{"id":39563,"date":"2014-04-24T15:05:58","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T19:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=39563"},"modified":"2014-04-24T15:07:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T19:07:56","slug":"creating-custom-cinema-lenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/creating-custom-cinema-lenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Custom Cinema Lenses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Make a custom cine lens for less than $150 using the technique in this video tutorial by Caleb Pike.<\/h2>\n

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If you’re used to shooting on a DSLR, odds are you probably own a few lenses that were created specifically for shooting pictures and not video. These lenses usually have apertures that click and no grooves<\/strong> for mounting a follow focus. While normally we would have shied away from lenses like this, we recently came across an awesome video tutorial by Caleb Pike of DSLR Video Shooter<\/a> that shows us how to take cheap\/old photography lenses<\/strong> and convert them into high-end cine lenses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The process doesn\u2019t take much time at all, and it’s a lot cheaper than going out and buying a normal cine lens. On DSLR Video Shooter he explained how he purchased and converted 3 Olympus OM lenses to Canon Cine Lenses<\/a> for only $431<\/strong>. Compare that to the Rokinon 35mm Cine lens which goes for $549 on B&H<\/a> and you can see that this could really help you save a lot of money in the long run.<\/p>\n

The tutorial is a little long but well worth a watch for anyone interested in DSLR cinematography. Caleb covers a lot of really interesting topics such as:<\/p>\n