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Movie Lens coverage:
1932: The picture area of 8mm is 4.8x3.5mm (approx 4.5x3.3mm useable), aspect ratio close to 1.33 and image circle of ø5.94mm.
1965: The picture area of super8 is 5.79x4.01mm, aspect ratio close to 1.44 and image circle of ø7.043mm.
2011: The picture area of Ultra Pan8 is 10.52x3.75mm, aspect ratio 2.8 and image circle of ø11.2mm (minimum).
1923: The picture area of standard 16mm is 10.26x7.49mm, aspect ratio close to 1.37 and image circle of ø12.7mm. Std 16 lens IC is typically ø14mm+.
2005: Ultra-16 format, picture area is 11.66x6.15mm, with same lens centre as standard 16 (the largest 16x9 area that can be shot on a standard 16mm camera).
1971: The picture area of s16 is 12.52x7.41mm. AR=1.67 (lens is offset compared to std 16mm), & IC= ø14.55mm. S16 lens IC is typically ø16mm+.
1890/1909: 35mm movie (or half frame) picture area is
24.89x18.67mm, aspect ratio of 1.33. Effectivly a maximum area, IC=ø31.1mm.
1932: Academy 35mm movie picture area is
22x16mm, aspect ratio of 1.37 and IC of ø27.2mm. (Projection area was 21x15mm).
Image circles for specific C mount lenses can be found here:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p9kkgjwEQQQ-HJwvNDobeEw
AR = aspect ratio, the ratio of image height to width
camera IC = image circle, the diagonal corner to corner distance of a gate or sensor.
lens IC = image circle coverage, the diameter of the image formed by a lens, often confused with the usable diameter!
Lens Mounts
| Cine / stills Mount | Flange focal distance | Diameter | introd'd | |
| RMS mount (RMS = Royal Microscopic Screw). some lenses use this as an intermediary thread (0.800"-36tpi). | n/a | |||
| 8mm, IC=ø5.94mm | 0.298" | |||
| Pentax Q bayonet (1/2.3 inch frame, 6.17 x 4.55 mm, 5.5x crop) IC=ø7.67mm | 9.2 mm | 2011 | ||
| D-mount (0.625 inch wide with 32 tpi thread) S8, Industrial & CCTV cameras | 12.29 mm | 0.484" | 1965 | |
| CS Mount (similar to C mount, but cheaper to mfr due to fewer glass elements used in Industrial and CCTV cameras, also known as 1-32 UN 2A) | 12.50 mm (0.492") |
25.4mm | ||
| Bolex H8RX (1" x 32tpi thread) | 15.31 mm | |||
| Nikon 1 (13.2 x 8.8mm sensor, 2.7x crop factor) IC=ø15.865mm (similar to S16) | 17mm | 2011 | ||
| C-mount video | 0.68976" | |||
| C-mount 16mm (Beulieu, Bolex) | 17.526 mm | 0.69"*5 | 25.4mm /32 tpi |
1923 |
| Mitchell 16mm "O" Mount | 17.526 mm | 0.69"*5 | ||
| Fujifilm X mount (X pro1, APS-C, 1.5x crop factor) | 17.7mm | 2012 | ||
| Sony E-mount (Nex5 etc, 23.4 × 15.6mm, APS-C, 1.5x crop factor) IC=ø32.3mm | 18mm | 46.1mm | 2009 | |
| micro 4/3rds "M43" (Olympus, Panasonic GH1/2, AG-AF101 etc.,17.3 mm × 13.0 mm (21.6 mm diagonal) 2x crop factor) IC=ø19.3mm for 16x9 | ~19.25mm | 38mm | 2009 | |
| Canon EX1/2 VL (1/3rd chip coverage) | 20.0mm | |||
| Mitchell Standard (16mm) - 3 set screw mount to camera | ~23mm | 0.9" | 1940s | |
| Bolex (breech lock) | 23.22 mm | |||
| Pentax 110 auto ((bayonet) note no iris in lens, it was part of the camera) half-frame | 27mm | |||
| Leica M | 27.8 | 1.0945" | ||
| Leica / Canon Schraub M39 screw thread rangefinders | 28.8 | |||
| Olympus Pen F (bayonet) half-frame | 28.95 | |||
| Contax G1 | 29 | |||
| Miranda (bayonet) | 31.5 | |||
| Fairchild High Speed camera | 1.298" | |||
| Kodak "S" Mount | 1.344" | |||
| ½" video (breech lock), Various manuf, except Sony (usually called general mount). | 35.74 mm | |||
