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Nikon Lens on Bolex H16 Rex1


John Carty

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What would be the best Nikon lens to use on a Bolex H16 Rex1, I have the F-mount to C-mount adapter but was wondering what size of lens would be best for this camera. Mainly shooting wide shoots. If I was to use a 50mm prime lens would I have to look out for anything that camera will or will not pick up because of the adapter I am using.

 

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John

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Hi John,

I did that in the past.

Problems? The 35mm full frame lens covers the super16 frame easily but:
• Ususally focus "breathes".
• You can use only Non-"G" (the older) lenses because the "G" type will not have an aperture dial on the barrel and if the adapter isn't prepared to press that inner lever, the lens will be at it's highest aperture (that is the lowest light pass). On the old Nikkors mostly "22".

• Price is a problem. If you want to go wide with (photo) Nikkors, considering that 25mm is the normal for S16mm you will have to use a 16mm (35mm on a full frame) as a wide and a 11mm (24mm on a full frame) as a super wide. These lenses are cheap as a diamond and have huge distortion (less today, but those are all "G" types). If I remember correctly the 11mm has even the fish-eye dot on the full frame. You might still be able to get the full S16 frame lit but the distortion is crazy.

 

On the other hand: I used a 500mm Hasselblad Zeiss with two adapters and got a frame filling moon surface on my S16mm. Alas the picture was so dark I couldn't shoot because I would have had to expose frame by frame and had no tripod for the camera (let alone the 3 pound lens!) :D)))

So if you already have the older Nikkors - it's fun and some of those lenses paint beautiful pictures. Try it!

Good luck and have fun!

Edited by Phil Soheili
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