Mike Krumlauf Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Is there a 2x converter for s16 Ang. Lenses to put them on 35mm cameras but keeping their universal sub mount? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Dom Jaeger Posted February 28, 2020 Premium Member Share Posted February 28, 2020 I don't think there were any 16mm zooms that used the Universal sub mount, by Angenieux or anyone. There are doublers for PL or Arri S or B mount you could possibly use, but a lot of lenses protrude too far out the back to use them. Despite the infamous Kubrick stories, using 16mm zooms with a doubler to cover 35mm rarely works well and is not worth the hassle and light loss IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Joel W Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 (edited) I've converted the 12-240mm to a 24-480mm t11 (or something?)... twice... It's Arri standard mount only, but Birns and Sawyer made a teleconverter that I'm guessing was designed just for this purpose. I bought one on eBay. They show up from time to time, but I don't see one now. It's called Birns and Sawyer TeleZoom 2x for Angenieux I think. The other converter I tried (which I'm selling, it's bayonet mount and has larger glass elements) only fit with a modified lens that had the mount converted to bayonet and worked worse and didn't quite cover Super35. Kubrick must have used a different lens from me. This lens is soft and loaded with distortion and CA. Doesn't look a thing like Barry Lyndon. Looks pretty bad. And I think he had a zoom motor. On the other hand, it seems to cover Super35 throughout the zoom range. I even got a clip on 4x4 filter holder working so I can shoot through Classic Softs for an even weirder look. Edited February 28, 2020 by M Joel W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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