least with the 35mm so it
> would at least get a little wider. A 5D for normal and telephoto
> lenses only would be a waste of the full frame sensor. Well,
> shouldn't complain too much. At least all my lenses work normally
> with the 7D and not even the 18mm wide open vignettes.

Well, at least the 7D works with the OCT19 lenses (has anyone tried the 
GH1 yet?).

BTW: Not that it helps for OCT19 lenses, but I've heard that Canon will 
be releasing new firmware for the 5D to allow 24fps.


Cheers,

Adam Frey
Director/Cinematographer
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