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18-85mm...reservation number countdown!

lennywood said:
actually, there was one on ebay that, if i remember, correctly sold for a little less than what he paid. another person was interested in trading one. apparently, it is a great value for the money but, it has some issues, so, discerning owners are choosing other, maybe more expensive, options.
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Lennywood, are their noted weaknesses of the the 18-85 that you have heard of? thanks.
 
I am number 118 and still haven't received it, but should be soon as Red told me.

And yeah I would like to hear more about the issues you are talking about.


BTW, what have the actual owners use for lens support (as I think red doesn't sell a lens support)?
I think I found the answer: Optitek or Duclos

Thanks,
antoine.
 
Optitek here. Works great!

As far as the lens itself goes, this lens is cinema grade. I'm having a hard time convincing local clients though, mostly because unfortunately the first lenses from Red weren't anywhere near the same quality (18-50 and 50-150), though they are fine for the money and flexibility, and clients have wrongly associated Red lenses as being less than optimal compared to Cooke, Arri etc.

But I'll gladly put the 18-85 PRO up against any similar zoom and be confident it will hold its own.

Just note the front diameter is 139mm which is just over industry standard 138mm so make sure you have a way to put a matte box over it. RedRockMicro have a newer bracket for their MicroMatteBox which fits perfectly so I'd recommend that one if you don't already have something suitable.

HTH

Paul
 
Optitek, Duclos or Zacuto.

I have the Zacuto support for my RED Pro 300mm it works well. I wish they had a better system than their zip gear strap thingy. But it does work and it allows it to fit just about any lens.
 
I'm still hoping that the next batch will be released this week....

Jeff Kilgroe said:
Based on original estimates, my #390 wouldn't have come up until June or July of 2009, I don't know if that is still accurate or not.
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Well, considering they get released in batches of around 35 at a time, and the last batch was over 2 months ago.... with an average of 15 per month, my estimate is that it will be a wee bit past June or July.
 
Yean Loon said:
i'm #152 and i ain't got no news yet
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Guys, where do you have those numbers from ? I ordered one months ago and haven´t received any "reservation number" whatsoever...

Frank
 
Jones said:
Guys, where do you have those numbers from ? I ordered one months ago and haven´t received any "reservation number" whatsoever...
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Reservation numbers were only given out around the same time people originally reserved their camera. There was a $750 deposit required.
 
Curran Giddens said:
Reservation numbers were only given out around the same time people originally reserved their camera. There was a $750 deposit required.
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Ah ! Thanks for the info! So I´m pretty much left in the dark about when approx. my lens will be ready ?
 
If anyone can't wait I have one still for sale in this thread. US$9,500 gets you the lens plus Optitek support and Storm case, shipped.
 
I've seen many RED 18-85mm zooms and I must say, they DO hold their own against other professional cine-zooms.
There is still that small margin that sets them apart from Angenieux but considering this is RED's first run at optics, I am VERY impressed.
 
What is the close focus limit on the 18-85?

I have res. no. 265, and mine seems to be on the pallets in the pictures..., can´t wait!
 
Eirik Tyrihjel said:
I have res. no. 265, and mine seems to be on the pallets in the pictures..., can´t wait!
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How did you figure that? I have emailed to see where we might be at with this shipment as i am #286...a little after you so i'll just wait for an answer from RED.
 
if anybody would like an estimate as to where they fall on the list, please send me an email at brianb-at-red-dot-com
I will get back to you as quickly as possible. we just received a large amount of 18-85's so please bare with me if i take a day to get back to you.
 
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