Robert Szanto Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Has anyone had any experiences with the CA-1 to PL mount adapters that are floating around ebay? I've heard from other places that an adapter like this wouldn't allow for infinity focusing. Any other ways of getting a CA-1 lens on a PL mount camera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Louis Seguin Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Quite right. The inexpensive adapters sold by an eBayer in The Netherlands do not allow infinity focus. It may be possible to have a custom PL-mount made for your lens but again it will depend whether the physical dimensions of lens will allow such a modification. Cheers, Jean-Louis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Sprung Posted January 11, 2011 Premium Member Share Posted January 11, 2011 To say for sure, we'd have to know the flange-focal distance for the CA-1. I tried Google and Wikipedia, and came up empty. CA-1 was never a good lens mount, it was tempermental and loose. So, if you have any CA-1 lenses, you have to decide whether to get them re-mounted, or preserve them as antiques. -- J.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Gross Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 We can supply a proper adapter from CA-1 to PL. The CA-1 was pretty close to the ARRI standard, so making a proper adpapter to PL is not impossible, you just have to know what you're doing. Feel free to contact me offlist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Anthony Vale Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 To say for sure, we'd have to know the flange-focal distance for the CA-1. I tried Google and Wikipedia, and came up empty. The CA-1 flange-focal distance is 48mm. Don't recall the mount diameter, but it is wider than the Arri std. & bay. The PL and other Arri flane-focal distance is 52mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dima Turaev Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Hi! And what is the СA-1, put photos. And in Russia in general can be any lenses in the PL mount to change, if interested write to the PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Anthony Vale Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Hi! And what is the СA-1, put photos. And in Russia in general can be any lenses in the PL mount to change, if interested write to the PM. The PM? Do you mean Vladimir Putin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Cooper Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 PL Mount is 54mm diameter with a FFD of 52mm CA-1 Mount is 46mm diameter with a FFD of 48mm. As already stated, an adapter to fit a PL mount lens on a CA-1 mount camera is not feasible - the lens is already too large to fit in the camera before you've put it in an adapter. An adapter to fit a CA-1 mount lens on a PL mount camera might be feasible depending on the lens in quesion. The smaller diameter of the lens means there would be a 4mm wall thickness on the adapter, this just leaves the different FFD. To work perfectly the CA-1 lens seating surface needs to be recessed 4mm behind the PL mount seating surface ie. back inside the camera. In most real world situations I suspect there won't be enough room to actually accomodate the back end of the CA-1 lens body within the available space. However, if you had a small enough diameter lens then it might be possible to get a custom adapter made. Really the lens body would need to be no larger than the CA-1 mount itself. Some of the bolex c-mount lenses seem fairly small diameter, so perhaps if you'd come across one of those which had been modified to CA-1 mount you might be able to get away with it, but I guess the chances of all that are pretty slim! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dima Turaev Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 personal mail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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