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The Inconvenient Details

When you finish reading this, you will understand why renting the Chop-Chop HD camera body and Powerscope Anamorphic lenses is your best option.

 The MK II is NOT a motion picture camera by design.   The Canon 5-D MK II is a still photography camera that has the ability to shoot 1080P at 24 fps (23.98).  The aspect ratio of the chip is 3:2... 3 tall and 2 wide which makes it ideal for anamorphic 2.35 lenses in the Russian Moscow Mount. 

The Russian mount has a longer flange focal distance than PL which makes the rear of the lens further away from the chip for complete coverage.
 

 

Let's make a Chop-Chop

 

  • Remove the Canon lens mount

 

  • Take out the SLR mirror.  This must be preformed by a Canon Tech and voids the warrantee

 

  • Remove various internal parts like the sensors.

 

  • Machine a new stainless steel PL, Russian or BNCR female lens mount.  This mount must attach to the support bracket because the four front mounting screws go into plastic on the camera body.

 

 

  • The 1.8  pound camera and 1.6 pound lens support are now a permanent system.

 

  • Install the lens mount with special stainless steel screws

and adjust the flange focal distance.  Flange focal distance is critical and must have a 

side to side and up and down taper to less than   0.0004 in or

0.01mm

 

 

  • You must now use a PL or Russian Moscow Mount female to utilize the full 3:2 chip for 2.35 anamorphic lenses

 

If you still want to modify your MK II camera, check out this hyperlink.

 

http://www.red235.com/

Chop-chop_raw.htm

 

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http://vimeo.com/12450109

 

http://vimeo.com/12419500

 

 

 

 



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I-Vision 50mm, 35mm, 75mm & 100mm. Re-housed Lomo lenses with the bluish coating that is so popular these days.  Markings in feet (Imperial)

 

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35mm Lomo anamorphic lens:  3.2 pounds              5-D body 1.8 pounds

 

  

 

1.33:1

Full Gate

 Academy 1.37:1

  4mm for the sound stripe

 2.35:1

Anamorphic

 




Email Ken Rich


CANON  5-D "CHOP-CHOP rental prices" 

 

     Zacuto Z-Finder Pro 3 Optical Viewfinder F/ Cameras w/ 3 in Diag. SCR     

 

MK II Chop-Chop features:

 

15mm light weight support

Z-finder

21.1MPixel   36mm x 24mm chip

5K res time lapse/stills (RAW Jpeg)

No fans/ silent recording

 

Video Specs:

 

12 minute takes on CF cards

1080/ 24p 25p 30p

48k Manual audio with 2XLR inputs (via adapter)

 

 

The Spider Plate       

 

Chop-Chop anamorphic rental  includes:


1 x Canon EOS 5D Mark II Body with Moscow Mount lens System

1 x Central 15mm cage base support
1 x  Zacuto clip on 15mm or 19mm lens support

1 x  Z-finder with anamorphic 2.35 scribe markings

1 x Spider holster with quick release
1 x Extended Battery & Grip BG-E6
1 x Battery Charger LC-E6
2 x Battery Pack LP-E6

1 x Stereo Video Cable STV-250N
1 x USB Interface Cable IFC-200U
2 x 8GB 600 X UMDA CF Cards


1 x CF Card Reader UMDA FW800
1 x Wide Neck Strap EW-EOS5DMKII

Transvideo monitor converter from squeezed to 2.35. Composite only, not HD


1 x EOS Digital Solution Disk
1 x Software Instruction Manual

 

Available:  monitor

 

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Lomo 235 & RED Rentals

Lomo 75mm

 

Ken Rich:  On Thursday, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:55 PM, <kenrich@cineused.com> wrote:

How did the Power Broker anamorphic lenses work out?

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Ben Cohen:  On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:10 AM, <bennettscohen@gmail.com> wrote:

 

We went with the pure Lomo's      *****     Totally awesome.  Incredible!

 

Ken the footage was great.  We got the flares we were looking for.  The MV will be on MTV and BET in a few weeks.  

I'll work on getting you some samples when they've gone through editorial.

 

Thanks again Ken,  August 2010

Spencer Meffert

SKM Ventures LLC.

(608)576-4251  Kentucky

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Hey Ken, we just wrapped on the shoot, everything went great and we could not have been happier with the Lomo anamorphic lens rental. 
Taylor Hagan, Producer Miller Productions.  San Antonio, Texas    2009

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I Just wanted to thank you again for access to your LOMO's. We've shot with them in challenging conditions and have found them outstanding, delivering stunning imagery all around.  The LOMOs exhibit classic anamorphic bokeh and flare just enough so you can also extract blue horizontal flaring should you choose to. They're incredibly flexible, true main unit optics - just what the doctor ordered
  Toronto 2009

Producer/Director Saul Pincus and Director of Photography Guy Godfree discuss the next setup for REVERIE, a dramatic feature captured on the Red One using Lomo and Powerscope anamorphic lenses. Image © 2008 Winlea Pictures Inc. Canada

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http://www.red235.com/Chop-chop_raw.htm

 

Tiny size and low weight

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