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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Which still lens mount options?

it seems the fav mount will be the nikon F.. also because the nikkor glass has its merit.. but the sanjin's viewpoint has his own..
 
if that Voigtländer works, one could hug the world!

if it does not work, would a spacer ring help solve the issue?
 
Thanks Emanuel,

I am already collecting HIGH & LOW options for the RED ONE, I mean a workflow, gears and accessories.

By the way remember the film High and Low (Japanese: 天国と地獄, Tengoku to jigoku, literally "Heaven and Hell") is a 1963 film directed by Akira Kurosawa.

So the RED ONE variants for the rich and the poor budget. Somehow like a INDIE FILMMAKER a LOW variant you could afford it for a private use and a HIGH variant you could rent it for a production.
 
The Third Man said:
About other still mounts technology the RED TEAM will decide at the end of development process and the 3rd parties will professionally follow the way, do the precise measuring, manufacture and try to sell us other SLR mounts for the RED ONE. No any fear about that.
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Hello The Third Man,

Since the RED TEAM appears to be open to third party involement in the manufacturing of lens mounts for it's camera, I wonder if they are going to release dimensional drawings of the camera front end. Or if one would have to get their hands on an actual unit for measurments. This is not a big deal as lens mounts are one of the more simplistic parts of a camera. But it would speed up the process to have mechanical drawings in hand. Besides still camera lenses, I would love to see a set Baush & Lomb Super Baltars on the front of a RED ONE. These lenses have a lovely look to them and are plenty fast at f2 .

Chuck
 
chuck colburn said:
Hello The Third Man,

, I would love to see a set Baush & Lomb Super Baltars on the front of a RED ONE. These lenses have a lovely look to them and are plenty fast at f2 .

Chuck
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Hi Chuck,

Incredibly cheap, beautiful lenses IMHO.

Stephen
 
Stephen Williams said:
Hi Chuck,

Incredibly cheap, beautiful lenses IMHO.

Stephen
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Hi Stephen,

Ah, a man of good taste.
I saw three on ebay recently, I think a 20, 35 and a 50mm. They are getting harder to find nowadays though. Easier to mount if in R-35 mount as opposed to the huge BNCR mount (picture a larger PL type mount). When I used to look at them on a collimator years ago, I was impressed by the resoultion and also by what I would call a creamy warmth to the image. Plus they have a stout feel to the control rings (nice fluting) none of this rubber coated or nurled girly-man barrles or rings. LOL

Chuck
 
chuck colburn said:
Hi Stephen,

Ah, a man of good taste.
I saw three on ebay recently, I think a 20, 35 and a 50mm. They are getting harder to find nowadays though. Easier to mount if in R-35 mount as opposed to the huge BNCR mount (picture a larger PL type mount). When I used to look at them on a collimator years ago, I was impressed by the resoultion and also by what I would call a creamy warmth to the image. Plus they have a stout feel to the control rings (nice fluting) none of this rubber coated or nurled girly-man barrles or rings. LOL

Chuck
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Hi Chuck,

They sold for less than Nikon Glass!

Stephen
 
CINEVISION New York

Second-hand 35mm lenses:

Cooke Speed Pancro Lens Set $2,700
http://www.cinevision-ny.com/salesinfo/CookeSP/CookeSP.html
Arri Zeiss T* Lens Set $ 5800
http://www.cinevision-ny.com/salesinfo/ZeissSTD/ZeissSet.html
Arri 300mm Zeiss T* Lens $3250
http://www.cinevision-ny.com/salesinfo/Zeiss300/Zeiss300.html
Nikkor 200mm T2.0 Century Conversion PL Mount $5500
http://www.cinevision-ny.com/salesinfo/Nikkor200/Nikkor200.html
Canon 300mm Telephoto Lens Arri PL Mount $3700
http://www.cinevision-ny.com/salesinfo/Canon300/Canon300.html
 
For the standard Arri lens mount solution is Arri Standard to PL mount adapter like
Les Bosher can make:
"We Manufacture a Range of Lens Mount Adapters & are Able to make that special Adapter You're looking for."
http://www.lesbosher.co.uk/lensadapt.htm
 
The Third Man said:
For the standard Arri lens mount solution is Arri Standard to PL mount adapter like
Les Bosher can make:
"We Manufacture a Range of Lens Mount Adapters & are Able to make that special Adapter You're looking for."
http://www.lesbosher.co.uk/lensadapt.htm
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Hi,

A quality adapter is not cheap, one is ideally required for each lens so that the lenses can be properly collimated.

