Jim Chang

redstan makes the best adapter clamps has options for massive range of lens.

 

redstan.com or ebay

 

all of these more compact optics work on digital.

screw off back optic so you have front anamorphic section and put a 50mm on camera if you are getting vignetting put a longer camera lens on or try a smaller sensor camera

You also have options at rapidotechnology.com, where you can find illustrations on how to setup different anamorphic lenses with the main adapter. It is re-useable, where you would find it's a much cheaper solution if you have multiple anamorphic lenses, and you like to switch them on the set.

Projector lenses may be usable if you don't have to do focus pulls, they don't usually allow that (you'd need to separately operate the focus rings of both the take-up lens and the anamorphic adapter which of course has different scale)

Some adapters, for example those made for DV cameras may be usable. generally those seem to do quite a lot CA but may allow limited focus pulls without building complicated external focus mechanics.

One big problem with projector attachments is that they usually don't allow close focusing, and it is hugely expensive to buy very large diameter diopters if you try to use for example those Lomo 80-140 adapters off of eBay.

 

IF you'd have more budget you could buy a PL mount to C-mount adapter from for example Visual Products and use it with (bought or rented) Lomo or (most likely rented) Hawk anamorphics for example

 

 

Check here at: www.rapidotechnology.com, I do have some C-mount solutions, for example, adapter for the Kinoscope anamorphic lens, and adapter for Yashica anamorphic lens. Those anamorphic lenses are developed for 8mm camera & projector, you can used the lens on both camera and projector. I recent found a CANON C-8 scope lens, seems it was also developed for 8mm camera/projection market. :-)