Re: 24x58mm frames with EOS 24mm/f3.5....ponderings....

["David N. Horn" <dh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe someone could cut up some junk 35mm camera just for the
takeup spool and winder, frame counter, re-winder, etc.
and put in a 2-frame (72mm) aperture and pressure plate.
I doubt the EOS 24mm TS will cover 72mm, but one could just
use as much of the image that is sharp.
Does anyone sell a EOS-to-T-mount adaptor or something equivalent?
But is it possible to set the aperture manually without an EOS camera?
I have long been considering getting an EOS system so I could get
the 24mm TS lens. A 24 by (58 - 72) body would be great.

Dave Horn

Willem-Jan Markerink wrote:
> 
> Dear gang,
> 
> Considering the success of the Hassy Xpan (24x66mm with 45mm lens)
> and Voigtlaender Bessa L (24x36mm with 15mm lens)....
> 
> ....wouldn't it be nice if Canon created an EOS-mount body, no
> matter how simple (look at the Voigtlaender!), that could tackle
> 24x58mm frames?
> Since that is perfectly within the range of all the TS-E tilt/shift
> lenses, 24, 45 and 90mm....normal image is 36mm wide, with 11mm shift
> to both sides....makes 58mm.
> And a 24mm lens on a 58mm wide frame makes an horizontal angle of 100
> degree....almost equal to the horizontal view of a 14mm on a 24x36
> frame (or the diagonal view of a 17mm lens).
> 
> Just curious: how many of you guys would be interested to buy such a
> body, especially when kept simple & cheap? AF isn't needed for these
> TS-E lenses, so a few hundred dollars are already saved....and you
> only need an EOS-specific body because of the electronic aperture
> control, otherwise it would be tempting to fabricated something out
> of a stereo-camera....
> I would buy one in a split second, since I already own a 24mm....:-))
> 
> Just so that nobody claims that the EOS system has reached perfection
> already....without such a pan-body, it hasn't!
> 
> Feel free to bug Canon reps about this idea whenever you see
> them....:-))