Eugene Sung Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Hi, I was wondering if you could attach a Canon 35mm still camera lense to an Arri S using an adapter, much in the same way you could use the common C-Mount to Canon adapter to attach it to C-Mount based movie cameras?? I just wondering because I've had good results usings a still Canon FD Zoom 35mm lense attached to my super 8mm using a c-mount adapter. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Rizos Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Sorry, no that is not possible as Arri FFD is 52mm, compared to 42mm for Canon FD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timHealy Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 (edited) I have never owned one but I believe Aaton owners have had the ability to use Nikon Still lenses for years with an adapter. Maybe Nathan can confirm that and also give us the specs. Best Tim Edited April 26, 2007 by timHealy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Nathan Milford Posted April 26, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted April 26, 2007 The Aaton Mount's FFD is 40mm, so the use of a small Nikon adaptor to extend it to 46.50mm is common. You can't do this with the PL mount on the camera. The general rule is you can always adapt up but almost never down in terms of FFD. If the mount you're adapting from has a shorter FFD and larger mount diameter than the mount you're adapting too, you're set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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