35mm lenses

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wagnermunhe

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I'm new to DVX world and I've learned a lot with this forum, which I follow every day whenever possible. I've seen here a lot about 35mm lenses and I'm intrrigued wether that is an alternative lens to DVX which needs an adapter or refers to some other equipment. I followed the threads but no cue at all.
Can anybody help?
Thanls
Wagner
 
Letushd

Letushd

**Note: I am an idependent filmmaker who has no affiliation to Letus. My calculations are strictly from my own research and may not be accurate to current market prices**

First off, I was skeptical of the Letus35 because I heard mixed reviews about the adapter. However, I saw good things recently and decided to recommend to my boss to buy to two Letus adapters and two RedRocks for a shoot we have in Denmark. I will be focusing my experience on the LETUSHD

First this is what I heard badly about the Letus35mm adapter:
---it is bulky to attach the adapter to the front of the lens
---There is vignetting and the camera must be zoomed in to comensate
---The weight of the lens attached to the HD100 needs a rod support or it may bend the thread
---There is a 1.5 stop light loss compared to the red rock's 1/4 stop light loss.
---The flip function increases light loss.

That's basically everything I found negative on the Letus35. Remember, I am ONLY discussing the LETUSHD.

What I have found:
---The LETUSHD is a RELAY LENS. This means it attaches directly to the front of the camera with no need to worry about your stock fujinon lens(I'm not even taking it to Denmark with me).
---The LETUSHD is so lightweight I can use my regular old tripod 501 with no support rods. (I think it weights less than my fujinon).
---Because it is a relay lens there is NO VIGNETTING or GHOSTING!
---THERE IS NO LIGHT LOSS! I can't guarantee there is not at least a 1/4 stop light loss. However, by comparing it to my Nikon D200 shots the image is identical.
---The flip is AWESOME. In the REDROCK site if you use a magnet to flip the image the image is still backwards. However, in the Letus there is a Flip. I forgot other lens are supposed to be upside-down. I was using the lens and I realized the redrock and all other lenses don't have this feature and I was shocked. The only one I know that works like this is the MINI35.

All and all, I can't stop gushing about this adapter. The only weird thing is you have to control not only the macro on the lens, but also the relay lens. However, once you take 10 minutes to understand that concept it's a perfect lens.... AND ITS under $1000. The BREVIS35 is 914. The Guerrilla35 is going to be about $1500 probably. the SG35 is about $1250 when all is said and done. And NONE of these have a flip feature!


All and All I can find not one bad thing to say about this adapter. In my opinion it is on par with the MINI35 with the flip function, relay lens, and light loss.

If you have any questions you can direct them to: rpnphotography@yahoo.com

I will attempt to post some screencaptures soon, but I am extremely busy and my computer and camera don't like each other.

Sincerely,

Russell Nohelty
 
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