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Paul Nixon · May 31st, 2008, 11:35 PM

More testing!

Okay, I replaced the 38mm achromat with a 45mm achromat and took some video earlier this evening. Here are a couple of shots:

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...ar/angela1.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...bar/fubar2.jpg

Compare to:

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...bar/fubar1.jpg
This used the old Canon AE-1 screen and, probably, the 39mm achromat.

I wish I knew more about optics, but it seems to me that one can't throw just any achromat into the mix - it seems it has to be tuned to the camera itself. Thus the Surplushed achromat commonly used with the Canon HV20 may not actually work for the Sony HC1.

To date I've experimented with a variety of lenses:

50mm x1 binocular objective (achromat)
50mm x2 binocular objective (achromat)

38mm x1 achromat
38mm x2 achromat

Lensbabies +4 macro
Lensbabies +10 macro
Lenbabies +4 and +10 macro

Kenko 0.5x WA
Kenko 2x Tele

45mm x1 achromat
45mm x2 achromat

The latest results were obtained using the 45mm x1 achromat and would probably have been better except the lenses were in average shape (scratched) (http://www.surplusshed.com/pages/item/l3989.html)

May 31st, 2008, 11:35 PM	#4
Paul Nixon Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 78	More testing! Okay, I replaced the 38mm achromat with a 45mm achromat and took some video earlier this evening. Here are a couple of shots: http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...ar/angela1.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...bar/fubar2.jpg Compare to: http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...bar/fubar1.jpg This used the old Canon AE-1 screen and, probably, the 39mm achromat. I wish I knew more about optics, but it seems to me that one can't throw just any achromat into the mix - it seems it has to be tuned to the camera itself. Thus the Surplushed achromat commonly used with the Canon HV20 may not actually work for the Sony HC1. To date I've experimented with a variety of lenses: 50mm x1 binocular objective (achromat) 50mm x2 binocular objective (achromat) 38mm x1 achromat 38mm x2 achromat Lensbabies +4 macro Lensbabies +10 macro Lenbabies +4 and +10 macro Kenko 0.5x WA Kenko 2x Tele 45mm x1 achromat 45mm x2 achromat The latest results were obtained using the 45mm x1 achromat and would probably have been better except the lenses were in average shape (scratched) (http://www.surplusshed.com/pages/item/l3989.html)