What matteboxes are you all planning to buy?

[Stephen Pruitt]

Hi all. . .

Is there a reasonably-priced RED-quality mattebox out there somewhere? What are you folks planning on using? And, perhaps more importantly, aren't the RED's rails 19mm? I've read where someone wants to use the RedRockMicro mattebox, but isn't that for 15mm rails? How, exactly does one get 19mm rails into a 15mm hole?

Stephen

 

[Raul Gonzo]

I read that they are doing a special fit for 19mm, just for those of us with Red, thanks to Brian Valente and his team at Redrock!

 

[Tonaci Tran]

Lots of mattebox talk in these threads:
http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=4268
http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=5758
http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=532
http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=5526
http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=6297

 

[Salem Kapic]

redrockmicro

redrockmicro

...maybe Redrock Micro?

 

[Curran Giddens]

:matrix: ...RED...

 

[Gian Joon]

15mm Adapter

15mm Adapter

Hi all. . .

I've read where someone wants to use the RedRockMicro mattebox, but isn't that for 15mm rails? How, exactly does one get 19mm rails into a 15mm hole?

Stephen

If your matte box is designed to take only 15mm rods, Then you need to buy 15MM ADAPTER.

 

[jaadgy akanni]

If your matte box is designed to take only 15mm rods, Then you need to buy 15MM ADAPTER.

No worries-they have a 19mm option too.

 

[david farland]

Arri MB20-II definitely....with it's 70 options!

 

[Jaime Vallés]

Pending favorable reviews, I'll be going with the Redrock Micro mattebox, probably with the 19mm option (a little more expensive than the 15mm, last I heard). No way I'm spending thousands on a mattebox for a personal indie project.

 

[Chris Burket]

Arri MB-14, MB-20, and LMB-5. I love those boxes.

 

[Mike Prevette]

ARRI all the way.

 

[Rich Schaefer]

I have both Arri and Chrozeil matte boxes. They both are very Good! As an owner operator I would suggest the Chrozeil, it is smaller & lighter. But I do have to say the Arri is built more robust and is a bit more $.

Ask yourself how you will use it. Do you need to filter wide (14mm) or large (Ang. 24-290) lenses? Do you like to stack many filters or shoot clean? If you need to hold several large filters go with a good 6x6 matte box. If the occasional pola or nd is used then a good 4x5.6 will be great.

If you use filters, do your self a favor and pony up for a good matte box. You will have enough to conquer on set with out fighting your cheapo matte box!

Cheers,
Rich