| Alpa bayonet | 37.8 | 1.4882 | ||
| ½" video (breech lock), SONY only | 38 mm | |||
| Bell and Howell: Eymo, Gun sight, GSAP etc | ~38mm | 1.500" | 1930s | |
| 4/3rds (Olympus, Panasonic, bayonet) | 38.67mm | 2007 | ||
| Aaton (16) "Aaton universal" 16mm (three-pronged flange ) | 40.00 mm | 50 mm | 1974 | |
| Konica F (bayonet) 1960-65 | 40.50 mm | 1.5945" | 1960 | |
| Konica Autoreflex, AR (bayonet) 1965-87 | 40.50 mm | 1965 | ||
| Miranda bayonet+M44x1mm thread / or M42x1 / or bayo+M46x1mm | 41.50 mm | |||
| Wall Old 35mm | 1.614" | 1920s | ||
| Canon FD/FL (breech lock) 1971-1990 | 42.00 mm | 1.6547" | 1971 | |
Canon AC (FD style autofocus for the T80 camera) has no aperture ring |
42.00 mm | 1985 | ||
| Bell and Howell (eg 2709) | 1.6875" | 1909 | ||
| Wall (normal) 35mm (for Wall "New" subtract .005") | 1.695" | |||
| Mitchell NC and Standard 35mm (TTH, Baltar etc) 1930s-1950s | ~ 43 mm | 1.695" | 46 mm | |
| Mamiya-sekor CS (bayonet) | ~43.5mm | |||
| Mamiya-sekor E (there is no physical coupling between iris & aperture ring, manual adapters are not possible). 1980-4. see note 1 | ~43.5mm | 1980 | ||
| Minolta MD (bayonet) | 43.5mm | 1.710" | ||
| FUJI X-fujinon (1980-85, bayonet) | 43.5mm | 1980 | ||
| Canon EOS (bayonet) | 44.0mm | |||
| Argus | 44.45mm | |||
| Minolta AF (bayonet) | 44,5 | |||
| Exakta, Voigtländer, Topcon, Ikarex BM , (bayonet) | 44.7mm | |||
| Rollei 35 (bayonet) | 44.7mm | |||
| M42, Praktica/Pentax or Universal screw mount 1949-80s (42mm dia & 1mm thread pitch) | 45.46 mm | 42 mm | 1949 | |
| Mamiya-sekor SX (M42 style, but an overhang on the aperture ring prevents connection to most adapters and cameras other than Mamiya). Aperture relay pin known to foul/jam in PK adapters. | 45.46mm | |||
| Contax/Yashica (bayonet) | 45.5 mm | 1.7913" | ||
| Contax RTS | 45.5 mm | |||
| Pentax K (bayonet) see note 3 | 45.5 mm | 1.790" | 1975 | |
| Petri | 45.5 mm | |||
| Ricoh | 45.5 mm | |||
| Yashica FR, FX (bayonet) | 45.5 mm | |||
| Contarex | 46.0 mm | |||
| Olympus OM (bayonet) | 46.0 mm | 1972 | ||
| 20th Century Fox/ .125 Ring | 1.820" | |||
| Nikon F 1959-1980s (bayonet) | 46.5 mm | 1.831" | 1959 | |
| Leica R | 47.0 mm | |||
| 20th Century Fox/ .187 Ring | 1.882" | |||
| B4, typically HDTV 2/3" and other like digibeta, | 48.00 mm (in air) | |||
| Eclair CA-1 (two-pronged flange) Cameflex | 48.00 mm | 1.8897" | 1960s | |
| Todd-AO 65mm FC and BFC | 1.905" | c1957 | ||
| Panavision 65mm (add .004" if with beamsplitter) | 2.030" | |||
| Mitchell SSR16 (16mm, reflex) | ~52mm | 2.047" | 1980s | |
| Arri Bayonet Arri-B, (16/35) 1965-1980 | 52.00 mm | 41.00 mm | ||
| Arri Standard Arri-S (16/35) c. 1950s-1965 | 52.00 mm | 41.00 mm | 1950s | |
| Arri PL "Positive Lock" (16/35) (four-pronged flange) | 52.00 mm | 2.047 | 54.00 mm | c1980 |
| Arri PL "Positive Lock" (16/35) SR high speed models 51.97 mm | 51.97 mm | 54.00 mm | ||
| Tamron T2 mount similar M42 but 0.75 mm thread pitch {see note 2} | 55.00 mm | 1957 | ||
| Konvas OCT18 (16/35) similar to the ARRI Standard mount in appearance, but larger | 57 mm | 2.4016" | 47 mm | |
| Kinor 16mm similar to the ARRI Standard mount in appearance, but slightly larger, and with 2 side lugs | 2.4016" | 43mm | ||
| Monitor HS70A | 2.131" | |||
| Panavison PV (16/35) 1972-present (four-pronged flange, with locating pin on one flange) | 57.15 mm | 2.250" | 49.50 mm | |
