AF100 with Heavy Lens Issue

Dino

Veteran
Be very careful about mounting heavy lenses on an AF100. If the lens torques the body mount, it can cause the internal safety cap to engage. A rod supported PL-Mount adapter is the right way to use heavy cine lenses, such as the Hot Rod Cameras PL adapter. The same issue could happen with heavy 35mm SLR lenses of course. Any force up or down due to weight of the lens can cause the camera to cap.

I'd like to see any and all lens adapters be supportable via rods, as the AF100 MFT mount has a good deal of play in it and makes unsupported lenses and mount adapters shift the image, especially when using follow focus setups.
 
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