Daniel Lowe

This is good information. Thank you. I've been shopping for alternative glass & thinking through my options; while I'm waiting to get the camera itself. Restless waiting, obviously.

The 8-64 is a PL mount...Shane was using a PL mount on the Black Magic, I was unaware of this at first. C-mount to EOS adapters *do* exist. Or at least, I just bought one of these... will it work? I don't know yet, but it's not going to cost me very much to find out... http://cgi.ebay.com/...em=170880750748 It will cost me less than $100 for the adapter and a c-mount lens of some kind.. not sure if it will work properly, but I figured it was worth a try since there's so much old Bolex glass out there.

I found a proper cine to EOS lens adapter.. next question... If we're talking about which zooms will and won't cover the BMCC sensor, how safe is it to think that c-mount primes would probably do the trick? Another zoom: There's a ton of Sony f/2 16-64mm lenses out there.. I've also had my eye on some 8mm, 9.5mm, and 10mm primes.. an Angenieux 10mm F1.8 can be had for around $200 on ebay. Thoughts about these options? There's so many c-mount lenses out in the wild.. now, if I could only get my *&^%&* Black Magic camera to test some of these ideas.. been waiting since last August!

Today, Shane Hurlbut tweeted out a photo showing a vintage 8-64mm Canon C-mount, Super 16mm lens mounted on a Black Magic camera: https://twitter.com/...550409335447553 I asked Shane what kind of lens adapter he was using, and he answered simply, "Panavision".. but I've been unable to find an adapter that's being sold that would get me from a Super 16mm lens (C-mount) to a Canon EOS EF mount (what's on the Black Magic) All issues aside about whether the image circle would cover the sensor.. I want to try this for myself.. can anyone help me find / direct me to a proper lens adapter to mount Super 16mm lenses on the Black Magic? I realize this adapter wouldn't really make sense for most cameras.. I've been able to find an adapter to go in the other direction (from EOS glass to super 16mm C-mount camera), but of course, that's not particularly helpful. I'm one of the many still waiting on my Black Magic camera, in the meantime I've done a time-lapse video or two, if you're curious, check out my stuff at http://danieldragonfilms.com Thanks in advance, Daniel Lowe work@danieldragonfilms.com