| ACME (model 5) | 2.312" | |||
| ACME (model 6) | 2.375" | |||
| Mitchell AP65 65mm (add .015" for beamsplitter) | 2.375" | |||
| BNC (Mitchell Blimp, news camera) (four-pronged flange). On this older style the rear of the lens protrudes as a cylinder and cannot be used with reflex cameras, it will foul the mirror | 61.468mm | 2.420" *1 | 68.00 mm | 1960s |
| BNCR (Mitchell reflex 35mm) rear of lens is cone shaped | (61.468mm) | 2.420" | 68.00 mm | 1970s |
| Konvas OCT19 (16/35) similar to BNC-BNCR mount in appearance, but no reference to lens protrusion behind the mount | 61 mm *2 | 68 mm | 1970s | |
| ARRI 65mm format Maxi-PL mount | 73.5 mm | |||
Pentacon Six , Exacta 66 |
74.1 mm | |||
| Hasselblad bayonet | 74.90 mm | |||
| Mitchell 70mm High Speed |
~76,2mm | 3.500" | ||
| Panaflex 65mm | 4.00" | |||
| Fastax (typically Wollensak cameras) | ||||
| Wollensak (16 ?) | ||||
| Cinema Products mount (CP-16 and CP-GSMO cameras) very similar to Aaton mount | ||||
see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_mount & |
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| http://www.markerink.org/WJM/HTML/mounts.htm | ||||
note 1: Mamiya-sekor E lens electrical contacts were to tell the camera which lens was attached. In EF lenses this was extended to have contacts relaying focal distance. Neither have a physical conection between aperture ring and the iris which was driven by the Mamiya Z series camera.
note 2: The T-mount is the standard way to mount a camera to a microscope, sometimes with a RMS (RMS = Royal Microscopic Screw) adapter. It is also the standard way to mount a SLR or DSLR camera to a 1.25" telescope eyepiece.
note 3: the PK-A (1983) lens has electrical contact to encode max aperture of the lens to Pentax cameras. This has no bearing on the manual use of the lens on other systems.
| Aaton |
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| Arri Standard (16/35) c. 1950s |
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| Arri Bayonet (Arri-B, 16/35) c. 1970s |
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Cinema Products: CP mount (16mm) |
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camera side
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| Eclair / CA-1 |
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| BNCR (35) |
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camera side
4 ears, one slotted. Larger than the PL mount |
| Fastax |
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| Arri PL |
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Sometimes only one of the 'ears' is slotted |
Mitchell standard (35mm) four screw holes on (16mm version has only 3 holes) |
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Adapters
| ARRI-B, bayonet to CA-1 |
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| BNCR-PL |
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| arri bayonet lenses to Aaton mount camera |   |
| BNCR to PL (PS technic mini 35 style, reduced flange focal distance) | TBA |
| PL to Canon XL1, XL2 etc | |
| BNCR to Red camera | see: |
| PL to Red camera |
TBA |
sources:
*1 ASC Manual. Also: Mitchell BNC & BNCR mount recommended 2.4188mm Tolerance +/- 0.0001mm, Photosonics BNCR mount 2.419mm Tolerance 0.0005mm (Sammy's Hands on Manual). Note for Cinema Products with beamsplitter = 2.4235 inches.
*2 Konvas 2M manual
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