> On Mar 10, 2016, at 4:11 PM, Fred Cisin <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> (Note: the only digital that can handle a D-mount is the Pentax-Q. It >>> claims to be the smallest interchangeable lens digital - I need to get a >>> letter writing campaign going to convince Minox to redo their Minox-Leica >>> as a screw-mount using C or D mount!) > > On Thu, 10 Mar 2016, Zane Healy wrote: >> Okay, you’ve actually lost me on these. What is a D-mount? > > C-Mount is the standard mount for 16mm movie, and then for TV cameras. > D-mount is the standard mount for 8mm movie. About half the size as C.
Ah! I knew what the C-Mount were, but hadn’t run across D-Mount. I looked at the cost to do 16mm movies today, and decided against that. I would like to add a video component to my main Photography project, and have decided to go with Super-8. Even then shooting B&W Super-8, getting it processed, and digitized, won’t be cheap. > The Minox-Leica M3 is a tiny pocket digital that only resembles the > appearance of a Leica M3. But, if they were to make a digital IIIf, they > could have a functioning screw-mount, with interchangebale lenses. And take > back their bragging rights from Pentax. Okay, this is what I thought you were talking about with Minox. > BTW, Leitz made a C-mount 25mm lens version of the "Hektor-Rapid" > > "Super-8" hardly ever supported any interchangeable lenses. > Well, one of the models of Leicina used Leica M-mount! There was a lens made > for that camera; when used on a regular M, it only covers a tiny spot of the > frame. INTERESTING, I didn’t realize that, according to the one book I have, that’s the "Leicina Special", made from 1972 to 1977. It also looks like they sell for a lot more than is practical for my project. :-) I’d rather use a cheaper camera, and spend the money I save on film and processing! :-) I need to see about restoring the two Super-8 projectors I was given, and the Super-8 camera I found at an Estate sale. One projector needs a new belt, the other seems to be mostly functional. No clue on the camera. Zane
