Ryan O
Director of Photography / Cinematographer
Los Angeles, CA Member since January 2018
I am a cinematographer/camera assistant working in old LA
I am a cinematographer/camera assistant working in old LA
82mm high quality screw in rotating polarizer. Great for many canon photo lenses as well as Cooke Mini S4 primes and Sigma Cinema primes.
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82mm high quality screw in rotating polarizer. Great for many canon photo lenses as well as Cooke Mini S4 primes and Sigma Cinema primes.
Thiq5 PL extension tube shifts the lens's focus scale toward near focus, allowing the lens to focus at extreme and macro distances but at the cost of losing the ability to focus deep and less than one stop of light. This macro tube is fantastic for macro and extreme close-up inserts, but note it is not capable to allow a rack focus from far focus to macro range, as a true macro lens can do. Additionally, the Duclos PL extension tube is a great alternative to diopters, depending on your needs. This 15mm PL extension tube works mainly with 32mm lenses and longer. If you want more macro ability try the 20mm macro tube listing for 50mm lenses and longer.
OWNER NOTES
Thiq5 PL extension tube shifts the lens's focus scale toward near focus, allowing the lens to focus at extreme and macro distances but at the cost of losing the ability to focus deep and less than one stop of light. This macro tube is fantastic for macro and extreme close-up inserts, but note it is not capable to allow a rack focus from far focus to macro range, as a true macro lens can do. Additionally, the Duclos PL extension tube is a great alternative to diopters, depending on your needs. This 15mm PL extension tube works mainly with 32mm lenses and longer. If you want more macro ability try the 20mm macro tube listing for 50mm lenses and longer.
This 20mm PL extension tube dramatically shifts the lens's focus scale toward near focus, allowing the lens to focus at extreme and macro distances but at the cost of losing the ability to focus deep and less than one stop of light. This macro tube is fantastic for macro and extreme close-up inserts, but note it is not capable to allow a rack focus from far focus to macro range, as a true macro lens can do. Additionally, the Duclos PL extension tube is a great alternative to diopters, depending on your needs. This 20mm PL extension tube works mainly with 50mm lenses and longer. For wider focal lengths please see my listing for the 15mm PL extension tube.
OWNER NOTES
This 20mm PL extension tube dramatically shifts the lens's focus scale toward near focus, allowing the lens to focus at extreme and macro distances but at the cost of losing the ability to focus deep and less than one stop of light. This macro tube is fantastic for macro and extreme close-up inserts, but note it is not capable to allow a rack focus from far focus to macro range, as a true macro lens can do. Additionally, the Duclos PL extension tube is a great alternative to diopters, depending on your needs. This 20mm PL extension tube works mainly with 50mm lenses and longer. For wider focal lengths please see my listing for the 15mm PL extension tube.
This PL 2x extender/doubler by Schneider/Century Optics uses multi-coated optics to double the effective FoV of many PL mount lenses. For instance, if using a 25-250mm lens, the FoV would become similar to a 50-500mm lens. Please note that because there are optics inside, some PL mount lenses with deeper rear elements are not compatible with this doubler. Most zooms and telephoto primes have shallow enough rear elements to work. Please be extra cautious when attempting to use for the first time and unsure if compatible. This was the go-to doubler for many years at rental houses and provides a good optical result for the price.
OWNER NOTES
This PL 2x extender/doubler by Schneider/Century Optics uses multi-coated optics to double the effective FoV of many PL mount lenses. For instance, if using a 25-250mm lens, the FoV would become similar to a 50-500mm lens. Please note that because there are optics inside, some PL mount lenses with deeper rear elements are not compatible with this doubler. Most zooms and telephoto primes have shallow enough rear elements to work. Please be extra cautious when attempting to use for the first time and unsure if compatible. This was the go-to doubler for many years at rental houses and provides a good optical result for the price.
IRIX, a company in Switzerland, have made an amazing 11mm lens that not only has some of the best distortion control for a lens of this length, but it covers full frame. Yes, an 11mm that can cover an A7R, A7S, 5D, etc, etc. It's mind blowing. The maximum aperture is an F/4 This lens is EF mount and has an electronically controlled aperture. A 'smart' EF mount with electronic contacts is needed to control the iris. Camera mount adapters without will result in the lens being stuck at F/4 and unable to be stopped down. I've used this camera on the Canon 5D, Canon C300mII, Red Epic and Red Dragon. The distortion control and image circle combination is absolutely amazing. This is NOT a fisheye lens. While there is perspective distortion from the extreme FoV, straight edges will have hardly any bend when on the edge of the image. This is a great lens if you need extreme wide angle. This lens is best used with cameras that have internal ND's, such as many popular Canon, Arri, Sony and Panasonic cinema cameras. The lens can accept rear ND gel inserts, but it's much easier to simply use internal ND's if possible and the gel inserts might not always be available due to supply.
OWNER NOTES
IRIX, a company in Switzerland, have made an amazing 11mm lens that not only has some of the best distortion control for a lens of this length, but it covers full frame. Yes, an 11mm that can cover an A7R, A7S, 5D, etc, etc. It's mind blowing. The maximum aperture is an F/4
This lens is EF mount and has an electronically controlled aperture. A 'smart' EF mount with electronic contacts is needed to control the iris. Camera mount adapters without will result in the lens being stuck at F/4 and unable to be stopped down.
I've used this camera on the Canon 5D, Canon C300mII, Red Epic and Red Dragon. The distortion control and image circle combination is absolutely amazing.
This is NOT a fisheye lens. While there is perspective distortion from the extreme FoV, straight edges will have hardly any bend when on the edge of the image. This is a great lens if you need extreme wide angle.
This lens is best used with cameras that have internal ND's, such as many popular Canon, Arri, Sony and Panasonic cinema cameras. The lens can accept rear ND gel inserts, but it's much easier to simply use internal ND's if possible and the gel inserts might not always be available due to supply.