Comments on: 35mm adaptors

By: Stephen Sheridan

Stephen Sheridan — Fri, 06 May 2011 06:30:10 +0000

Jana, I own an Ultimate as well and experienced the same vignetting problem with my Nikon primes 35mm 28mm 20mm. I sent the Adapter and 1/3″ relay back to letus 4 times and still the same problem. Also I tried using a 18mm Zeise super speed and still had vignetting in the corners?
I guess I’m not alone.

By: pbloom

pbloom — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:47:47 +0000

no idea am afraid…have you spoken to Letus?

By: Jana

Jana — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:40:01 +0000

Hi Phillip,

I have a Letus 1/3″ Relay with an Ultimate adapter on a JVC GY-HD200.

I’m having a problem with vignetting. With no lens mounted, there is slight vignetting as well as a blue tint to it and with lenses – it of course becomes even worse. It is significantly worse on the left side of the image. We have tried a variety of different lenses.

There are a lot of resources online that simply say to zoom into the adapter to be able to lose he vignetting, of course, put the relay in the mix and that isn’t possible.

This is our second Letus Ultimate adapter, the first unit had worse vignetting and flicker.

Any suggestions?

Any advice you could provide would be greatly appreciated!

thank you
Jana

By: David M. Edwards

David M. Edwards — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:36:13 +0000

What you rae experiencing could be a function of the EX1′s CMOS sensor, and not the Letus adapter. This phenomenon of shitty looking stripes is explained on page 145 of the EX3′s user manual. I’m not sure where you you’d find this same disclaimer in the EX1′s manual.

Best of luck with it.
Dave Edwards

By: JP

JP — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:17:31 +0000

Hi there, Big fan of your work.
All yhe way from Brazil.
I have an EX1 with a letus extreme. And I have heard some coments about the shitty looking stripes that appear in bright areas, and I am getting this a lot, but I’ve seen some films that you made with the exact same kit, and never saw this “stripes”. Pleeeease help me work around this. Getting crazy and almost trowing the letus out the window.

By: André

André — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:12:16 +0000

I know that the zacuto is perfect for the hpx500, but can I do a good setup, including follow focus and a hand grip with the v2 rod support system that already comes with the lettus elite starter bundle ? does it permit me to use my convencional matte box and accessories I normally use in my beta/hpx500 stock lenses and supports ?

Thanks in advance.

By: Estephan Wagner

Estephan Wagner — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:13:03 +0000

Hi Phillip,
I just bought a Letus Elite from MitCorp. They encouraged me to contact you if I had any questions. And I DO have an important one:
I am starting to shoot a documentary for Channel 4 tomorrow. Quite often I work as a one man crew, with my EX1, good radio mics (20-40s) and an onboard Rode NGT3. The big problem is that my directional mic is picking up a hell of a lot of sound from the Letus! It seems to be coming mainly from the vibration, and only a bit is from the actual noise from the motor. I use a good mic mount, and am also am trying with sponges, bubblewrap, and whatever I can find to absorb the viration: without any satisfying results yet… Please could you give some suggestions? I would highly appreciate it!
Many thanks for your response,
Estephan

By: Louie

Louie — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:49:44 +0000

hello, in interest 35mm adapter achievements i would like to enquire.
I have a canon hg10 video camera with i think a 43 or 44 thread size.
Looking for an adapter to achieve a 35mm or 50mm cinematic film look.
As i am a student and am on a tight budget whats the cheapest and easiest way of buying an adapter in the uk?
Also what exact parts would i need? do i need a say nikon or canon lense infront of the letus or jst screw on letus and go?
Thanks for your help.
Louie

By: Wilton Eldridge

Wilton Eldridge — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:22:27 +0000

Hello Mr Bloom.

Very interesting and informative posts. I have a Panasonic 100B and about to shoot a feature length movie. I am very interested but uncertain about the possibility of getting the Letus 35mm adapter to enhance my look. I have had success at a local level with my camera shooting music videos but i am looking to maximize at this point.

What is you suggestion for on board microphone, additional lens filters and lighting attachments?

By: janeko

janeko — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:49:28 +0000

Hi Philip,

do you know if I can use my canon 1.4 EF autofocus lens. It doesnt have macanical iris.

cheers
Janeko