This is a brief excerpt from FreshDV
I was right in the middle of learning how to shoot video when 35mm lens adapters were in vogue. Letus, Redrock Micro, and Cinevate 35mm adapters were some of the ones I shot with; first with SD cameras, and then with the first crop of indie-friendly HD camcorders. And then came DSLRs and other affordable interchangeable lens large-sensor cameras, and the adapter market all but disappeared overnight. I remember thinking that 35mm lens adapters were something of a bridge technology, and it seems (for most applications) that their time finally has passed.
One of the parts in a 35mm lens adapter is a high-quality macro lens. These were necessary in the optical path of the adapter, and just about every adapter had one in a 72mm size. Some time ago, Cinevate started using their backstock of these macro lenses to create a full-face DSLR viewfinder shade/loupe called Cyclops. The quality of the macro lens is top notch, and it worked perfectly for this application.
I just learned that Redrock Micro is doing a similar thing by selling their 72mm Macro Lens as a, well, macro lens adapter. Simply screw it on to any camera lens, and hey-presto, you’ve …
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