Wide Angle Lens Converter for GL / XM

Graham Bernard · March 20th, 2005, 01:38 AM

I got to this place about a year ago and realised the need for a matt box.

I have 2 adaptors for the matt box:

1/- 58mm

2/- 80mm for the WD

This is THE way to get pola AND a way to mount several filters at once.

Keith - you weren't suggesting pola in post? You weren't suggesting extra ND straights or grads and openning up the iris in post to get that extra DoF . .were you? Nah! You couldn't have meant that?

Sometimes, just sometimes you gotta purchase that which you want/need to actually GET that which you aren't getting!

Grazie

K. Forman · March 20th, 2005, 06:42 AM

I was suggesting soft filtering in post, the cam has a built-in ND. A matte box will work with the WA lens?

Graham Bernard · March 20th, 2005, 09:48 AM

"A matte box will work with the WA lens?" - Yup! I use an adaptor that takes it over the 80mm - great stuff!

G

K. Forman · March 20th, 2005, 10:31 AM

What matte box? How much?

Graham Bernard · March 20th, 2005, 10:35 AM

Keith - I got the Kestrel 16:9 bellows. You get a 58mm and a 80 mm adaptor.

Here yah goes!

http://www.truelens.co.uk/matte/kestrel.htm

Grazie

K. Forman · March 20th, 2005, 02:31 PM

They only mention the XL1, and not the GL1... What are you using Grazie?

Graham Bernard · March 20th, 2005, 10:28 PM

XM2 [PAL] - Grazie

Patrick Smith · April 4th, 2005, 10:45 AM

I was wondering if anyone knew of a company that mande UV, soft, or anyother type of lense filters that would fit on my canon wide angle lense....

thanks!

Graham Bernard · April 4th, 2005, 11:56 AM

Matte box is the only way I know of getting a filter "in front" of the BIG end. If you want to screw filters at the "THIN" end then you can ONLY deal with non-Grad OR NON-Pola filters. I've used UV and SKYlight 58mm on the thin end. However, using screw filters are a massive pain in the bottom.

Once you are using a matte box then the World's Your Lobster! I use a Kestrel Matte Box and Formatt filters - and this on a XM2 - works a treat!

Grazie

Ian Stark · April 5th, 2005, 04:27 AM

Hi Grazie,

Out of interest, why do you say you can't put a polariser before the wide angle? Fully accepted it's a pain but I have used a cheap Tiffen filter between the wide angle and the camera and haven't noticed any issues at any focal length.

Actually, having said that, the one thing I have noticed is that the W/A is ever so slightly lose fitting when it's attached to the Tiffen.

Still up for that beer one day???!!!

Cheers.

Ian . . .

Graham Bernard · April 5th, 2005, 04:54 AM

How do you twist it? Them pola that is?

Drink! Anytime PAL!

Grazie

Ian Stark · April 5th, 2005, 05:09 AM

It just, well, twists! (along with the w/a of course.)

It doesn't affect the polariser action at all (although, as I mentioned before, I think the extra weight of the w/a on the filter does make the rotating disc a bit loose).

Regarding a wee drinky, I'm in a Variety Club charity show at the moment so very tied up. Let's do what we agreed last year - let me get back to you when I'm a bit freer! Which of course means we'll be having this conversation again in 6 months!!

Cheers.

Ian . . .

BTW, if ever you are down in the New Forest over a weekend, be sure to visit the Saturday market at Lymington. I just picked up 2 Hakuba metal cam cases with original uncut foam for a fiver each. There is a stall there which deals only in photographic equipment and they have loads of lenses, filters, cases etc etc. All used, much garbage, but the odd gem.

Patrick Smith · April 12th, 2005, 04:49 PM

I held my GL-2 out the window of a car to get really low car shots and got a couple tiny, very tiny, chips in the lense. whats th ebst way to get these repaired or in the futuree protect my wide angle lense.

Joshua Provost · April 12th, 2005, 05:48 PM

In the future, try an inexpensive (at least compared to replacing the cameras lens) UV filter over the lens. Be careful, it sounds dangerous.

Josh Marx · April 13th, 2005, 03:30 AM

Just a thought about filters behind the wide angle. I know on my GL-2, if I put a filter behind the wide angle, I experience vignetting.

