Jim Chang Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Hi, All, Over the years, I have collected many anamorphic projection lenses for my own video projects and experiment. But I have always been puzzled by adapting anamorphic projection lens to my taking lenses, even though I tried every type of adapter that I can buy, but I am still not fully satisfied. So I developed the Rapido Anamorphic Lens Adapter. Please check it out at www.rapidotechnology.comBasically, the adapter offers:a better concentric alignmenta more stable connectiona repeatable alignment: use the marker on the side of the inner ring for quick alignment a reusable and more flexible solution: for different anamorphic lenses, just find the customized step-down ring, and connect to your existing Rapido Anamorphic Adapter, and you are done. No need different, some time hard to find adapter, for each of your anamorphic lensa simple and easy online instruction with illustrations, to show you how to adapt each anamorphic lens at: www.rapidotechnology.comEven though I tried to include all the anamorphic lens that I can find, but I know there are still some are left out, please let me know if you have some anamorphic lens you like to adapt, I typically finish design/manufacturing in 2-3 weeks.Hope you will like it. Thanks, Jim Chang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinegain Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Actually looks kind of nice. But how do they really differ to a clamp from Vid-Atlantic or Redstan? At first glance looks more or less the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Chang Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 Hi, All, Over the years, I have collected many anamorphic projection lenses for my own video projects and experiment. But I have always been puzzled by adapting anamorphic projection lens to my taking lenses, even though I tried every type of adapter that I can buy, but I am still not fully satisfied. So I developed the Rapido Anamorphic Lens Adapter. Please check it out at www.rapidotechnology.comBasically, the adapter offers: 1. a better concentric alignment2. a more stable connection3. a repeatable alignment: use the marker on the side of the inner ring for quick alignment 4. a reusable and more flexible solution: for different anamorphic lenses, just find the customized step-down ring, and connect to your existing Rapido Anamorphic Adapter, and you are done. No need different, some time hard to find adapter, for each of your anamorphic lens5. a simple and easy online instruction with illustrations, to show you how to adapt each anamorphic lens at: www.rapidotechnology.comEven though I tried to include all the anamorphic lens that I can find, but I know there are still some are left out, please let me know if you have some anamorphic lens you like to adapt, I typically finish design/manufacturing in 2-3 weeks. Hope you will like it. Thanks, Jim Chang richg101 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Chang Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 Actually looks kind of nice. But how do they really differ to a clamp from Vid-Atlantic or Redstan? At first glance looks more or less the same.Difference to Vid-Atlantic: 1: Better concentric alignment2: No tightening mark on the anamorphic lens3: Faster, quicker and more repeatable realignment, which means you can switch between your anamorphic lenses faster....and quicker....like a pro Difference to Redstan: 1: No need to have different adapter for different anamorphic lens, just use the same base adapter (M55-M67 version or M67-M77 version), and find the customized step-down rings, and you are done. I found this very helpful if I want to quickly change different lenses during shot. 2: Cheaper solution, One base adapter plus customized step-down rings is much affordable comparing to customized adapter for each anamorphic lens Difference to Both Redstan & Vid-Atlantic: 1: Easy to followed instruction with illustrations on how to adapt, see this for example: http://www.rapidotechnology.com/products-services/customized-step-up-down-rings/adapter-for-bolex-moller-lens/bolex-moller-anamorphot-16-32-1-5x Hope now it clears. Thanks, Jim Cinegain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Chang Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 More details on difference vs. Vid-Atlantic & Redstan Difference to Vid-Atlantic: 1: Better concentric alignment2: No tightening mark on the anamorphic lens3: Faster, quicker and more repeatable realignment, which means you can switch between your anamorphic lenses faster....and quicker....like a pro Difference to Redstan: 1: No need to have different adapter for different anamorphic lens, just use the same base adapter (M55-M67 version or M67-M77 version), and find the customized step-down rings, and you are done. I found this very helpful if I want to quickly change different lenses during shots. 2: Cheaper solution, One base adapter plus customized step-down rings is much affordable comparing to customized adapter for each anamorphic lens Difference to Both Redstan & Vid-Atlantic: 1: Easy to followed instruction with illustrations on how to adapt, see this for example: http://www.rapidotechnology.com/products-services/customized-step-up-down-rings/adapter-for-bolex-moller-lens/bolex-moller-anamorphot-16-32-1-5x Hope now it clears. Thanks, Jim Bold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richg101 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Nice work Jim. Bold and Jim Chang 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Nice work Jim.I echo that sentiment, fantastic product! And nice collection of anamorphics! Jim Chang 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Chang Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 I echo that sentiment, fantastic product! And nice collection of anamorphics!Hi, Bold, thanks, I spent quite $$$ on collecting those lenses, so I treasure them a lot...I am trying to get all the Iscorama lenses now...one is shipping from Germany now, it takes 4 weeks already, hope to get it sooner. :-) richg101 and Bold 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redimp Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Pretty nice product. Like the design too, though have to admit these look somewhat thin. Judging by pictures only Redstan looks more massive/study. I think seeing real anamorphic lens attached to real taking less and cameras with these would help. I would personally like to see how isco animex and some c-mount lens work together. I see you have isco in your collection, so maybe some real life product shoot is possible? Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Chang Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 Pretty nice product. Like the design too, though have to admit these look somewhat thin. Judging by pictures only Redstan looks more massive/study. I think seeing real anamorphic lens attached to real taking less and cameras with these would help. I would personally like to see how isco animex and some c-mount lens work together. I see you have isco in your collection, so maybe some real life product shoot is possible? Cheers.Here is the picture of a Isco lens connected through the adapter, http://www.rapidotechnology.com/products-services/customized-step-up-down-rings/adapter-for-isco-lens/isco-iscomorphot-16-2xI do have plan to post pictures & videos, to show the entire package of cameras, taking lens, adapter and anamorphic lens for each setup, and comparison of lens performance and character in a controlled environment. Stay tuned. In terms of the strength of the adapter, I will show you some design data, or maybe FEA analysis result later. From my personal experience, I never had a broken adapter happened, even under many shoot & run situations. Thanks again for the comments. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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