If you’re a fan of DIY projects and modifications, director of photography Daniel Schweinert recently released an interesting tutorial to adapt microscope lenses on the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K. Let’s take a closer look at this affordable trick that allows you to capture 8 times macro shots! The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K is out for quite some time now. With the BMPCC 6K Pro that was released a couple of weeks ago, we have tiny doubts that it’ll get even more popular amongst independent filmmakers. The BMPCC 6K Pro corrects many of the small things over its predecessor that my colleague Gunther disassembled to mount the Tilta display modification. It’s not a secret, we’re a bit of “camera nerds” at CineD, and we always love to try new things, especially DIY projects. This article is also about a DIY project for independent filmmakers that would like to capture impressive macro footage without buying/renting the incredible (and totally worth it) Laowa 24mm F/14 probe lens that we reviewed here. Image credit: Daniel Schweinert Adapting Microscope Lenses to the BMPCC 6K Daniel Schweinert is a German director of photography that recently released an interesting tutorial on adapting microscope lenses on the BMPCC 6K. Please note that this tutorial could potentially cover other cinema/DSLR/Mirrorless cameras with a Canon EF mount with a Super 35 sensor. Image credit: Daniel Schweinert Most older microscope objectives feature an RMS lens mount, wheres newer model have M25-M39 lens mounts. You can get RMS lenses at...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 9 March, 2021