Wed Mar 22, 2023 6:01 pm
That’s a good question as a steady operation is essential.
Some of the folks here can share their informed experience. It’s possible there may be some variation in play with different copies as well. Would be good if you have the opportunity to try your lenses on a retailer’s camera b gore purchase. Given the the MicroPrime lenses are fairly light and the dampening is smooth, it may be fine.
That said though if it’s at all feasible for your use case, it’s always best to ensure your camera is rigged with some other items to grip the lens firmly. I use a lens support and/or a mounted matte box (not just a clamp-on matte box) for my PL mount lenses to steady the PL-mFT adapter to the BMPCC4K; I also use those techniques for my heavier zoom or APO lens on the UM4.6K. Better safe than sorry. I’ve never had problems with that possible ‘play’ as I manually control the lens by hand or PD Movie thumb control (which also gives me another firm point of contact with the lens).
Rick Lang