Playing old cine lenses on Leica

[jeffo]

Hugo Meyer Kino Plasmat 5cm f2 + MM (38 of 55) by Jeffo Wong, 於 Flickr

 

[jeffo]

Hugo Meyer Kino Plasmat 5cm f2 + MM (29 of 55) by Jeffo Wong, 於 Flickr

 

[jeffo]

Dallmeyer Speed 2 inches f1.5 Cursive version + MM (234 of 320) by Jeffo Wong, 於 Flickr

 

[Dralowid]

Try the other way round for a change, put a Leica lens on an old cine camera...

IMG_3940 by dralowid, on Flickr

 

[Erik van Straten]

Dallmeyer Speed 2 inches f1.5 Cursive version + MM (286 of 320) by Jeffo Wong, 於 Flickr

Jeffo, is this a monitor built into an old tv-set?


I love the picture.


Erik.

 

[jeffo]

Jeffo, is this a monitor built into an old tv-set?


I love the picture.


Erik.

Hi Erik:

It was a TV playing some video.

Cheers,

Jeff

 

[jeffo]

Taylor Hobson Cooke Anastigmat Technicolor 52mm f2 + MM-3 by Jeffo Wong, 於 Flickr

 

[jeffo]

Hugo Meyer Kino Plasmat 5cm f2f + MM (41 of 67) by Jeffo Wong, 於 Flickr

 

[GarageBoy]

My father will only shoot kinoptik glass - now I know why - too bad they are not that many s16 digital cameras

 

[Huss]

Som Berthiot Flor 5cm f1.5 ltm + SL-1110477 by Jeffo Wong, 於 Flickr

Hugo Meyer Megon 10cm f2 + S2-171 by Jeffo Wong, 於 Flickr

Great shots!

 

[Huss]

Dallmeyer 25mm F1.9 (Petzval design)

Kino Plastigmat

Just beautiful

 

[Huss]

Cooke Kinic 3 inch f2 + S2-9 by Jeffo Wong, 於 Flickr

Love how the OPEN sign in the background is blurred out but yet completely legible because of the shape of the bokeh balls.

 

[jeffo]

Dallmeyer Speed 2 inches f1.5 Cursive version + MM (261 of 320) by Jeffo Wong, 於 Flickr

 

[Erik van Straten]

Very nice, Jeffo!


Erik.

 

[jeffo]

Taylor Hobson Cooke Anastigmat Technicolor 50mm f1.7 + M9ti (20 of 154) by Jeffo Wong, 於 Flickr

 

[Erik van Straten]

Fantastic shot, Jeffo.


I hope everything will turn out right in HK.

Erik.

 

[Phil_F_NM]

These old motion picture lenses draw beautifully. Are the modifications to make them compatible with Leica M permanent? I ask because there are a few folks out there that have bought up a great number of the old cine lenses, butchered the mounts then set them into Leica M focusing helicals This is unfortunate for us who want to shoot old optics as they were intended, on motion picture cameras. It is almost impossible to find lens in Eyemo mount aside from the 25mm Eyemax which is a hyperfocal, non focusing lens. Almost everything else out there that hasn't been cut up costs the same amount as a modern PL mount lens which is not compatiblle with a clockwork Eyemo. It's frustrating. Gorgeous photos but how they came to be is really maddening for those of us who want to shoot them on motion picture cameras.
Phil Forrest

 

[IEDEI]

gosh i love all of your photos. any suggestions on lower priced cine lenses that i could buy to get this type of rendering?? love the cinematic and artistic edge on these. don't even know where to begin....

 

[Erik van Straten]

gosh i love all of your photos. any suggestions on lower priced cine lenses that i could buy to get this type of rendering?? love the cinematic and artistic edge on these. don't even know where to begin....

watch this:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bbUutOk9PA

 

[Phil_F_NM]

gosh i love all of your photos. any suggestions on lower priced cine lenses that i could buy to get this type of rendering?? love the cinematic and artistic edge on these. don't even know where to begin....

There are no more affordable cine lenses. They have almost all been bought up and modified. There is a seller on eBay who has a $50 optical block sitting in a $400-500 calibrated RF coupled helicoid selling for $1200. That lens was formerly a decent Cinema lens for shooting 35mm film but has been permanently butchered to play with on a Leica. Now there are plenty of adapters for use on mirrorless cameras without surgery. It's really frustrating.
Oh well, I have a dual range Summicron that I need to grind the focusing cam off of to make a permanent modification to a beautiful optic that I'm going to use only once in a while.
Phil Forrest