JazzBox Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Ciao! I love using old manual lenses (especially primes) for filming with my GH4 and Micro Cinema Camera. I'm very happy about colors, sharpness, overall quality etc... The only thing I don't like is that they have not the facilitations that a Zeiss Compact Prime has: I miss the declicked aperture, the 14 blades and the belt ring. Do you know if there is someone that could adapt them in a nicer way, with a new declicked 9-14 blade diaphragm (and maybe an included belt for follow focus)? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bioskop.Inc Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 3 hours ago, JazzBox said: Ciao! I love using old manual lenses (especially primes) for filming with my GH4 and Micro Cinema Camera. I'm very happy about colors, sharpness, overall quality etc... The only thing I don't like is that they have not the facilitations that a Zeiss Compact Prime has: I miss the declicked aperture, the 14 blades and the belt ring. Do you know if there is someone that could adapt them in a nicer way, with a new declicked 9-14 blade diaphragm (and maybe an included belt for follow focus)? Thank you! For M42 lenses, there are plenty that have clickless apertures (they call them Pre-Set Apertures), mostly the Russain lenses, the classics - Helios 44-2, Jupiter 9, Tair 11a etc... It depends where you are in the world, but in the UK this guy de-clicks lenses to a very high standard: http://www.thelensdoctor.co.uk/index.html JazzBox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootsie Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 This shop did the declicking for 25 Euro per lens on my Zeiss ZF and they did a great job! http://kameralanger.de Alas, it's located in the south of Germany. JazzBox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzBox Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 Thank you very much!! I own some declicked Mir and Pentacon and I love them, I'd like to declick oalso my CY Zeiss and add a diaphragm with more blades (9 to 14) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 12 hours ago, JazzBox said: Thank you very much!! I own some declicked Mir and Pentacon and I love them, I'd like to declick oalso my CY Zeiss and add a diaphragm with more blades (9 to 14) I am no expert, by any means, but I have never heard of adding aperture blades... With that being said, I imagine it's totally possible and very expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzBox Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 50 minutes ago, mercer said: I am no expert, by any means, but I have never heard of adding aperture blades... With that being said, I imagine it's totally possible and very expensive. It would be great... of course I cannot spend a lot, because I'm on a budget, but I could spend something at least for a couple of lenses mercer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ebrahim Saadawi Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Adding/modifying shape of iris blades is not an available service. Iris declicking for smooth exposure transition however is available, along with Zip-tie-tip FF gears. On another note, I just took a look at the Lensdoctor, and while the website comes straight out unprofessional, he seems to be a down-to-earth person and speaks from the heart (which is why it seems unprofessional in the first place!), he offers FD lenses for sale that he's converted to EF mount, using a completely new cut-off mount portion made out of metal, with precise focus calibration and lens collimation. One lens stuck me was the Canon 85mm F/1.2 L, a lens I've always died to own, selling for 395 pounds (about 4000 EGP here so the cost I just paid for an 18-135mm kit lens). Are these any good? How does this one compare if put side by side the new 20.000 EGP EF version on a C100/5D Raw (all 1080p)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bioskop.Inc Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 22 hours ago, Ebrahim Saadawi said: Adding/modifying shape of iris blades is not an available service. Iris declicking for smooth exposure transition however is available, along with Zip-tie-tip FF gears. On another note, I just took a look at the Lensdoctor, and while the website comes straight out unprofessional, he seems to be a down-to-earth person and speaks from the heart (which is why it seems unprofessional in the first place!), he offers FD lenses for sale that he's converted to EF mount, using a completely new cut-off mount portion made out of metal, with precise focus calibration and lens collimation. One lens stuck me was the Canon 85mm F/1.2 L, a lens I've always died to own, selling for 395 pounds (about 4000 EGP here so the cost I just paid for an 18-135mm kit lens). Are these any good? How does this one compare if put side by side the new 20.000 EGP EF version on a C100/5D Raw (all 1080p)? You're right about him being down to earth & such a nice guy to boot - very knowledgable & not trying to force you to buy something, if advice is all you want. He has introduced me to lots of lens options, for video, that I wouldn't have even considered. You can send him things to repair/clean up/convert etc.. or buy what he has - all excellent quality & not too expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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