armisiano
10-07-2007, 09:16 PM
So I finished my first DIY 35mm adapter. I already have had some ideas on things I could've done differently, but, for a first attempt I don't think it came out too shabby. It's only 3 inches in length, I accomplished this by starting at the base where it mounts to the DVX with a 72mm +10 macro, then a step down ring where I then attached a 58mm +4 maco, then I mounted a Canon Ee-S focusing screen between 2 UV filters, and finally, about 46.5mm later, a Nikon F mount cap, dremeled out in the middle.
There are two parts to the test footage. The first is done at about 4am right when I finished it's basic construction and you can see me in my living room, doing the stereotypical rack focusing and what not, all with a 50mm lens (except the close up of the candle, that was a 100mm). Then after looking at that, and seeing some flaws, I fine tuned them the best I could, disassembling everything and reassembling it all again, and finally this morning filmed the 2nd half of the test footage, of my grandmother on her porch looking at mail. Using a 28mm, a 50mm, and finally a 100mm lens. So there it is. Oh, yeah, and then I painted it a textured flat black for fun (also helps the grip, less likely to drop it). I call it the Rocco35. (my middle name)
http://brpmovies.com/Rocco35_1.jpghttp://brpmovies.com/Rocco35_2.jpg
Here's the address of the test footage: (sadly when I export the footage as WMV's I loose all pure black, it sort of washes everything over, sorry)
http://brpmovies.com/Rocco35_test footage1.wmv (http://brpmovies.com/Rocco35_test%20footage1.wmv)
and an updated higher res version below:
http://brpmovies.com/Rocco35_test footageHR1.wmv (http://brpmovies.com/Rocco35_test%20footageHR1.wmv)
There are two parts to the test footage. The first is done at about 4am right when I finished it's basic construction and you can see me in my living room, doing the stereotypical rack focusing and what not, all with a 50mm lens (except the close up of the candle, that was a 100mm). Then after looking at that, and seeing some flaws, I fine tuned them the best I could, disassembling everything and reassembling it all again, and finally this morning filmed the 2nd half of the test footage, of my grandmother on her porch looking at mail. Using a 28mm, a 50mm, and finally a 100mm lens. So there it is. Oh, yeah, and then I painted it a textured flat black for fun (also helps the grip, less likely to drop it). I call it the Rocco35. (my middle name)
http://brpmovies.com/Rocco35_1.jpghttp://brpmovies.com/Rocco35_2.jpg
Here's the address of the test footage: (sadly when I export the footage as WMV's I loose all pure black, it sort of washes everything over, sorry)
http://brpmovies.com/Rocco35_test footage1.wmv (http://brpmovies.com/Rocco35_test%20footage1.wmv)
and an updated higher res version below:
http://brpmovies.com/Rocco35_test footageHR1.wmv (http://brpmovies.com/Rocco35_test%20footageHR1.wmv)