Attaching camera lens to erm, camera

[Whippy]

It looks like I'll be buying my wife a half decent lens for her 450D for her birthday and I'm thinking it might be nice to have a play with it for something better than taking pic of the kids . So I've been googling away trying to find an adapter so I can attach it to my Atik 16HR without much luck. I'm sure they exist so has anyone got a link to where they can be purchased? It'll be a male t-thread at one end and (I'm guessing) a female Canon baynet fit on the other end.

TIA

Tony..

[Ford Prefect]

How's your DIY Tony attached is an article on how to make one

Connecting a Canon EF Lens to an Atik CCD

Cheers Jon

[Whippy]

Cheers Jon, looks interesting!

Tony..

[rich_t]

Hi Tony,

I bought an adapter for attaching Canon EOS lenses to my Starlight Express MX716 from Mogg Adapters.

Web Cam Adapter - Mogg Adapter

I see they have ATIK16HR-EOS listed. The only problem is using filters if it's a mono camera. They might do some kind of filter holder though.

Thanks,

Rich.

[Whippy]

Ah, that looks like just the ticket Rich, thanks . See what you mean about the filter situation though, although just looking from the (admitttedly stock) image there might be a 1.25" thread in the middle. I'll email the guy and see if that's the case.

Tony..

[rich_t]

Mine doesn't have a thread inside it, although I thought there was mention from Mogg that a threaded insert of some kind was available.

I made a DIY insert to hold an IR filter but it would be better if there was one available as you don't want it coming loose.

Cheers,

Rich.