Alternative to Red 50 150 Zoom

[Dave Blackham]

What alternatives lenses are available to a Red 50 - 150 zoom. I need a lens of this sort of length and light weight shortly but the Red lens is unavailable to supply. Any reports about the Red 50 150 would be of interest.

It really needs to be PL. The only stills lens that may be suitable is a canon 35mm 105mm f/3.5 that may be able to be converted to use as a light weight zoom.

All ideas welcome.

thanks,

Dave
UK

 

[A. Bastaki]

why not take sigma 50 - 150 and rehouse it.

 

[DeaneThrussell]

red already have!!!!

 

[Dave Blackham]

red already have!!!!

You recon the Red 50 150 is a rehoused Sigma ?

The Sigma 70 210 looks an interesting contender also.

Dave

 

[A. Bastaki]

Deane... it has been proven that the Red 50-150 is not a re-housed sigma. It has two extra lens elements and their movement is quite different than the sigma's, The coatings are different too.

=D

 

[Dave Blackham]

Reviews seem to rate the Sigma lenses quite well. How good opticaly are they for our work ?

Dave
Uk

 

[A. Bastaki]

really good.. if you pick the right lenses.

 

[DeaneThrussell]

working on re- housing 3 lenses currently nikkor 70-200 f2.8,14-24 f2.8,24-70 f2.8....
but i,m still not convinced that 50-150 red lenses has not got some sigma deep under the bonnet
Anyway when i'm finished i'll post some pictures for my fellow RED teammates

 

[Dave Blackham]

working on re- housing 3 lenses currently nikkor 70-200 f2.8,14-24 f2.8,24-70 f2.8....
but i,m still not convinced that 50-150 red lenses has not got some sigma deep under the bonnet
Anyway when i'm finished i'll post some pictures for my fellow RED teammates

Sound great. Please update us when you can. I have a couple of macros away for remounting. Ill let you know how this goes also.

Dave

 

[Matthew Duclos]

Akube, you sound so certain....
What do you suppose the difference in coatings is?

 

[Andrew Martin]

I have a sigma 100-300 zoom lens and its awesome really sharp and good contrast. The only problem its F4.

Andrew.

 

[Kwan Khan]

working on re- housing 3 lenses currently nikkor 70-200 f2.8,14-24 f2.8,24-70 f2.8....
but i,m still not convinced that 50-150 red lenses has not got some sigma deep under the bonnet
Anyway when i'm finished i'll post some pictures for my fellow RED teammates

Great Idea Deane