This adapter works correctly with Arri-S prime lenses - it holds inner optical block still, and allows focusing mount of the lens rotate as it should.
Quick-change mechanism implemented - you can change lenses in seconds. And there is even no need to remove adapter from camera. So, you may consider is as camera mount conversion if you wish - install the adapter into the camera mount, and just change Arri S lenses then.
HOW TO INSTALL: position the adapter guiding pin against a lens mount slit, make sure the pin enters the slit, and push it carefully till you hear and feel a click.
HOW TO REMOVE: just pull the lens out of the adapter with reasonable effort.
Word of caution: if you have a reflex camera, make sure to NOT position this adapter with its guiding pin facing the shutter - you will damage your stutter in this case.
In any case, if your camera has a rotating shutter, turn it few times carefully by hand to make sure the shutter clears the adapter.
Below is the table of compatible/incompatible cameras and lenses based on reports from our customers.
COMPATIBLE
INCOMPATIBLE
LENSES (actually, most lenses should fit except of wide at the mount ones - please refer to the drawing)
Cooke Kinetals for 16mm
Cooke Speed Panchro/i Classics
Zeiss S PL-mount lenses
Old Zeiss planar 1:2
CAMERAS
Aaton 35
Arri Alexa Mini (with a Taylor Hobson Kinetal 37.5mm from the late 1950’s) (contradictory info)
Arriflex 2C
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera with PL / MFT adapter
Black Magic Pocket 6k Pro with wooden cameras PL adapter
Blackmagic URSA 12K (does not lock due to guiding pin stucks against something in the camera)
Canon C300 MKII PL mount
Canon C500 MKII PL mount
It can be used on Canon 7D DSLR camera that has been modified. It has had the mirror removed and has a PL adapter attached. Not compatible without such modification.
Metabones Arri PL to adapter
Metabones PL - E-mount T converter
Moviecam Compact MK2
RED Komodo
Standard Z-Cam PL mount has a built in filter tray that prevents using our adapter.
Ursa Mini 4.6 PL
Ursa Mini Pro G2 with the PL mount from black magic. However, after a lot of trial and error, I found it could only be done if you removed the PL Baffle inside the mount.
Ursa Mini Pro with PL mount, but I had to slightly file down a small section of the edge of the PL mount's baffle for the RAF adapter to fit.
Varicam LT (versions with other than native Arri PL mount).
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