Thomas R Beetz

Thanks for your advice Chris. That s very helpful. I ll keep that in mind. Do you know anything about their characteristic when flaring? Is it a problem to stop down (F 8 or so) the lenses when shooting a landscape to achieve a very long depth of field? Thanks again

Recently I have become proud owner of a set of Cooke Speed Panchro Primes Ser. 2/3 with an arri standard mount: 18mm Ser. 3 25mm Ser. 2 35mm " 50mm " 75mm " The lenses are in good condition and I will use them on a music video shoot (35mm) very soon. At the moment the lenses are with a lens engineer (Les Bosher) to attach focus gears for a follow focus unit. For the low budget shoot, I have bought an Pl to arri standard mount adaptor. Unfortunately, there won t be any time or budget for previous tests. Has anyone used these lenses before and has any tips or advice on them. (e.g. what are the things I should avoid or be careful about? What is the optimal range for these lenses? How do they flare?...) Do I suffer any light loss with that type of adaptor? Do I have to compensate in exposure? Thank you very much for your help Thomas

I have recently bought a modified Konvas 2M camera with a PL mount. I have filmed some test footage and it is fine. The only thing I find strange is the eyepiece of the camera. In it s original position (parallel to camera) everything is normal as expected, but when I move the eyepiece 90 degrees upwards, the image in the viewfinder rotates as well and it only straightens out again if I hold the camera in an offset angle. Do I have to film in this offset angle to straighten the imagery or should I avoid moving the eyepiece all together? Thanks for your help. Thomas