10 Mar
2016
10 Mar
'16
5:25 p.m.
On Mar 10, 2016, at 4:11 PM, Fred Cisin <cisin at
xenosoft.com> wrote:
Ah! I knew what the C-Mount were, but hadn?t run across D-Mount. I looked at the cost to
do 16mm movies today, and decided against that. I would like to add a video component to
my main Photography project, and have decided to go with Super-8. Even then shooting
B&W Super-8, getting it processed, and digitized, won?t be cheap.
> (Note: the only digital that can handle a
D-mount is the Pentax-Q. It claims to be the smallest interchangeable lens digital - I
need to get a letter writing campaign going to convince Minox to redo their Minox-Leica as
a screw-mount using C or D mount!)
On Thu, 10 Mar 2016, Zane Healy wrote:
Okay, you?ve actually lost me on these. What is
a D-mount?
C-Mount is the standard mount for 16mm movie, and then for TV cameras.
D-mount is the standard mount for 8mm movie. About half the size as C. The Minox-Leica M3 is a tiny pocket digital that only
resembles the appearance of a Leica M3. But, if they were to make a digital IIIf, they
could have a functioning screw-mount, with interchangebale lenses. And take back their
bragging rights from Pentax.
Okay, this is what I thought you were talking about with Minox.
BTW, Leitz made a C-mount 25mm lens version of the
"Hektor-Rapid"
"Super-8" hardly ever supported any interchangeable lenses.
Well, one of the models of Leicina used Leica M-mount! There was a lens made for that
camera; when used on a regular M, it only covers a tiny spot of the frame.
INTERESTING, I didn?t realize that, according to the one book I have, that?s the
"Leicina Special", made from 1972 to 1977. It also looks like they sell for a
lot more than is practical for my project. :-) I?d rather use a cheaper camera, and spend
the money I save on film and processing! :-)
I need to see about restoring the two Super-8 projectors I was given, and the Super-8
camera I found at an Estate sale. One projector needs a new belt, the other seems to be
mostly functional. No clue on the camera.
Zane