Chrosziel releases Meta Mount, an E to PL smart lens adaptor

The new Meta Mount is a nifty E-mount camera to PL-mount lens adapter with electronic contacts for metadata communication and lens control.

Close to four grand for a lens adaptor is pretty rarefied territory, but then the new Chrosziel Meta Mount also adds some fairly rarefied functionality as well.

Basically it’s a Sony E camera to PL lens “hot mount” adapter with metadata communication. Each mount has the required pin contacts necessary to transmit lens metadata through to the camera and conversely the contacts provide lens control through a 12-pin Hirose out connection to an ENG lens.

When the Meta Mount is used with cine lenses with LDS or Cooke /i Data, all the metadata such as iris setting, focus distance and zoom focal length is transmitted through the adapter and appear sin the viewfinder, on the monitor, and is recorded in the video file for use in post.

And when the Meta Mount is used with an ENG servo motor-controlled broadcast lens the Focus/Iris/Zoom servos can all be controlled through the camera and are compatible with the Sony FX9 / FX6 / FX3 hand grips, RCP or camera’s web GUI. This allows for easy and full control of an ENG broadcast lens through a Sony E mount camera. Additionally, the REC button of the ENG Servo Drive can also be used to start the camera.

Pre-order is open now and shipping is expected to begin in late September. And to confirm that list price, we’re talking €3850 / $3850.