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    RIP Halyna Hutchkins

    We will miss you. Incredibly talented , intelligent, young, perceptive cinematographer in the true sense. You had bright future ahead of you. My deepest sorrow condolences to your family. What a tragic loss...
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    [FS: OPTICS] Set of Lomos- Vintage 1970's and 1980's lenses great condition pl mounted full set

    We have a set of 1980's vintage Lomo Standard speeds for Sale 18mm f2.8, 22mm f2, 28mm f2, 35mm f2, 50mm f2, 75mm f2, 100mm f2, 150mm f2.8(optional) T stops slightly higher T3.2 for the 18 and 150 and T2.3 on average for the others. All lenses freshly PL hard mounted and serviced. Focus gears...
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    [FS: OPTICS] Lomo Square front Set for Sale

    Hello, We are selling a Lomo Square front set for a customer. The lenses are fresh from service-ready to shoot. PL mount We will also offer free one year service contract with purchase. The service contract covers any performance issues realistic for these vintage lenses. Any mechanical or...
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    [FS: OPTICS] 18mmT2.8 Genuine Canon K35 PL Mounted Lens for Sale

    On behalf of a customer we are offering lightly used well maintained 18mm T2.8 Canon K-35 for sale. Privately owned, not a rental. The focus and aperture controls are smooth, the glass is clean and clear. The lens features stainless steel PL mount. Image is sharp. Focus is calibrated. Custom...
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    Weapon Helium 8K 7.01 update failed

    Any ideas? Tried dozen times update from 6.3.102. Powered by mains. IO module on only- everything off including the mount. Tried with and without monitor, mount. Force-upgrade folder put into the mini mag root directory. Camera starts the leds blink green for 1-2 sec, then start blinking red for...
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    OptiTron2 system Certified RED Approved -15%off Celebration Sale

    It's official, we are on the RED 3rd party accessory page. http://www.red.com/third-party-accessories To celebrate we offer 15% discount across the board plus FREE World Wide shipping. Just go to our Web Site www.optitek.org pick what you need , deduct 15%- that's your price. No added shipping...
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    OpTitek latest DSMC/2 remote focus/wireless video integration

    I have been meaning to do this for a while and finally got around to it. we put together OptiTron2 and wireless director monitor for a nice remote focus setup. We tried two monitors we had around the shop- a 10" bright and big screen and a 7" in metal case. The 7" weighted in at 3lbs (1.5kg)...
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    OptiTek Educational Tech video series

    Hello Everyone, today we posted our first video in what we plan to be ongoing series about tech issues most commonly encountered and discussed on filming sets and forums. In 30 years of experience I have worked with very sophisticated test equipment as well as was forced to use common sense and...
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    Calling OptiTron2 users and lurkers

    I'm trying to gauge the interest for an MDR box that would seamlessly integrate RED motors (as well as other brands) with OptiTron2 for simple cost effective PL/Manual (non AF) lens control. I know this field is a bit crowded now with well established players like preston, arri, cmotion and the...
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    [(RED) WTB] Red focus/iris motor

    Current version. I thought I try here first.:yesnod:
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    [(RED) WTB] couple v1 front fan assemblies

    As in the title I'm looking for one or two V1 bottom fans. I don't believe they are available from RED are they?
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    New wireless video kit from CW

    Just got this email from them Looks very interesting. Pricing is along the inexpensive kits out there but it has some much needed features like multi casting, wide input voltage, standard type battery mounts, replaceable antennas, etc . I don't have the time but if anyone wants to make a GB out...
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    Panasonic monitor repair

    We've been repairing and replacing panels on the 17" Panasonic monitors for a while. We just had a fresh panels come in . We got a good deal so we are passing it along... We now also have replacement panels for the 26" Panasonic monitors :)
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    Computational Photography?

    This looks really interesting: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2413920,00.asp
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    Small but important (I think :) new product

    After Red discontinued the original Red Universal mount we redesigned our adapter kit that transformed the RU mount into a proper support bridge for zoom lenses such as RPZ 18-85. By popular demand here is the new version if the RU adapter kit designed specifically for the new DSMS Red Universal...
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