Greg Panopoulos

Hi Mark, i am not an expert on this subject but there many threads on this forum about anamorphic lenses with many valuable information that you should look through. (Anyone please correct me if i am wrong) There is one basic difference with anamorphic.There are anamorphic lenses(usually in pl mount) that mount directly on your camera(16mm,35mm,digital) and cost some thousands of dollars and there are the anamorphic adapters that are meant for projection purposes and people attach them in front of their prime lenses to achieve the anamorphic look.These can be found relatively cheap and the most well known are the iscos and the kowa. These lenses don't have regular back mounts so you will need some sort of a clamp to attach them on your prime lens.Also i ve never used one on an mk2 but since its a full frame camera you won't be able to use wide angle lenses with the adapters since you ll get black edges and vignetting. But look around for threads in this forum where many technical issues have been explained by far more experienced people.

Thank you for the very detailed answer Olex, it was very informative! So if i am looking for lenses that fit to the normal kinor 16cx mount i should be looking for the opf initials on the lens?

Hello everyone, this is my first post in this great forum! I am a newbie on film and i was thinking of buying a kinor 16cx-2m as my first cam, but i have a few questions about my lens options so please excuse my ignorance. :rolleyes: In the user's manual of the cx-2m it says that the cam has a kinor 16 bayonet mount. Is this a different mount than the oct-19?I know that there are some primes and 2 zooms made for the kinor but are there other lenses (like lomo for example) that could be used on the 16cx? Any options to go anamorphic as well?Or should the camera be converted to a pl mount to be able to use other type of lenses?Thanks in advance!