EOS or PL

cowpunk52 said:
In addition to this, when considering whether to purchase the PL version or EF version, the EF version will have a lot of benefits for creative filming flexibility options: remote focus and iris control of Canon EF lenses, optional peripheral illumination correction, powered IS for lenses that have it, and native support for dozens of specialty lenses that are impossible or prohibitively expensive to find in PL versions (fisheyes, super-telephotos, tilt-shift, etc). Also, lens metadata can be passed to the camera metadata and recorded within the XF codec.
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very well selected advantages!
 
J Davis said:
Get EOS mount, you can always get an EOS to PL adapter because there is no mirror, then use rails to support the lens

this way you have the option to shoot both
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Is a Eos to PL adapter available? If it is then yes EF is the way to go. If not then you will have to wait for a company to make one. One company comes to mind that everybody was banking on was Birger and they didn’t deliver for the AF-100 or the F3. Hard choice.
 
Erik Naso said:
Is a Eos to PL adapter available? If it is then yes EF is the way to go. If not then you will have to wait for a company to make one. One company comes to mind that everybody was banking on was Birger and they didn’t deliver for the AF-100 or the F3. Hard choice.
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There are PL adapters for EF mounts available, but they typically only work with certain lenses. This one is currently available, but has limited compatibility:

"Due focal range and lens PL Mount plate, there is no universal adapter for all PL Mount lenses to current DSLR cameras. PL to EF adapter, securely mounts PL lens to EF mounts. This adapter has no element, thus will not correct for back focus. Specifically designed for PL lenses with deeper backs. 14mm or more.
We have tested non-modified PL lenses:
• Lomo
• RED Pro
• Zeiss
• Cooke"

I would definitely call and discuss compatibility with the C300 before purchasing, though.
 
Also, Optitek had announced a PL to EF adapter back in 2010, but I don't think it was ever released. It was said to work with Angenieux Optimo zooms, Cooke zooms, and Red Pro Primes - "with others being tested."

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There are simple mechanical adapters out there already but they don't work with most prime lenses, if any. They only work with some zooms.

I had high hopes for this, as I have a reservation on a c300, but with no simple solution I think I'm gonna pass and wait for them to engineer a better design on the next gen.
 
This thread has begun to repeat itself. The last page is full of information covered in the first few pages.
 
I have a deposit on a C 300 EF and am sitting on the fence right now about the camera. I spoke with Abel cine yesterday at some length in their office about the EF to PL adapter possibility. There are a couple of companies trying to come up with an adapter but it clearly is a tough nut to crack . Hotrod seems like they are on the trail to an adapter but as of yet they haven't produced one.

I'd buy the C300 in a minute if there was a workable Pl to EF adapter or the reverse, but to be locked into one lens universe by the lens mount choice seems sooooo retarded on Canon's part marketing the camera this way.
 
Mark Smith said:
There are a couple of companies trying to come up with an adapter but it clearly is a tough nut to crack.
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It's not hard at all. A replacement mount like this is what is needed, except made for the C300 mount dimensions and screw pattern instead of the 7D/60D/T2i. If someone in Poland can put an EF C300 in ciecio7's hands there will be such an mount available shortly thereafter.

This would allow the use of most PL mount lenses, prime or zoom. For zoom only use, many viable options already exist (ciecio7 still being the best source in my opinion).

Such an adapted mount will likely not be as strong as the native PL mount C300, however, and I'd recommend retaining and using the additional bottom support. Personally, I'd still buy the PL mount C300.
 
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