Another 35mm Adapter Tutorial

Sorry, should have elaborated. The magnet trick works on the DVX100 and DVX100A. I am not privileged enough to have a 100B, so I'm just talking about my own experience. Nice trick snodart. Well, aside from the loss of the warranty. But whatever. :D
 
Marlene the pics of the materials layedout and the finished adpt. are no longer appearing in the thread.... maybe you can repost or send them to me by email.
thanks ... Chris
 
marlenedegrood said:
Funny you should ask......that to me is the hardest part. I use a hack saw and try to follow my measured lines as best I can, then I lay sandpaper on the workbench and sand it. My workbench is level so I use a bubble level to get both sides parallel to each other and the cap the "connector" is going into. I'm sure there's a better way but that's just what I do.
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I used to cut PVC rings to make Mic shock mounts. I have strangely had alot of experience doing this.

The best way I found to do this is to make a Jig for either a hack saw or better yet, a Dremel tool so the cutting surface is axactly the height off of your table, that you want for the length of the PVC pipe.

Make sure your Blade or Cut-off wheel is perfectly level. Then using smaller sections of PVC, push the PVC up against the Dremel or Saw blade and Turn the PVC around and around until you cut through it. You will of course have to make sure the bottom of the PVC is level or use a factory cut end to begin with.

Similar in concept to taping a pencil to something so it is laying horizontal, then moving a Cup or something round up to it and turning the cup against the pencil tip until you have a perfect line drawn around the cup. In this case the pencil is the blade of the hack saw or Dremel cut-off wheel. When using a dremel, set the speed very low. PVC melts quickly and will really screw up your perfect edge. If you have time, the best cut is achieved using a hack saw blade or a stationary blade of some sort.

The Idea here is to move the surface of the PVC across your blade and not the blade across the surface PVC.

Another way is to buy a Mitre Box. HOwever hack saw blades are ver short in Height and they tend to move around in the MItre box.

MagicCat
 
Is it possible to use the Sony pd170 wide angle lens with a stepdown ring on the DVX for the dof adapter? It says it is x .7....is this the same as +7?
 
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