35 still camera lens fit on 16 mm. movie camera

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avr

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Hi, i have another stupid question (sorry i´m a beginner in film cameras). I have seen that It has adapters that fits 35 mm. lenses ( still cameras like Nikkor -nikon cameras) in 16 mm. movie cameras. For example nikon mount to C-mount (bolex-eclair). Well my question is if the 35 mm lens is 50 mm. when attached in the 16 mm. carera works like a 100 mm. lens? Works well still camera lenses in movie cameras?
thanks and sorry my ignorance
 
Not ignorance, and it is a little confusing. Just remember that a 50mm lens will be a 50mm lens no matter what camera you put it on.

It will look different to each camera however.

For instance,
in still photography, a 50mm lens in considered a "normal" perspective. In 16mm the "normal" lens is a 25mm lens.

So if you put a 50mm on a 35 it will look normal, but if you put it on a 16, it will look a little telephoto.

Conversely, if you took the "normal" 25mm lens off of the 16 camera and put it on a 35, it will look a little wide angle.

a 10mm lens on a 16 camera is a wide andgle lens, but not so wide that things get very warped. If you put a 10mm lens on a 35 camera it would look fish-eye.

If you have a palm, I would recomend "pcam" It will give you a preview of what any lens will look like in any format:

http://www.cinematography.net/CINEFILE.HTM

-Jay
 
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