Home depot 35mm adapter help (pleasseeee aid me)

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zipper1022

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hey, i wanna build this sucker but i have some quick questions im sure most expierienced users could answer ina second

heres a link to the adapter, for clarification, its not the black one on the top of the page, thats his "new " one, im building the white one on the bottom half.

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http://home.comcast.net/~wauhkies/adapter/index.html[/URL]

first of all, has anyone made teh home depot 35mm adapter?
how are your results

I HAVE NOOO expiereince with 35mm adapters, at all, none nothing zip nada.

i want to build this one becasue it seems very simple and im not really going for amazing results, just trying ot get a feel for it.

my questions are as follows:
1. do i need to use a nikon lense? 
2. shouldnt i use a clear wax not a beeswax with tint? wont that thint my images?
3. why is his screenshot tinted blue like that?
4. can someone link me to a diy about a image flipper for teh lcd, some sort of mirror setup...
5. should i even bother building this thing? haha

thanks in advance for any help


THE OTHER ONE I AM THINKING ABOUT BUILDING IS IN THE POST BELOW, THE ROATING CD ONE

onyl question is

what one would be better?

i have a feeling the cd one, itll be cheaper for me and seems very simple and easy to do. I already have the camrea mount and lense and stuff, all i need is the macro
 
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whoa that one looks way better!!!

has anyone made that sucker?

it looks pretty easy and really effective....

only problem in my eyes would be that his is used on a trv, and thats a small lense compared to my dvx100b...

what kinda macro woudl you use? +10 72mm?

does anyone use this on a 100b?
 
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would the cd one still work on the 100b even though the lense is so much bigger? the trv lense is 38mm i think, and the 100b is 72..

can i use a 72mm +10 macro on it even though the lense is small?

i guess id just need to compensate with larger holes, maybe use a smaller macro then stepup rings...
 
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Hey Zipper, did you know that Redrock Micro has a DIY kit. they basically tell how to build it and where to get the parts.
I could even sell you mine. I started building one. I bought their manual, and 2 of every part that you need. (at least I think I got most of them)
After getting the first one almost done, I realized that after spending around 9k on the camera and other equipment, I didn't want to jeaopardise the image with a DIY project. (specially on HD video)
Let me know if you are intersted.
Luis
 
I want to build the CD one, and I was wondering if there was a better way to attach the lens rather than using the end cap. Could you use a redrock F mount or something?

-Stephen
 
I advise against the cd one. (I just don't see how the CD will be a really good ground glass.) The image will suffer from it. Again I recommend the Redrock DIY. As fro the mount. I'm not sure how to attach the Redrock Mount to a DIY project. If I'm not mistake, some people were able to buy the Nikon F mount at B&H and some people I believe were taking apart an old Nikon camera that didn't work anymore that they bought for +/- $25. and canibalizing the lense mount.
good luck.
 
I don't really care about image quality. I will probably just be using this with my cheapo handycam to practise focus pulls etc.

When I get a better camera (like an HVX or a Canon A1) I will go for something like the SGpro or the M2.
 
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