35mm and a handi-cam

With more staff shooting video at the Herald these days, I’ve been doing more work with a camcorder the size of a Red Bull can, leaving the pro gear for others to use. With roots in the still photography world, I miss having a limited depth of field. As a Canon 5d Mark II isn’t in the cards, I researched a way to use my 35 mm lenses on my Red Bull can. Here is the result with some how-to below.

Depth of field adapters from Letus and others run near the one thousand dollar range, twice what my Canon HF100 cost. I was impressed with the TwoNeil Adapter, but even that seemed costly, so with a leftover focusing screen, a thirty dollar macro lens, a 9 dollar set of extension tubes and some designs downloaded from this site, I have my very own do-it-yourself 35mm adapter.

Video and post by Josh Stephenson