NikonGear'23
Gear Talk => What the Nerds Do => Topic started by: Akira on April 03, 2017, 12:25:54
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Yet another adorable nerd!
http://www.43rumors.com/adapting-rodenstock-tv-heligon-lens-to-micro-four-thirds/
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An extremely long and convoluted way to do something other people have done many years ago.
Despite the short register distance of m43, it is still way too long to bring these lenses into a more useful middle-ground shooting range. Not only that, but the m43 mount itself is narrow and there is a shutter that prevents the rear element of coming close enough to the sensor. Using 1V1 or similar cameras actually is better as the image circle of the TV-Heligons (f/0.75 variety and others) is very small so even the tiny CX frame is barely covered when the lens is focused outside the extreme close-up range.
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A proof of the above, this being the TV-Heligon 50 mm f/0.75 on a Panasonic GF-1, taken 6 years ago.
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Yes, the info provided in the thread would be a bit outdated, but I admire his dedication and envy his machinery.
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For some doing these types of modifications is half of the fun.