A Simple Lens Question

Justin

Justin

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Hi yall!

So I was looking on ebay to buy a lens for my mini35 im building when I was told by my friend that you can't use lenses on movie cameras that were designed to go on still cameras.
Is this true?
Thanks,
Justin
 
Isn't that pretty much the point of building a 35mm adapter? So you can use 35mm still lenses on your video camera? It all depends on how you design the mount for the lense. But the simple answer is yes considering the Mini 35 takes still lenses. So does the Guerilla 35.
 
I thought the adapter was for using 35mm movie camera lenses since you can't use interchangeble lenses with the DVX100A.
 
Oh hey, don't be sad.
Quick! Think of puppies and sunflowers.
There you go, better?

So, can one use lenses from still SLR cameras on a video camera. I say a lens on a still camera works the same as a movie camera but I have been told different. My curiosity comes from the fact that I want to be able to use the lenses that I have on my Canon Rebel on my DVX.

Any help would be cool.
Thanks guys.
Oh and ICED OUT, think happy thoughts!!

-Justin
 
There shouldn't be a problem using a still camera lens for shooting film or video, as long as the lens will cover your entire frame. They're all taking a curved field of view (the scene) and projecting them onto a flat plane -- film or CCDs.

If you were using a flat field lens, you might have a problem. These are lenses that are designed to take a flat image and project it onto film or CCDs, like what an optical printer would do, or what a copy camera would be designed to do.

Again, the only optical concern would be whether the lens covers your field of view.
 
Justin,

good luck buddy, sounds like you'll need it
I'm sure we'll be hearing from you again shortly. :angry:
 
Hey ICED OUT, I'm curious, is it just sheer bordom that drives you to write pointless stuff?
Also, I saw that video last week, pretty funny.
 
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