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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 :)

I'm looking to get Leica 28-90 mm vario zoom rehoused any opinions?

It would be extremely expensive to re-house this lens. A better option would probably be to just have it converted to PL and have gears added. This alone will probably cost more than twice the cost of the lens though. Try Paul Duclos at Duclosoptics.com
 
Your probably looking at a couple grand at least, to get it rehoused. in my opinion, while I love Leica glass, there are many other options of lenses to look at that are faster and not a hassle to have to rehouse in order for it to meet your functional requirements.
 
Could you post pics of your rig and the result with Leica R glasses.Do they breath and what is their angle of rotation.On the site,pics are too small to have a good idee of the mount and focus gear.Do you have a price and description of the gears?
 
Could you post pics of your rig and the result with Leica R glasses.Do they breath and what is their angle of rotation.On the site,pics are too small to have a good idee of the mount and focus gear.Do you have a price and description of the gears?

Just got the stuff ready for nab - site will be updated soon. Here's pictures. I'll do a dirty lens test with the one I got and up-load the movie.
 
Very interesting.Thanks.
Is it adaptable to all leica R lenses,can the gear move on the axis,are marks hidden on small lenses?
 
Very interesting.Thanks.
Is it adaptable to all leica R lenses,can the gear move on the axis,are marks hidden on small lenses?

The gear can move on the axis, so you don't hide the marks. I use all ages and versions of Leica R - all work great. Only the 16mm (canon design) is mechanically not as good. So maybe you would consider trying to get one of those great 15mm 2.8!
 
The price of the 15mm 2,8 is great too!
What is the diameter of the front of the gears to adapt to a mattebox?
They are so long to focus by hand too?
 
We should not forget that Panavision Primo lenses are based on Leica lens and glass design.

One of my favorite is standard lens Leica Summicron R 50mm f/1.4.

Here are the samples and short&dirty footage shot on RED1:

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Leica Summicron R 50mm f/1.4 on RED1.

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Leica Summicron R 50mm f/1.4 on RED1.

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Shot hand-held with Leica Summicron R 50mm f/1.4 on RED1.

Short & dirty hand-held test footage***>>>

***If you have QT Pro version then in A/V controls slide for more color/contrast to get rid of QT washed gamma shift.
 
The price of the 15mm 2,8 is great too!
What is the diameter of the front of the gears to adapt to a mattebox?
They are so long to focus by hand too?

yeah, I know:crying:

The diameter is 100mm. Yes, it's long, so you have a more "pro" grip on them for focusing. Also the idea was, that all have the same gear diameter so that the focus motors are at the same position when using motors.
 
Just a few thousand to rehouse? Where?
Focus Optics is charging around $8500 to $9000 to rehouse, to his specifications,
the new Nikon 16mm-24mm zoom
 
It would be extremely expensive to re-house this lens. A better option would probably be to just have it converted to PL and have gears added. This alone will probably cost more than twice the cost of the lens though. Try Paul Duclos at Duclosoptics.com

Ive never heard of this company. ;)
I believe you mean www.DuclosLenses.com
 
I think that soon is coming up a TIME for the company maybe that would be called "Panavision 2" or something like this, so that could offer REHOUSED, for rent or even for sell, all those extraordinary still lenses to the future market of RED EPIC X, Monstro or even Sony F35, Arri D21++, Genesis 2, Phantom 617,... upcoming the next generation of digital cameras...
 
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