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5D Conversion

Pretty badass modification.
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wow, i have no idea what's going on. then again, i'm not even familiar with the mount.
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jomama wrote:
wow, i have no idea what's going on. then again, i'm not even familiar with the mount.


It is one of the standard lens mounts for film and TV use, primarily 16mm and 35mm motion picture film cameras, but also digital cinema cameras.

Converting the 5d to it is attractive so you can use lenses that have proper gears for follow focus systems, as well as a "matched" set of primes. Companies like Zeiss and Cooke make sets of prime lenses that have very close contrast and colour characteristics so they will cut together well within the same scene.

I wonder how many lenses will actually have the coverage for the 5d sensor; most PL mount lenses are designed to cover 35mm motion picture film, which is only slightly larger than the size of an APS-C sensor.
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[quote="as well as a "matched" set of primes. [/quote]

Wow and I thought Photography was expensive. Incredible the things you never think of. :shock:
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Wow and I thought Photography was expensive. Incredible the things you never think of. :shock:


To put it in perspective, Vistek charges $75 per day to rent a modern 300mm 2.8 prime lens, which is a $4-5k lens

For top of the line Zeiss Master Primes, CSC (a New York rental house) charges $300, per lens, per day.
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Wow and I thought Photography was expensive. Incredible the things you never think of. :shock:



Hah! I just found a set of eight used Zeiss Master Primes for sale, for the low low price of $215 000. If you can afford those I don't think you need to outfit a ghetto 5dmkII with a PL mount to use them.
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Hah! I just found a set of eight used Zeiss Master Primes for sale, for the low low price of $215 000. If you can afford those I don't think you need to outfit a ghetto 5dmkII with a PL mount to use them.


Well My wife is ready to kill me with Camera Equipment. :lol:

I am staying out of video.
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dant wrote:
Well My wife is ready to kill me with Camera Equipment. :lol:

I am staying out of video.


I'm just waiting for the ultimatum "it's me or the camera equipment" and then just for fun, see what happens if I say "camera equipment"... :wink:
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I wonder how Zeiss's Cine lenses compare to this?

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Seeing all those pics I can only assume that person does not have pets. Those parts and screws would be gone long before you get half way through the mods.
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And now Leica is playing in this field. $178,000 for a set of 8 lenses.

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http://leicarumors.com/2010/04/18/leica ... 8000.aspx/
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very nice! For those into doing video with the 5D, these lenses are the stuff dreams are made of!
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$178k for 8 lenses!? Wow I almost fainted! I agree the conversion is pretty pimp.
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med wrote:
dant wrote:

Wow and I thought Photography was expensive. Incredible the things you never think of. :shock:



Hah! I just found a set of eight used Zeiss Master Primes for sale, for the low low price of $215 000. If you can afford those I don't think you need to outfit a ghetto 5dmkII with a PL mount to use them.


Exactly.
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