Re: [Frameworks] Looking for Lenses for short throw on 16mm Eiki projectors

2019-04-09 Thread Christopher Ball
I took a 35mm cinema lens and re-housed it in the body of an old 50mm lens from a 16mm projector. it works great, sharp, bright and fills a 14 foot screen at about 20 feet. There are lots of cinema lenses on ebay and on the market. On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 12:05 PM Scott Dorsey wrote: > Eiki

Re: [Frameworks] Looking for Lenses for short throw on 16mm Eiki projectors

2019-04-09 Thread Scott Dorsey
Eiki lenses are 42.5mm standard. You can sleeve an Elmo lens to fit an Eiki but you can't make 52.5mm lenses fit. Lenses for Bauer, Philips, Kinoton Siemens, and Meopta projectors will fit an Eiki. ICE in Florida had a bunch of 35-65mm Isco Kiptaron zooms that they were selling on ebay for

[Frameworks] Looking for Lenses for short throw on 16mm Eiki projectors

2019-04-09 Thread Sabine Gruffat
Hello, I am wondering if anyone can recommend lenses (or sell me lenses) to achieve a short throw on a 16mm Eiki slot load projector? I need two ideally. We're getting ready to do a performance and some of the venues are small. Mirrors and magnifying glasses are an option but would rather not.