redimp
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Hey guys, I have a lens hat I love dearly and consider it my favorite. It's a 28mm cinema lens that covers a 24x24mm frame, that I have adapted to EF (manual focus only) and I really want to shoot it on film.
I am looking to buy a hi-end film camera with EOS mount and shoot this lens on that camera.
I can modify the ground glass, mirror and the frame window myself – I rehouse vintage lenses and have all the necessary skills to design and manufacture it. But what I'm really afraid of is the film advance.
First I thought I could just get a camera that has a rewind mechanism with sprockets, and just cut off a couple sprockets (for example 3 out of 8, or 2 our of 6) so that every time the camera is cranked the film will advance less. I can test how much of linear advance happens and manufacture mirror/frame masks. I'm ok if the advance is 20 or 22 mm.
But looking at the pictures of newer EOS cameras I see there are no sprockets inside, just a place to place the lever of the film and a completely round bobbin.
Does anyone have any ideas/knowledge in regards to this?
I know there are PenF cameras that could take this lens via adapter but I was looking for a more modern shooting experience with good meter and aperture priority.
I know I can just shoot normal 36 frames and crop out the hard vignetting, but I'd rather give a shot to modifying it first.
I am looking to buy a hi-end film camera with EOS mount and shoot this lens on that camera.
I can modify the ground glass, mirror and the frame window myself – I rehouse vintage lenses and have all the necessary skills to design and manufacture it. But what I'm really afraid of is the film advance.
First I thought I could just get a camera that has a rewind mechanism with sprockets, and just cut off a couple sprockets (for example 3 out of 8, or 2 our of 6) so that every time the camera is cranked the film will advance less. I can test how much of linear advance happens and manufacture mirror/frame masks. I'm ok if the advance is 20 or 22 mm.
But looking at the pictures of newer EOS cameras I see there are no sprockets inside, just a place to place the lever of the film and a completely round bobbin.
Does anyone have any ideas/knowledge in regards to this?
I know there are PenF cameras that could take this lens via adapter but I was looking for a more modern shooting experience with good meter and aperture priority.
I know I can just shoot normal 36 frames and crop out the hard vignetting, but I'd rather give a shot to modifying it first.
