smelni
Veteran
Hey all,
Red Rock Micro recently sent me a production model of the Canon Live Lens mount to test. I want to give some quick notes from my testing and I hope to post more about it after I shoot with it again this week.
Its really a wonderfully made device that does a very core function that is needed by so many people with Canon lenses.
What is does is control the electronic aperture of the canon lenses to allow you to set the f-stop. Not to minimize this but that is the only function it serves. It does not control AF or IS or any other lens functions. But that is enough to make this an amazing device to add to your kit especially at the price point they have been talking. I for one, probably wouldnt use these other functions anyhow.
Its a rock solid build. The unit I was sent actually had one loose screw which made me think it was a very loose mount with a lot of play - however, once I discovered this and tightened it, the mount was rock solid on both the camera and lens side - very nicely machined. I have also been assured by Red Rock that loose screw will not be an issue on actual sold units so I wouldnt worry about it - and it was easy to fix.
Once the lens is attached you can change the aperture via 2 buttons - one up and one down. The unit is powered by a 9 volt battery attached via a cable. While I wish the battery compartment was built in, I suspect this design is so the battery compartment doesnt get in the way of the camera setup (follow focus, rails etc). Doing it this way keeps the footprint smaller.
Once minor omission I wish they had was a lit screen for the aperture readings since so many sets are dark but this is really a minor issue being that all camera operators and assistance should have a small penlight on them.
I have used this with primes, cheap zooms and even the Canon 70-200 big boy lens. They all worked flawlessly and held aperture to the precise setting. The latter lens required a lens support which would be expected at its weight.
This is the first device to be coming to market and isnt vaporware that does what we all needed and have been waiting for. Now you can take those Canon lens, be it low end or L-series, and use them on your AF100 or whatever camera that can take a 4/3 mount. Its gonna improve your kit tremendously and will be well worth the price. I will be using this for sure.
Red Rock Micro recently sent me a production model of the Canon Live Lens mount to test. I want to give some quick notes from my testing and I hope to post more about it after I shoot with it again this week.
Its really a wonderfully made device that does a very core function that is needed by so many people with Canon lenses.
What is does is control the electronic aperture of the canon lenses to allow you to set the f-stop. Not to minimize this but that is the only function it serves. It does not control AF or IS or any other lens functions. But that is enough to make this an amazing device to add to your kit especially at the price point they have been talking. I for one, probably wouldnt use these other functions anyhow.
Its a rock solid build. The unit I was sent actually had one loose screw which made me think it was a very loose mount with a lot of play - however, once I discovered this and tightened it, the mount was rock solid on both the camera and lens side - very nicely machined. I have also been assured by Red Rock that loose screw will not be an issue on actual sold units so I wouldnt worry about it - and it was easy to fix.
Once the lens is attached you can change the aperture via 2 buttons - one up and one down. The unit is powered by a 9 volt battery attached via a cable. While I wish the battery compartment was built in, I suspect this design is so the battery compartment doesnt get in the way of the camera setup (follow focus, rails etc). Doing it this way keeps the footprint smaller.
Once minor omission I wish they had was a lit screen for the aperture readings since so many sets are dark but this is really a minor issue being that all camera operators and assistance should have a small penlight on them.
I have used this with primes, cheap zooms and even the Canon 70-200 big boy lens. They all worked flawlessly and held aperture to the precise setting. The latter lens required a lens support which would be expected at its weight.
This is the first device to be coming to market and isnt vaporware that does what we all needed and have been waiting for. Now you can take those Canon lens, be it low end or L-series, and use them on your AF100 or whatever camera that can take a 4/3 mount. Its gonna improve your kit tremendously and will be well worth the price. I will be using this for sure.
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