When using a technical camera a mechanical lens is required, because there  is no electronic contact between the lens and camera.

Cambo are showing a solution to control the aperture of Canon lenses when using the ACTUS mini view camera.

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The lens plate has electronic contacts that couples to the Canon lens and the control unit communicates through the lens plate. This enables you to select the aperture. Powered by penlight batteries this system is designed to be portable.

 

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