Canon SV Lenses
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2016 7:03 am
My latest project - A mount converter to use Canon SV lenses on a Sony NEX. The NEX is great for this sort of caper, being mirrorless with a very short register (18mm) & great image quality as well.
One can buy on eBay almost every possible combination of lens adapters, but I doubt this particular combination would be much in demand!
This post is also in dedication to the lack of information on the web about these lenses (not in the terrific Canon Museum) so hopefully this will be the reference for the time being (I do not possess the fourth lens - the 11~66mm f/1.2) I have never seen any specifications for the lenses, such as number of elements/groups, would love to see a lens diagram.
Of course there is no aperture control as that is done electronically. Like the later FD lenses, and much like the Olympus OM, the lens release is a button on the lens itself which makes the adapter a bit easier to make.
This gives a mount to sensor flange distance of 32mm, and they are intended for a sensor about one quarter of a 35mm frame - just 8.8x6.6mm.
Not a combination you see every day. How many people know there is a Canon L grade lens with fixed focus? Or a 6mm focal length?
Next on the list is a Mavica adapter with a much longer register of 57mm (for some reason, beam splitters I suppose, which the Canons don't have)
One can buy on eBay almost every possible combination of lens adapters, but I doubt this particular combination would be much in demand!
This post is also in dedication to the lack of information on the web about these lenses (not in the terrific Canon Museum) so hopefully this will be the reference for the time being (I do not possess the fourth lens - the 11~66mm f/1.2) I have never seen any specifications for the lenses, such as number of elements/groups, would love to see a lens diagram.
Of course there is no aperture control as that is done electronically. Like the later FD lenses, and much like the Olympus OM, the lens release is a button on the lens itself which makes the adapter a bit easier to make.
This gives a mount to sensor flange distance of 32mm, and they are intended for a sensor about one quarter of a 35mm frame - just 8.8x6.6mm.
Not a combination you see every day. How many people know there is a Canon L grade lens with fixed focus? Or a 6mm focal length?
Next on the list is a Mavica adapter with a much longer register of 57mm (for some reason, beam splitters I suppose, which the Canons don't have)