My buddy Will Roegge was in town working with the Tripp and Tom from Spitfire Studios… and the timing couldn’t have worked out better, because the second installment of Southeast Drift’s Triple Threat II was going down at Turner Field while he was here.Will brought out his Letus35 adapter so we could try it out on my newly acquired XL-H1. I had heard a lot of great things about adapting 35mm camera lenses, but never had a chance to mess with it at all. Boy was I in for a surprise.Here you can see ‘Man of Action’ Brady Stribling helping with the merger.

With the adapter, rails, and lens… it adds a significant amount of weight to the camera. By significant, I mean a TON.

Petey says okay… the camera looks hella legit with all of that – but how does the video look?

Let’s take a look at some screen captures. These are straight from the camera – no post whatsoever. rnFor reference… we’ll start with a shot from the XL without the adapter. The focal length seems almost infinite.

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The focal length is slightly different with the Letus35, don’t you think?

With the flick of the wrist, you can pull focus for an amazing look.

Overall… it gives the digital medium the filmic quality that I’ve been after for years.

Special thanks to Will for turning me onto this bit of equipment. My credit card hates you in advance… because I can’t wait to get ahold of one of these!