[Konvas] 7D and lomos !!!!

[adam frey]

From: "Speedbirdmgh at aol.com" Speedbirdmgh at aol.com
> Was this a manual setting or did the camera auto set these figures.

I had it on manual. The camera can do 1/125, 1/160, and 1/200 easily enough (it has a ton of setting and will go up to 1/8000th of a sec). I just did it manually to compensate for the light leak (I was just holding the lens up to the camera)...

> I forgot what the test was about???

Not really a lens test being "about", so much as I was just testing to see if OCT18 can work with the Canon 7D. The biggest issue I have with OCT18 working with a 7D is that there is NO way for the 7D to hold the inner notch of the lens. That inner notch is necessary in order to adjust focus - it has to be locked in place.

Have been  trying to figure out if there is a way around this or not, without damaging the lenses. The only ideas I'm coming up with are either:
A) building a new "mount" for each lens that takes advantage of each individual lens' particular weird screw pattern. It's notlikely  going to be most cost effective alternative.
B) drilling a hole above the notch set at inifinty and using a dremel to cut out a trough (can't think of the word I'm looking for) that allows the lens to turn to it's closest setting. This can work, and it shouldn't hurt anything for using with the Konvas, but I don't want to go that route unless it's a last resort.
C) Create a mount that locks the lens in place, but also pushes/pulls the lens from the camera (ie, focuses), instead of using the original OCT18 mount to do so by turning. It might work - but it'd be a lot of work to get there.

Adam Frey
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