james_james3 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 has anyone ever hear of mounting a XL lens to a EOS camera? can that be done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shambrick007 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 no and no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetty Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 what is an XL lens, what camera is that for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_james3 Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 its the Lens off a Canon XL2 video camera. i know you can get an adaptor to fit EOS lens to the XL2, but the lens that is on the XL2 is a canon XL 5.4-108mm L IS 1:1.6-3.5 i was just wondering why no one ever tried to mod it for an EOS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jo7hs2 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Wouldn't the image circle of an XL lens cover only about 1/4 of the frame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlen_c._elkins Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Actually the XL lens would only cover an area slightly larger than an 8mm movie frame. The sensor in the XL is called a 1/3" sensor, meaning the diagonal is only 1/3". So in reality the area covered would be closer to 1/10 the area of a FF EOS camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark u Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 You can go the other way - there are adaptors for EF lenses for use with either C mount or XL that retain AF, IS and aperture control. A 1/3" sensor is 4.8x3.6mm, or 17.28 sq mm - just 2% of the 864 sq mm of a full frame sensor. It is very close to Standard 8 format on 8mm film, although that was mainly supplanted by Super 8. More cine formats here complete with scans of a frame of most of them that show relative size, right up to 70mm IMAX: http://gcmstudio.com/filmspecs/filmspecs.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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