March 20th, 2005, 06:42 AM	#347
K. Forman Capt. Quirk Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Middle of the woods in Georgia Posts: 3,596	I was suggesting soft filtering in post, the cam has a built-in ND. A matte box will work with the WA lens? __________________ www.SmokeWagonLeather.us

March 20th, 2005, 10:31 AM	#349
K. Forman Capt. Quirk Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Middle of the woods in Georgia Posts: 3,596	What matte box? How much? __________________ www.SmokeWagonLeather.us

March 20th, 2005, 02:31 PM	#351
K. Forman Capt. Quirk Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Middle of the woods in Georgia Posts: 3,596	They only mention the XL1, and not the GL1... What are you using Grazie? __________________ www.SmokeWagonLeather.us

April 4th, 2005, 10:45 AM	#353
Patrick Smith Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Utah Posts: 208	Lense Filters for Wide Angle? I was wondering if anyone knew of a company that mande UV, soft, or anyother type of lense filters that would fit on my canon wide angle lense.... thanks! __________________ patricksmith04@hotmail.com

April 4th, 2005, 11:56 AM	#354
Graham Bernard Old Boot Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London UK Posts: 3,633	Go see Matte Boxes . . . Matte box is the only way I know of getting a filter "in front" of the BIG end. If you want to screw filters at the "THIN" end then you can ONLY deal with non-Grad OR NON-Pola filters. I've used UV and SKYlight 58mm on the thin end. However, using screw filters are a massive pain in the bottom. Once you are using a matte box then the World's Your Lobster! I use a Kestrel Matte Box and Formatt filters - and this on a XM2 - works a treat! Grazie

March 20th, 2005, 01:38 AM	#346
Graham Bernard Old Boot Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London UK Posts: 3,633	I got to this place about a year ago and realised the need for a matt box. I have 2 adaptors for the matt box: 1/- 58mm 2/- 80mm for the WD This is THE way to get pola AND a way to mount several filters at once. Keith - you weren't suggesting pola in post? You weren't suggesting extra ND straights or grads and openning up the iris in post to get that extra DoF . .were you? Nah! You couldn't have meant that? Sometimes, just sometimes you gotta purchase that which you want/need to actually GET that which you aren't getting! Grazie

March 20th, 2005, 09:48 AM	#348
Graham Bernard Old Boot Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London UK Posts: 3,633	"A matte box will work with the WA lens?" - Yup! I use an adaptor that takes it over the 80mm - great stuff! G

March 20th, 2005, 10:35 AM	#350
Graham Bernard Old Boot Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London UK Posts: 3,633	Keith - I got the Kestrel 16:9 bellows. You get a 58mm and a 80 mm adaptor. Here yah goes! http://www.truelens.co.uk/matte/kestrel.htm Grazie

March 20th, 2005, 10:28 PM	#352
Graham Bernard Old Boot Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London UK Posts: 3,633	XM2 [PAL] - Grazie

April 5th, 2005, 04:27 AM	#355
Ian Stark Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,237	Hi Grazie, Out of interest, why do you say you can't put a polariser before the wide angle? Fully accepted it's a pain but I have used a cheap Tiffen filter between the wide angle and the camera and haven't noticed any issues at any focal length. Actually, having said that, the one thing I have noticed is that the W/A is ever so slightly lose fitting when it's attached to the Tiffen. Still up for that beer one day???!!! Cheers. Ian . . . __________________ www.vit-media.com www.classicmachinefilms.co.uk

April 5th, 2005, 04:54 AM	#356
Graham Bernard Old Boot Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London UK Posts: 3,633	How do you twist it? Them pola that is? Drink! Anytime PAL! Grazie

April 5th, 2005, 05:09 AM	#357
Ian Stark Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,237	It just, well, twists! (along with the w/a of course.) It doesn't affect the polariser action at all (although, as I mentioned before, I think the extra weight of the w/a on the filter does make the rotating disc a bit loose). Regarding a wee drinky, I'm in a Variety Club charity show at the moment so very tied up. Let's do what we agreed last year - let me get back to you when I'm a bit freer! Which of course means we'll be having this conversation again in 6 months!! Cheers. Ian . . . BTW, if ever you are down in the New Forest over a weekend, be sure to visit the Saturday market at Lymington. I just picked up 2 Hakuba metal cam cases with original uncut foam for a fiver each. There is a stall there which deals only in photographic equipment and they have loads of lenses, filters, cases etc etc. All used, much garbage, but the odd gem. __________________ www.vit-media.com www.classicmachinefilms.co.uk

April 12th, 2005, 04:49 PM	#358
Patrick Smith Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Utah Posts: 208	Small chips in Wide Angle I held my GL-2 out the window of a car to get really low car shots and got a couple tiny, very tiny, chips in the lense. whats th ebst way to get these repaired or in the futuree protect my wide angle lense. __________________ patricksmith04@hotmail.com

April 12th, 2005, 05:48 PM	#359
Joshua Provost Major Player Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 493	In the future, try an inexpensive (at least compared to replacing the cameras lens) UV filter over the lens. Be careful, it sounds dangerous. __________________ Owner/Operator, 727 Records Co-Founder, Matter of Chance Productions Blogger, Try Avoidance

April 13th, 2005, 03:30 AM	#360
Josh Marx New Boot Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 22	Just a thought about filters behind the wide angle. I know on my GL-2, if I put a filter behind the wide angle, I experience vignetting.