IMS Installed Finally!!!

[cckid]

Anyone from Red,

What is the warranty status of this mount? I really want to get one of these IMS mounts coz it seems like a great piece of equipment that fits red philosophy perfectly and also my budget - renting pl lenses and owning a great selection of nikon lenses...but still can't imagine myself voiding the warranty after paying all that pesos for a camera...

[Thor Wixom]

AT some point financially it might be more profitable just to buy a second REDONE body.

The last I checked, the realistic wait list is still 6 months to 1 year for a new Red One body.

Plus, a Red One body by itself doesn't solve the problem. The point is to be able to switch between lenses just as quickly as you would on a DSLR. Think reality TV. For it to be that quick, I'd have to buy a body *and* the other $15000 worth of kit to have 2 fully functioning Red systems... one with the Birger Mount, one with the IMS mount. Then it would be as quick. That's going to be over $30k by the time I'm done.

Versus $3-5k for custom machining.

-Thor

[Thor Wixom]

And how do you adjust the back focus on the IMS mount?

Shims. But once it's locked in, it's supposedly REALLY locked in, for all mounts across the IMS system.

-Thor

[Roberto B]

AT some point financially it might be more profitable just to buy a second REDONE body.

quote of the month.. :)

[Mike Prevette]

Shims. But once it's locked in, it's supposedly REALLY locked in, for all mounts across the IMS system.

-Thor

{EDIT: I don't disagree with shims. I disagree with having an extra mounting surface}
Which is physically impossible if you think about how the mount works. You have FOUR removable possibly variable surfaces now as apposed to TWO with a standard PL mount. There is no way in hell they will maintain over heavy use.

This thing has no place on pro-shoots or rental bodies, no matter how cool it is.

IMHO of course.

[Zakaree Sandberg]

Which is physically impossible if you think about how the mount works. You have FOUR removable possibly variable surfaces now as apposed to TWO with a standard PL mount. There is no way in hell they will maintain over heavy use.

This thing has no place on pro-shoots or rental bodies, no matter how cool it is.

IMHO of course.

I disagree.. but not with your honest opinion:)
just with it not having a place on pro-shoots.

Shims have a home in all film cameras.
The backfocus is checked on every prep floor.
So really, there is nothing new here in that regards... Its just not as "EASY" to correct the backfocus unless your use to using shims.

Right now.. there are ZERO options (other than ims) to throw panny glass on red unless you have a custom mount..
there is ZERO chance of quickly changing from a zeiss zf to a zeiss Master.
so this is a very professional tool imho.

I believe the shims take place in the individual mounts (not the actual red attatched ims)

[Zakaree Sandberg]

and holy crap.. just realized i broke the 1000 post mark a couple posts ago. WOOO HOOO

[Mike Prevette]

Oh I wasn't having an issue with shims. I totally agree with shims, but that isn't all there is to the IMS mount. It has a bayonet mount system to seat the universal mounts to the camera. That doubles the chances of mounting error. Shims are not the problem, it's having 4 mounting surfaces that have to be perfect that's the problem. Not a microscopic piece of schmutz between them is going to be damn near impossible in field use, especially if you swap mounts in the field and not before the prep.

[Zakaree Sandberg]

i see what your saying

[Martin Weiss]

I am no lens technician, I like the flexibility this mount promises and find p+s's track record (and Academy award) reassuring. Will be very interesting to see/hear how the ims performs in real world useage.