35mm adaptor question

[Angelshare1]

I want to get a shallower depth of field from my HPX-170 so I'm looking at a 35mm Adaptor. I don't really need the "film" look that the ground/spinngin/vibrating glass gives me. Can I just buy lenses for my 72mm thread and call it a day? Do they make those and do they work? It seems like it would be an easy, less expensive alternative to a Letus 35, but I've never heard anyone on this board mention additional lenses for the 170.

 

[wgzn]

no

 

[grimrebes]

There are additional lenses for the 170, but none do what you are suggesting. There is a wide angle adapter, and a telephoto adapter, both of which extend the respective ends of the lenses. There are also macro lenses made by tiffen which can also help a cinematographer depending on their shooting scenario, but in short, no, if you want to get shallower DoF, you need a DoF adapter, like the Letus, RedRock, P+S Technik, Cinesomething or other... Oh the list goes on... You can even buy them used. Tons of info on these boards to help/confuse/inform you on the products.

And while people claim they love the film look from the ground glass, it doesn't matter whether they love it or not. It is a necessary element to project the 35mm lens onto a semi-transparant semi opaque surface that will enable the imager to capture an image projected onto a nearly 35mm size plain... GG just seems to be the best way to do it thus far, short of having a camera with a 35mm sized imager.

 

[manuele]

I used for a good time a sgblade (shoot35) and it worked very well. Balancing cost e results it's a good tool!