Breakthrough Photography has just announced the development of a new drop-in filter system for RED DSMC2 and RED KOMODO. According to the company, this drop-in filter mount (DFM) is the first-ever made with a PL mount. Let’s take a closer look at it! We first reported about Breakthrough Photography products last year when the company released a series of filters for the Canon RF to EF lens mount adapter. There are 22 high-quality drop-in filters in this lineup, with conventional ND/VND/CPL filters and more unusual ones like the Night Sky, Dark CPL, or Infrared drop-in filters. To further expand the versatility of their filters, Breakthrough Photography has just announced that they’re developing their first lens mount adapter with drop-in filter capabilities and a PL mount. Drop-in filter PL-mounts The Breakthrough Photography drop-in lens mount adapters are CNC machined from aluminum and available in two flavors: DSMC2 to PL-mount and Canon RF to PL-mount. Image credit: Breakthrough Photography Even if both versions are precisely engineered, they come standard with a 0.004″ baseline shim. If you’re having back focus issues with your PL lenses, you can add/remove up to two shims – five different shims with various thicknesses are included – to correct your lenses’ infinity focus. Image credit: Breakthrough Photography As you can tell, for the DSMC2 version, you’ll need to screw the Breakthrough Photography drop-in filter adapter directly to your camera. No need to say, but it’ll be a very secure lens mount. For RED KOMODO users, the adapter mounts...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 23 June, 2021