View Full Version : 35mm adapter tutorial
JwrFord
04-25-2006, 12:47 AM
I was wondering if anyone would mind giving me a QUICK tutorial of the effects (pros/cons) with the 35mm I searched and haven't really found a good tutorial and I am in love with the adjust dof. Some seem to an almost surgical level however. What if I didn't want such a drastic effect. Are most the pictures I am seing selecting the DOF in macro? I am at a loss for some of this right now and doing as much research as I can just not finding a head on answer/tutorial. Sorry for asking a question that most users already know.
snodart
04-25-2006, 01:03 AM
This wikipedia page is pretty good for a basic rundown.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field_adapter
look at the DIY section. Marlene has posted video tutorials online on how to make these suckers.
davidpula
04-25-2006, 11:23 AM
how come people on this whole site have practically never mentioned the indie35? has anyone used it? did it simply not perform well? looks like a decent adapter, and not very pricey.
how come people on this whole site have practically never mentioned the indie35? has anyone used it? did it simply not perform well? looks like a decent adapter, and not very pricey.
Yes, i have. It's static. Based on optosigma(not sure actually). Has problems by closed down iris - as all static adapters. This actually was the only problem i faced.
I very liked their housing it all was machined from Al and blackened. All mounts were machined from some special industrial plastic(very steady). And idea of housing was well developed: there is core and mounts separately. Core
supports all mounts... no changes in core if you change mount, lens or camera.
All mount are fine tunable(distances). So i could give some macro capability right through lensmount without having rings intended for that.
Finally, i liked that they have Helios lens in bundle wich worked amazingly fine.
Few month ago i heard they working on their new core wich is very different from all adapters on the market. And they will probably drop their old core. New will have backwards compatible capability.