2/3" SD lenses

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steve phillipps

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Anyone tried any 2/3" SD lenses on the HPX300/370?
I'm gonna get hold of one and the adapter ext week to do some tests - be nice to have a portable lens (it'll be Fujinon A20x8 so total 320mm with extender) - wondering if anyone else had done it?
Steve
 
It's for wildlife shooting so it needs to be LONG!
With Varicam and all the way back to Super 16 film we always tend to aim for around 600mm focal length as being an ideal long lens (not so long that you get massive shake and haze issues, but long enough to bring in the subject). On the 1/3" cameras a 300mm lens has the same magnification as a 600 on the 2/3" cams so that what I'd aim for and the A20x8 with 2x will be 320 so spot on.
In fact, these days it's not that long. There is a tendency in wildlife filming to forego fieldcraft to a certain extent and just use focal length to get shots - the 2 favourite lenses in the industry are the HJ18x28 and the HJ40x14, with maximum focal lengths of 1000mm and 11120mm respectively!
Steve
 
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