Leica Lens demos @ Band Pro

[randywedick]

Until now the only chance most people got to see one of the new Leica Summilux-C lenses, including us at Band Pro, was at a tradeshow, often in some far-flung corner of the world. At long last the lenses have come home and are available for demo. This week the lenses are in Burbank at the Band Pro headquarters. Next week they’ll be at our office in New York, then briefly at Cine Photo Tech in Atlanta. There’s also a set at our Munich office making the rounds through Europe and popping up at workshops and seminars.

Full Schedule here: http://bit.ly/ge3oTi

The current “set” available for demo is comprised of five of the eight lenses. Focal lengths are 21, 35, 40, 50 and 75mm. The remaining three lenses (18, 25 and 100mm) will be coming soon-ish.

You can expect to see footage shot with the lenses at this year’s NAB in Las Vegas. Afterwards it will be available online. We’ll try to post a few clips beforehand depending on the shooting schedule.

From the testing and projecting that we did with the lenses last week it’s safe to say that the Leica lenses definitely meet the performance specifications. Regarding the image and “look,” well, that’s a highly personal distinction for most people, but they do fit nicely between warmer Cooke and cooler Zeiss lenses. But, when it comes to resolution, they’re in a category all their own.

If you’d like to stop by the office (either New York or Burbank) and check out the lenses, drop us a line at summilux@bandpro.com and we’d be happy to set up a time.

Thanks,

Randy Wedick
Technical Consultant
Band Pro Film & Digital

 

[Ketch Rossi]

Well if you want to shoot something with them Randy, shout, will bring Epic M8 and will have some fun, and put those babies to the tests

 

[Alexander Nikishin]

=)>

 

[Pawel Achtel]

What about your Sydney office?

 

[Roberto Lequeux]

Is it confirmed then that they will cover Epic at 5k?

 

[AnthonyFlores]

Well if you want to shoot something with them Randy, shout, will bring Epic M8 and will have some fun, and put those babies to the tests

Yes Randy ... I echo this -- pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease accept Ketch's offer to test with the Epic. With it's resolution and dynamic range, it will be the best possible camera to test the awesome resolving power of the Leicas. And trust me many of your potential customers will be getting Epics so it will be awesome to know for everyone to know what Epic + Leica C looks like. Hope you guys can work something out!

Also, I'm curious why the extreme delays on backorder/delivery of the lenses? I know that Leica builds things slowly by hand ... but not having any available until mid-2012 seems a little crazy. Any chance production will be ramped up in the future?

 

[C.H.Haskell]

Great new Randy, the anticipation is killing me....as a long time leica shooter, I will definitely be in touch.

 

[AnthonyFlores]

One more thing Randy ... I checked out this schedule and unfortunately I won't be back in Los Angeles until after they've left Any chance the lenses will be back at Band Pro Burbank in early April? Really dying to see them, though I guess there's always NAB ... hope you guys can have some footage shot with the Epic there on your hi-res projector

 

[Ketch Rossi]

=)>

Yeah but what I meant by it, was not to have pictures of the Epic and Leica's but an actual One Day Cine Style Shoot

 

[AnthonyFlores]

Yeah but what I meant by it, was not to have pictures of the Epic and Leica's but an actual One Day Cine Style Shoot

:cheers2: Wish I could be there ..... can't wait to see what you come up with Ketch, if they agree

 

[Alexander Nikishin]

Yeah but what I meant by it, was not to have pictures of the Epic and Leica's but an actual One Day Cine Style Shoot

Bring it on my friend, just don't let Peter M. handle the lenses. =)

 

[Ketch Rossi]

Bring it on my friend...

Ready when BandPro is

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Until now the only chance most people got to see one of the new Leica Summilux-C lenses, including us at Band Pro, was at a tradeshow, often in some far-flung corner of the world. At long last the lenses have come home and are available for demo. This week the lenses are in Burbank at the Band Pro headquarters. Next week they’ll be at our office in New York, then briefly at Cine Photo Tech in Atlanta. There’s also a set at our Munich office making the rounds through Europe and popping up at workshops and seminars.

Full Schedule here: http://bit.ly/ge3oTi

The current “set” available for demo is comprised of five of the eight lenses. Focal lengths are 21, 35, 40, 50 and 75mm. The remaining three lenses (18, 25 and 100mm) will be coming soon-ish.

You can expect to see footage shot with the lenses at this year’s NAB in Las Vegas. Afterwards it will be available online. We’ll try to post a few clips beforehand depending on the shooting schedule.

From the testing and projecting that we did with the lenses last week it’s safe to say that the Leica lenses definitely meet the performance specifications. Regarding the image and “look,” well, that’s a highly personal distinction for most people, but they do fit nicely between warmer Cooke and cooler Zeiss lenses. But, when it comes to resolution, they’re in a category all their own.

If you’d like to stop by the office (either New York or Burbank) and check out the lenses, drop us a line at summilux@bandpro.com and we’d be happy to set up a time.

Thanks,

Randy Wedick
Technical Consultant
Band Pro Film & Digital

Looking forward to see some more pictures from the presentation and of course a good review about those MTF resolution tests on a projector, about mechanical build quality and comparison, performance, etc,...

 

[AnthonyFlores]

Looking forward to see some more pictures from the presentation and of course a good review about those resolution tests on a projector, about mechanical build quality and comparison, performance, etc,...

Haha ... Leica C's on the Epic ... I knew Sanjin couldn't resist. They should almost fly him in for the test, because for the $1,000 charge of the flight/hotel he would give them a LOT of free publicity on all the forums

Will you be there to see them at NAB Sanjin?

Anthony

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Anthony,

I can't say for sure right now but my chances to attend this NAB are pretty minimal although I'm registered just in a case...but anyway you never know till the end...

 

[Peter Matthes]

Good to see you back Sanjin. :001_smile:

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Good to see you back Sanjin. :001_smile:

Thanks Peter,

actually I was all the time here but shortly behind the wall...

 

[jonnycom]

Wow, I love these primes! We compared them on the projector to some other lens and were blown away. The wide open MTF is amazing. And yes they cover Epic 5k no problem.

 

[Roberto Lequeux]

Thanks Jonny. Glad to hear that. :smash:

Now let's wait on that 18mm.

 

[randywedick]

Ketch!

So sorry we couldn't arrange a shoot this week. The lenses are flying away tonight but will be back. I'll PM you and see if you we can work something out.