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Hi guys,

I recently saw a lens on sale with an NC Mitchell mount. Does anyone have any wisdom about whether this can be adapted/modified to PL?

I know P+S make some BNC and BNCR Mitchell to PL mounts, but there doesn't seem to be much info about NC Mitchell mounts.

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NC mount has a shorter flange depth than PL - 43.05mm. Combined with the body diameter as well as the larger flange with mounting screw holes I think it would be difficult to make an adapter that seats the lens nearly 9mm inside a PL mount.

Someone made an adapter to use NC mount lenses on m4/3 cameras though:

https://www.shapeways.com/product/EEST6RYW7/mitchell-nc-standard-35mm-to-52mm-rv-adapter

It might be possible to remove the lens from the NC mount and customise a PL mount adaption, but it would be lens specific and not cheap. 

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As Dom says the PL mount uses deeper flange depth. A simple adaptor can take a lens made for a deeper flange depth and by extending the rear space make it work on a camera that uses a shorter flange depth — but not the other way around.

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