J G Harding

Well, I removed the mount and got it closer to working using the collimation ring that screws back and forth and trial and improvement. It's not perfect but it's better... Still hunting for someone in London who can deal with such lenses if anyone has any tips.

Thanks for all the tips so far, I've heard plenty of good reports about this adaptor and the lens is clearly well used, so it seems likely that the lens is the culprit and back-focus could do with adjusting. I'll check focus with that Lomo on this adapter too and get back. It's not that I can't use it like this for most of my purposes, to be honest, but if I can find somewhere in London or nearby to get it looked at and adjusted for this EF mount adaptation that would be ideal... I guess I'm on to the second part of my query then: where to find someone to have a look...

I'm guessing it's probably too far away from the sensor then...

Hi Dom, thanks, indeed I do. I know there aren't too many mounted like that. Comparing with a Lomo I have with both OCT19 and PL mounts I can swap, it looks about right flange distance, but of course about right means nothing here does it! It may need some fiddling. I have yet to check infinity focus too, I've only tried close focus so far, but I assume if it's a back focus issue as described then I will be able to go past infinity at the wide end and not reach it with the tele end?

Hello all, This is my first post, I'm one of those shooting director types, I do both on different projects, for corporate and promo and sometimes narrative, and I'm looking forward to discussing lots here. My first question for this respected community is this: is there anywhere or anyone in London who can take a look at old cine lenses? I have a 1972 Angeniuex 20-120 t3. It works great from 35-120, an ancient feel to the images that I love and a soft painterly look wide open, but anything wider on the zoom and it's crazy fuzzy until things are very far away. Close focus just disappears completely. Also it's not even close to parfocal, though I don't know if that's supposed to be the case to be honest, as information is hard to find. The zoom markings are out of whack so it's clearly been repaired at some point... I'm using on an OCT19 to EF adapter from ciecio7 on eBay, currently with Canon APSC, and intend to use with the Blackmagic 4K whenever it turns up. :huh: Any assistance or links in diagnosing what's up (if anything) would be greatly appreciated, many thanks. JG