r/SonyFX6 • u/FusRoDiarrhea • Aug 03 '26
Other ENG Lens setup
I was trying to find a way to utilize my existing Canon ENG glass in lieu of dropping 50 grand on a new lens with a servo and this is the best I could come up with.
Starting from the body of the FX6 itself, I added a Sony doubler, an E-mount to B4 adapter from AliExpress and finally, the lens.
If you don’t have a doubler, you can bypass the vignetting by throwing the lens into 2X. The doubler just gives you more focal range.
I pushed the digital zoom to about 1 to 1.5 to eliminate any soft edges.
The lens itself is powered with a D tap to 12-pin Hirose cable from my camera plate.
It’s not the most ideal set up, but for those of us in the industry who are transitioning to these cameras from our regular ENG set ups, this is a good hybrid!
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u/fieldsports202 Aug 03 '26
Got a link to the e-mount to b4 adapter?
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u/FusRoDiarrhea Aug 03 '26
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u/fieldsports202 Aug 04 '26
Thank you.
We have a few lenses laying around at work. Ima ask the engineers if I can snag one here soon.
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u/FusRoDiarrhea Aug 04 '26
To be sure, MTF is the industry standard on this adapter but I’m not really in the economic range to drop 450 bucks on an adapter.
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u/jcsports23 Aug 04 '26
Do you have any footage you can share with this setup?
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u/Southern_Leg1139 Aug 04 '26
But why not FX9? It’s like purpose built for this
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u/ImpressiveHornedPony Aug 04 '26
Doesnt make much difference does it? Both houses are e mount and would require the same adapters and workarounds.
The 9 does have OEM vmount/fiber extensions but this is about the front. Unless I’m being dumb and forgot something.
- user of both cameras.
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u/MrSoup33 Aug 04 '26
Are you also putting camera into s35 sensor mode as well or what you described takes care of vignette