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p.1 #1 · m42 movie camera lenses

Pardon me if this is a dumb question, but I tried looking up the answer on Google and couldn't come up with refined enough search parameters to find an answer. Could I take a lens from an old movie camera that is an M42 mount and shoot with it on a still film or digital camera with an M42 adapter? The lenses are old Russian movie camera lenses. I assume if it is M42 mount, it will fit . . . but the question then is there something about their construction that would cause vignetting, or an inability to focus, or foul the mirror. And to answer the obivous question--why don't I just put them on the camera and try them: they're not here, a friend of mine offered to send them, but I am trying to figure out if it is worth the effort.

Dec 27, 2008 at 06:38 PM

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p.1 #2 · m42 movie camera lenses

You sure it's M42 mount? It would well be some variation of M39 mount which the Russians used extensively (They made the common LTM/M39 RF lenses, M39 SLR lenses that use the M42 register as well. Wouldn't be shocked to find their Cine lenses were M39 as well, with LTM or C mount registers)

Dec 27, 2008 at 06:52 PM

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p.1 #3 · m42 movie camera lenses

If these are 35mm movie lenses, then do be aware that 35mm film places the negatives sideways on the carrier, so they are smaller. A lens made for this may not cover FF. Some minor calculations should show if it would be a problem with a 1.5x or 1.6x crop camera. You would also need to know if they used the same register distance. They may have used the same mount, for expediency, but used a different register distance. What about aperture control? I don't recall ever seeing an aperture ring on a movie camera lens.

Dec 27, 2008 at 08:45 PM

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p.1 #4 · m42 movie camera lenses

I think your better bet would be looking into old projector lenses. There was a thread sometime back about using some with decent and interesting results.

Dec 27, 2008 at 08:49 PM


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