Longest Lens Used on Your 35mm Adapter?

DeGrey said:
I use a Minolta 200mm on my Extreme. I don't find it too shaky on the Libec tripod. If I zoom in more on the GG to increase the focal length to insane amounts, then yes, being a Zen master is a must even on a solid tripod. I haven't tried it handheld yet as the need hasn't arisen.

This setup was used for getting video of tigers at a local wildlife refuge. I chose a 200mm lens and distance over a 50mm lens and close proximity ;)


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Is that another standard Letus riser holding up the lens? Same as is used for the front of the LEX? I need something like that for my 80-200 Nikon. Too shaky without it. Not sure the Letus one is the right inside diameter though. I think the lens barrel is larger.

What would be best for that?
 
I use a Vivitar Series 1 (v1) with my Brevis. It's a 70mm-210mm and works very nicely. If you can find one of these puppies in good shape, grab one!
 
Ted Spencer said:
Is that another standard Letus riser holding up the lens? Same as is used for the front of the LEX? I need something like that for my 80-200 Nikon. Too shaky without it. Not sure the Letus one is the right inside diameter though. I think the lens barrel is larger.

What would be best for that?
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Ted, yes that's just another standard support bracket normally used on the Extreme/Mini. It's not really needed for the setup. I put it there just in case the lens got bumped from above during production. It's not supporting much weight if any.
 
You can still get an old Nikon 50 - 300 zoom that is supposed to have great optics but is very big & heavy. Its not very fast though definitely for outside work. I've always wanted to check one out.
 
EDIT-XTREEM said:
Wow. where was that?
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Canon pro expo last spring in Toronto. The fellow holding the lens is Vincent Laforet. He's a sponsored Canon shooter and refreshingly humble guy...with a long, long list of pro credits.: http://www.laforetvisuals.com/main.php The footage from that f4 500mm was stunning, which is why the guys had the silly looks on their faces :-) We were viewing the footage via the XH-G1's SDI feed to a 24" Sony production monitor.

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Dennis Wood said:
Canon pro expo last spring in Toronto. The fellow holding the lens is Vincent Laforet. He's a sponsored Canon shooter and refreshingly humble guy...with a long, long list of pro credits.: http://www.laforetvisuals.com/main.php The footage from that f4 500mm was stunning, which is why the guys had the silly looks on their faces :-) We were viewing the footage via the XH-G1's SDI feed to a 24" Sony production monitor.

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I'd be interested in seeing the rails setup for that. What did you use to support the whole lens?
 
This was definitely a hack job on rails using the lens built in support..just to mount it up and look. Our solid carbon 60cm rods and a slightly mod'd Brevis-to-rails mount would do the trick just fine if I was mounting this up today.
 
Dennis Wood said:
This was definitely a hack job on rails using the lens built in support..just to mount it up and look. Our solid carbon 60cm rods and a slightly mod'd Brevis-to-rails mount would do the trick just fine if I was mounting this up today.
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Nice. Looks like a sweet rig though, did you get to take it out and shoot at all? Or did you guys just mount it up?
 
I have one of these mounted to my Brevis right now:

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I use it to shoot car interior scenes from a helicopter. I'm an eccentric film maker.
 
Ha! Drop that from a helicopter and an entire village would be destroyed.

E, we just mounted up that 500mm and shot scenes inside the Canon Pro Expo site. The camera was tethered via SDI to a display so we just "borrowed" it. One thing's for sure if you're looking for bleeding edge shallow DOF, even CF1Le with a 2.8d 200mm lens has super, super shallow DOF even at 20ft away. At close focus distances, the background is simply fuzzed out of existence. This rig is a bit ridiculous, but for a wildlife type videographer it's 100% viable. For me, the Nikon or Canon 70-200 f2.8d lenses are just fine.
 
The last RR project I worked on, we had a 28mm, 50mm, and 135mm. All of them were old Nikon, manual focus, primes ranging from F2 to F2.8. I felt we had everything covered.

NOTE: I have just graduated out of Junior member. I shouldn't be so excited about it, but I am.
 
Huy Vu said:
I can't see anyone using anything longer than 200mm unless they're doing nature photography or something specialized. DOF would be so shallow that it's practically impossible to pull focus.
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Thats why you have an AC.....

And I use my 200 ALL the time....
 
This is my FD 300mm F2.8. I use a x2 with it as well.
I need to get a bracket for it though as it's goddam heavy.
It's great for scaring small children with.
 

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I own Canon fd 85mm, 135mm and 200mm. I have never needed the 200. Its a lot heavier, and I haven't found use for it. The 135 does a great job to get in tight.
 
Glenn, we tested a 300mm Nikon mirror lens on the Brevis. It's light, sharp...and bokeh is awfull! Out of focus highlights end up looking like doughnuts instead of the usual "gentle orbs". In other words, I would definitely not recommend that lens unless you're looking to bring a far object in tight. If you're planning on racking focus between in and out of focus objects, you'll hate it.
 
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