Prime wide angle / adapter for HD 100 ? at DVinfo.net

Steve Oakley · October 17th, 2008, 01:15 PM

I'm looking at one or two shoots where I want ( need ) to strip the camera down as much as possible for weight and wind resistance. I want to remove the normal lens and get something wide angle. if it doesn't focus to infinity I could probably live with that. has anyone tried putting a C mount lens on ? even just holding it up in front ? I could make an adapter. it would even be ok if the lens had some vignetting or CA because this is about making a stylized image where such artifacts would be ok.

has anyone tried putting a smaller .5x adapter onto the front of the stock lens ? even if it cuts off a little that would be ok because I'm going to crop the image to a 2:1 ratio for final use.

cheap of course counts within reason. just looking to make an interesting image.

Ted Ramasola · October 17th, 2008, 02:50 PM

Heres an SLR wa adapter that i "fixed" to fit into the 82mm thread.

DIY WA lens for HD100

heres a with and without pic

http://tedramasola.9k.com/images/wit...hout%20pic.jpg

hope this helps.

Stefan Immler · October 18th, 2008, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Ted Ramasola

http://tedramasola.9k.com/images/wit...hout%20pic.jpg

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Ted Ramasola · October 18th, 2008, 10:15 AM

Click the first link , once there you will find an active link to the with and without.

The first link will show a pic of the adapter brand and the modification i made on it to fit the 82mm thread.

Steve Oakley · October 18th, 2008, 11:33 AM

thats cool but I wanted to get really wide. I saw some lenses on ebay that were as wide as 1.7mm :). there was a 2, 2.4, 2.8, 4 and even a 3.8-12mm zoom. most had manual iris. so the flange back for the HD100 is 47mm as I recall, these lenses are a lot shallower, but if I can get focus to 10ft that will work, and if I can have focus at 6" even better.

hasn't anyone tried messing with a piece of glass like this ?

Steve Oakley · October 20th, 2008, 10:42 PM

so to answer my own question. No a 1/3 c mount lens won't focus at all. Not even 1" away... But I did get some dust on the front element to come to focus. Bummer. However I did get a .42X converter to work infront of the lens. Using a old lens shad and epoxy to make an adaptor

October 17th, 2008, 01:15 PM	#1
Steve Oakley Trustee Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: United States Posts: 1,158	Prime wide angle / adapter for HD 100 ? I'm looking at one or two shoots where I want ( need ) to strip the camera down as much as possible for weight and wind resistance. I want to remove the normal lens and get something wide angle. if it doesn't focus to infinity I could probably live with that. has anyone tried putting a C mount lens on ? even just holding it up in front ? I could make an adapter. it would even be ok if the lens had some vignetting or CA because this is about making a stylized image where such artifacts would be ok. has anyone tried putting a smaller .5x adapter onto the front of the stock lens ? even if it cuts off a little that would be ok because I'm going to crop the image to a 2:1 ratio for final use. cheap of course counts within reason. just looking to make an interesting image.

October 17th, 2008, 02:50 PM	#2
Ted Ramasola Trustee Join Date: May 2005 Location: Allen, Texas U.S.A Posts: 1,117	Heres an SLR wa adapter that i "fixed" to fit into the 82mm thread. DIY WA lens for HD100 heres a with and without pic http://tedramasola.9k.com/images/wit...hout%20pic.jpg hope this helps.

October 18th, 2008, 10:15 AM	#4
Ted Ramasola Trustee Join Date: May 2005 Location: Allen, Texas U.S.A Posts: 1,117	Click the first link , once there you will find an active link to the with and without. The first link will show a pic of the adapter brand and the modification i made on it to fit the 82mm thread.

October 18th, 2008, 11:33 AM	#5
Steve Oakley Trustee Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: United States Posts: 1,158	thats cool but I wanted to get really wide. I saw some lenses on ebay that were as wide as 1.7mm :). there was a 2, 2.4, 2.8, 4 and even a 3.8-12mm zoom. most had manual iris. so the flange back for the HD100 is 47mm as I recall, these lenses are a lot shallower, but if I can get focus to 10ft that will work, and if I can have focus at 6" even better. hasn't anyone tried messing with a piece of glass like this ?

October 20th, 2008, 10:42 PM	#6
Steve Oakley Trustee Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: United States Posts: 1,158	so to answer my own question. No a 1/3 c mount lens won't focus at all. Not even 1" away... But I did get some dust on the front element to come to focus. Bummer. However I did get a .42X converter to work infront of the lens. Using a old lens shad and epoxy to make an adaptor