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17-50mm V2

Max M. said:
So we are a more than a half year later now, and i still have a temporarily 67mm lens cap on it. Just got the lens back from a repair, but still no lens cap...c'mon guys, i really had expected to get a normal lens cap back with the repair, when are you guys going to sent it out, i think i've waited long enough now...
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I was thinking about this the other day, I may have to just get one from Duclos or maybe fron zeiss. ( its the same size as the cp2'2)
 
Jarred Land said:
One thing to mention... you obviously will need a new lens cap for the new hood , which we will include once they get out of tooling in about a month. The new lenses and upgrades will ship with a 67mm lens cap right now to protect the inset glass elements, and you will be sent the 114mm lens caps when they are ready.
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How are these caps coming along Jarred?

Cheers,

Milan
 
Jeff Kilgroe said:
Personally, I'd love to see what RED could do if they were to offer a 15-40 or similar zoom with a "no-compromise" design, even if it takes the price point to the same level as the others out there. That probably makes little sense as there's already 4 competing lenses in that arena, two of them from the same maker (Angenieux). But I'm just saying I bet RED could work some magic here.
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A no compromise Red wide zoom, with i/interface and a price point at about 10 000 USD, or 20 000 USD for a matched set for stereowork... would be fantastic... I would order a set today. A Red innovative beamsplitter for about 17 500 USD would be okay as well...
 
I purchased and received a 17-50 last week. I too thought the lens cap was very average though the lens itself is wonderful. Would be great to have a real lens cap for this one.

Hope the long in tooth upgrade you guys talk about is still on the table.
 
Around one year ago, the RPZ 50-150 V2 was mentioned on Red's roadmap.
Would be so nice to hear anything about it!

My RPZ 17-50 badly seeks company...
 
Fully aware that I am bringing an almost ten year old thread back from the dead, I wanted to give this a shot anyway. Recently purchased a 17-50mm V1 as NOS, still in original packaging and everything. However it has the 144mm front. I would love to upgrade it to the 114mm front. I have reached out to RED and they no longer have the parts. Anyone here perhaps have an idea if this is an upgrade I could perform myself? What exactly is the part that was exchanged? Something that could be machined? Or perhaps someone has a broken 17-50 with the smaller front that they would part with?

Anyway, I love the lens and would love to be able to use it with standard matte boxes. So if anyone has any ideas how to upgrade the front, I would be super thankful!
 
Paul Jonathan said:
Fully aware that I am bringing an almost ten year old thread back from the dead, I wanted to give this a shot anyway. Recently purchased a 17-50mm V1 as NOS, still in original packaging and everything. However it has the 144mm front. I would love to upgrade it to the 114mm front. I have reached out to RED and they no longer have the parts. Anyone here perhaps have an idea if this is an upgrade I could perform myself? What exactly is the part that was exchanged? Something that could be machined? Or perhaps someone has a broken 17-50 with the smaller front that they would part with?

Anyway, I love the lens and would love to be able to use it with standard matte boxes. So if anyone has any ideas how to upgrade the front, I would be super thankful!
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I own a V2 of the lens and I have to say I would not be so fast to convert it. Id really just look around and talk to Duclos and see what they say about adapting the front to match your more common matt box setup. The V2 is nice but Im sure there are other options from loosing sleep abut getting the parts for the V2. If your really set on it maybe shop around or post about a damaged or parts only V2 on the Used gear site and see what comes up.
Good luck.
 
I also make have a 114mm front Red 17-50 zoom lens...which I LOVE! But I need to obtain a replacement lens cap (114mm diameter).
Does anyone have a spare they wish to sell?
 
Russ Fill said:
I own a V2 of the lens and I have to say I would not be so fast to convert it. Id really just look around and talk to Duclos and see what they say about adapting the front to match your more common matt box setup. The V2 is nice but Im sure there are other options from loosing sleep abut getting the parts for the V2. If your really set on it maybe shop around or post about a damaged or parts only V2 on the Used gear site and see what comes up.
Good luck.
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Thanks Russ! Unfortunately Duclos is unable to help as they don't have access to spare parts either. Already posted on the marketplace, perhaps someone has a damaged/for parts only V2 to sell, that would be grand.

BTW I saw that there is a 143mm Clamp-On Adapter for LMB-5. I know the front diameter of the V1 is 144, but anyone know if the 143 can be opened enough to make it fit? That could be an intermediate solution then, as I mostly would be using LMB-5/15s with that lens anyway.
 
I want to say the 143mm clamp for the LMB-5 will work, but don't have any way to try and confirm... There's usually 1~2mm of play there when you loosen them up. Failing that, you could go with the 156mm and use a 156 to 144 step down/ adapter ring. Movcam makes one that fits the MM5 matte box and I know there should be a couple out there. Someone like Duclos can make you a step-down ring.
 
HI Jeff! Finally got a 143 adapter on my hands and it worked indeed. Still looking for the smaller front if anyone has a broken one that they'd sell for parts!
 
Paul Jonathan said:
HI Jeff! Finally got a 143 adapter on my hands and it worked indeed. Still looking for the smaller front if anyone has a broken one that they'd sell for parts!
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How about 3D printing of the parts you need. A group of us have been 3D printing adapter rings for our matt boxes and they work well. you just need to know the measurements. a good 3D printer will run you about 200 bucks these days.
 
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