Budget Filmmaking
LENS ADAPTERS
& CUSTOM SETTINGS
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*ABOVE: My main focus is BUDGET filmmaking, so the most affordable road (up until this point) has been using a lot of somewhat vintage lenses on M43 (Micro Four Thirds) bodies (see the list of CAMERAS ). One of the neat things that makes this work, is that the "flange distance" of M43 cameras allows almost ANY lens mount to be adapted to it, and sometimes even boosted (i.e. using a speedbooster/focal reducer to increase the light input)! These are the adapters I have tested so far.
BUDGET FILMMAKING
LENS ADAPTERS
Viltrox NF-M43x (for Nikon F, G Lenses)
This is currently my favorite adapter (though I love the shift and tilt/shift adapters a lot). The reason I like this one is because it's both affordable and it turns an affordable 50mm 1.8 into an AMAZING 35mm F/1.2! I don't recommend the Canon-mount version of this adapter, because after lots of testing (and having the electronic Canon-mount version fail...ruining a camera) I now only recommend the Nikon-mount version. I also had trouble with the Canon mount version in AF mode (it doesn't allow switching to MF).
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BUDGET FILMMAKING
LENS ADAPTERS
Fotodiox Shift (to Nikon F, G)
This adapter is one of the biggest discoveries I ever made regarding Micro Four Thirds. This can turn almost any (Nikon mount) lens into a shift (perspective control) lens! What's amazing, is that this allows you to create a variable focal length (i.e. "zoom") shift lens, which is not available in any other way. You can also get a "tilt/shift" version, but I would recommend starting with shift only, to learn first.
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