P3D Re: Weird reflection--Stitz

[Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, I'm afraid you're right.  I just tried out the Stitz on a 35-105 
zoom, and the outer mirror edges seemed to hit the frame boundaries at 
about 55mm or so.  Now I just have to scare up a 55mm lens.

Thanks,

-pd


At 05:14 AM 11/23/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>The Stitz mirrors are just not big enough for a 50mm lens.
>There isn't enough room in the housing to make them big enough
>and still adjustable. If they had put enough room, the whole
>adapter would have to have been bigger. But given how uncommon
>55mm lenses are compared to 50mm, I don't understand why they
>did it that way. I think it's one of the main reasons the Stitz
>never caught on for general photography. I got mine mainly for
>closeups.
>
>I had the same problem with my Stereo-tach beamsplitter when
>I first got it and tried it with a 40mm lens.
>
>Using the shutters does exactly what you describe, but it's no
>solution because it increases the black band in the middle.
>
>55mm is the shortest the Stitz will handle. Sorry--that's just
>the way it is. For general photography using a 50mm lens, I
>highly recommend the Pentax beamsplitter. Last I heard, it was
>still being manufactured.

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