35mm lens with deep DOF

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mrbrycel

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I know that one main reason for 35mm adapters is to achieve shallow DOF. But if you have a 50mm nikon lens set at f22, would it still achieve a "35mm lens" look opposed to shooting with the stock lens?

For instance, if you shoot a project with an adapter, most of the shots very shallow, but you come to a shot (maybe a Jib shot), that would be extremely hard to focus with the movement. You decide that you want as deep depth of field as you can get, but you want the "35mm look" to be consistent. You would want to keep the lens/adapter on at a small aperture right? Switching back to the stock lens would make for a noticeably different or more "video looking" shot right?

Sorry for my cluelessness, I've not yet had the pleasure of working with a 35mm adapter, but hope to rent one for some upcoming projects.
 
You would want to use a very wide lens, like a 24mm or a 28mm stopped down. People seldom shoot at f22 because at that f-stop you start getting lens diffraction that can degrade the image or with static or vibrating adapters you're going to start seeing the grain structure or GG pattern past f5.6
 
Thanks!

One more question... I've heard you always have to zoom a little to avoid vignetting, and probably even more on the HPX170. Is any quality lost by zooming through?
 
If you had an HPX170 with a 28mm nikon lens at f5.6, would it still look more "35mm-ish" than just shooting with the stock lens zoomed out (which is supposed to be = to 28mm)? Or would they both look the same?
 
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