FWIW Arri made an adapter, it cost approx $1000

Stephen
 
About high-end 35mm cinema lenses the best way is to rent them because the sets are extremely expensive. I could rent them in the Arri Rental here in Vienna for example: Zeiss Standard prime lens for €60 per day or €180 per week, Zeiss Ultra Prime lens for €180 per day or €540 per week or Cooke S4 prime lens for €130 per day or €390 per week. Still it is affordable solution in comparison to buy a new or even second hand one.

Nikon F mount lenses is the most affordable way to go. There are Nikkors, Zeiss, Voigtländer, Angenieux, Sigma and others in that option.
 
The Third Man said:
Thanks Emanuel,

I am already collecting HIGH & LOW options for the RED ONE, I mean a workflow, gears and accessories.

By the way remember the film High and Low (Japanese: 天国と地獄, Tengoku to jigoku, literally "Heaven and Hell") is a 1963 film directed by Akira Kurosawa.

So the RED ONE variants for the rich and the poor budget. Somehow like a INDIE FILMMAKER a LOW variant you could afford it for a private use and a HIGH variant you could rent it for a production.
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I fully agree with you, Sanjin. As matter of fact, you completely summed up the point of many future RED shooters here (out there and everywhere).

It's an add-value to count with you in any forum where you're posting. I'm glad to follow your posts over here and see how it is relevant to this community to have your reservation -- colored by the same color than our own.

And also my greetings regarding your film quotes! Who knows your website (an excellent source of info around the digital filmmaking since the early years), have already known your high standards related to what is worthy of consideration. Your references are speaking for yourself if any other source was necessary. But it isn't.

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However, I should admit the RED lenses will be for the lenses options like the RED ONE is for the digital camera market. The 18-85mm -- even being not so fast as we would like (for the obvious reasons) it will be an unbeatable offer as motion lens. And I recommend any RED ONE reservation holder to hold a zoom lens reservation, as well. And there will be an excellent deal during the upcoming days (this month) when the RED company will open it!

I have two lenses reservations (as matter of fact, three counting with the 300mm) for my both future cameras and I would have many more as far as RED ONE reservations I would hold.
 
Thanks Emanuel,

I have a great respect for you and very much appreciate your knowledge, expertise, experience, style and temperament I found in your posts.
 
:o (thanks for your kind words!) Anyway, to read an indie POV over our own route is always a gift. As well, to have Fellini, Welles or Reed, Kurosawa... supporters is a second gift. :)
 
I know it's drifting from the main topic, but is there any Leica glass out there in a PL mount? I have a fondness for Leica too as that's what I used for years for still photography from the time I started learning and on. I don't own any Leica lenses these days (unless you count the fixed lens on my HVX). I'll be buying the Nikon mount with my RED just to have my Nikon glass as an option, but I plan to use the RED 18-85 most of the time and primarily stick with PL mount glass on RED.

Pete, nice to see even more RED Ones headed to the Denver area... Your 106 & 107 are the lowest reservation #'s I've seen for around here, but including yours, I'm now aware of 6 cameras in addition to my own. Plus another in Co Springs...
 
AppliedVisual said:
I know it's drifting from the main topic, but is there any Leica glass out there in a PL mount? I have a fondness for Leica too as that's what I used for years for still photography from the time I started learning and on. I don't own any Leica lenses these days (unless you count the fixed lens on my HVX). I'll be buying the Nikon mount with my RED just to have my Nikon glass as an option, but I plan to use the RED 18-85 most of the time and primarily stick with PL mount glass on RED.

Pete, nice to see even more RED Ones headed to the Denver area... Your 106 & 107 are the lowest reservation #'s I've seen for around here, but including yours, I'm now aware of 6 cameras in addition to my own. Plus another in Co Springs...
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Hi,

Yes, Leica have been rebuilt for 35mm film cameras. Joe Dunton www.joedunton.com rents them and www.vandiemen.tv rebuilds them, they are expensive.

Stephen
 
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