Welcome to our community

Be a part of something great, join today!

Register Log in
  • 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 :)

???

Status
Not open for further replies.
Blue said:
Its not the design I have a problem with. It's the description. Sexy? WTF?
Click to expand...

It's called techno-porn. A phenomenon amongst geeks. Some geeks and nerds become aroused when exposed to imagery of technical gadgets they find interesting. It's all the more erotic for them when they see it, but can't actually obtain it.
 
It looks like a really nice matte box. It appears the box itself is to be made out of carbon fiber? I would seriously consider the same type of plastic that arri and panavision use. I have seen their boxes take some extreme impacts without breaking. For some reason I would think that carbon might be a little more likely to crack.

And it also appears that the eyebrow and siders are seperate pieces like the new MB14 eyebrow setup. I do like the new MB14 brows more than the old ones that flip down, but the panavision eyebrow with flip down sides can't be beat. It so easy to use, folds up very small, never gets in the way etc... I would try to move more toward their design and see if you can even improve it. Having the three seperate pieces can be a pain sometimes, although sometimes (rarely though) its useful.
 
PLEASE Make 2 versions:

(A) 6x6

(B) 4X4.565


Both with 3 stages -- At least one which rotates and also a 138mm round in the doughnut ring so one can put 4 filters total -- if they need to.

Both with 15mm and 19mm size rod mounts.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

That will cover the guys with big zoom lenses and also those of us who already have a full set of 4x4.565 filters.

This looks awesome. Thanks and happy holidays.


_
 
Good Suggestions. It might also be good to make the 6x6 box convertible between 2 stage and 4 stage. Both should have the 138mm option.

Also you could consider using a similar filter tray to Panavision's ARF. It tilts the filters to help prevent reflections and if you remove the wedge, you can get 3 filters easily into a small matte box. Their 4x5 swing away is an amazing box.
 
CVB said:
I think thats patented.....
Click to expand...

Here's the vertical adj on the Arri MB-20. The knob bottom right is horizontal adj. The MB20 doesn't have ability to mechanically adj matte box tilt either.
If it did you'd probably do something like placing cams on the M4 locking screws or have an adjustment knob as marked in diagram below.

48_1197694536.jpg



I understand you started your design on the Arri MB20.

48_1197461880.jpg


Trouble is you've integrated the swing-arm with the 19mm rod adapter. The 2 options I see are 1. unintegrate the 19mm adapter from the horizontal rod bracket or 2. place a horizontal cam like an uneven washer at the base of the swing arm column assembly so it can swing on a varying angle. The rubber bellows adapter or gimbal ring for large lenses will (hopefully) accommodate misalignment of the matte box and lens.

Sorta,
Dave,
 
Those photos bring up another interesting concern I've dealt with. It's important to consider how far back you can push the box against the rod mounts. As you can see with the Arri box, you can push it all the way back against the rod mount. Sometimes you need the edge of the 138 ring really far back on a zoom to prevent vignette problems.
 
thats awesome.. keep making it happen..
 
An important measurement to watch is matt box clearance when the camera is placed on a flat surface in hand held mode with 15mm bars.

Small Eyebrows built into the inside of mattbox as well as ability to instlal regular eyebrows on the outside.


Push button locking instead of a rotating knobs (but don't ask me how to do it)

A stage that can take a special filter draw that has two filters.

Mattbox that can expand and contract to accomidate wide lenses.

An eccentric type pivot (?) so mattbox can swing away without having to first wind it out to clear lens. (is this available on any mattbox?)



Mike Brennan
 
Mickjoebill said:
An important measurement to watch is matt box clearance when the camera is placed on a flat surface in hand held mode with 15mm bars.

Small Eyebrows built into the inside of mattbox as well as ability to instlal regular eyebrows on the outside.


Push button locking instead of a rotating knobs (but don't ask me how to do it)

A stage that can take a special filter draw that has two filters.

Mattbox that can expand and contract to accomidate wide lenses.

An eccentric type pivot (?) so mattbox can swing away without having to first wind it out to clear lens. (is this available on any mattbox?)



Mike Brennan
Click to expand...

Great suggestions. Give me more speed I say...
 
Has anyone asked about how you'll be able to slide the matte box past the front of the dovetail plate with 15mm rods? From the render it looks like the 19mm holes will bump against the front.
 
We posted this for suggestions... :-)

Jim
 
SF Geek said:
Has anyone asked about how you'll be able to slide the matte box past the front of the dovetail plate with 15mm rods? From the render it looks like the 19mm holes will bump against the front.
Click to expand...

The Combo 15mm light weight and 19mm studio support bracket will have problems in that it will hang below the base in lightweight mode. It's a serious design problem. Make interchangeable arms. 15mm lightweight, 19 and or 15mm studio.

Also much of the film world uses 15mm studio rods, I know it's retro and and agree that 19mm is better, but that's how it is.

Looks nice otherwise, would consider retiring the ol' MB-12 and buying it if it's well made... Standard trays ???

Matt Uhry
www.mattuhry.com
 
Standard trays...

Jim
 
A couple of questions -

1. is the circular rotator at the back for circular polas etc?

2. Can the system accept modular stages to turn it from a 2 stage into a four stage (sell the modular 2 stage as an additional accessory - it could simply slot in) - 9 times out of ten you need colour+ND+Grads for exterior work - so minimum 3 filters.

3. can the stages spin to put the edge of a nd grad along the roof of a building etc. Thats pretty useful.

Thanks a million
 
Another thought is would it get rid of glare hitting the sensor by tilting the pola filter, by having it floating in a spherical socket. Maybe even do this to the main filter assembly.
Cheers,
 
So can we please get an ETA on this? I have an older sub-standard matte and I'd really like to plan out when I can buy this one!
 
Shawn Nelson said:
So can we please get an ETA on this? I have an older sub-standard matte and I'd really like to plan out when I can buy this one!
Click to expand...


I'll second that! - I'm also concerned about the mattebox being carbon fibre because of cracking and splintering etc.. No Carbon fibre Please!!!
adam
 
randomfactor said:
I'll second that! - I'm also concerned about the mattebox being carbon fibre because of cracking and splintering etc.. No Carbon fibre Please!!!
adam
Click to expand...

Carbon fibre pleaseeee!

It allows for great weight reduction and handles heat very well, not to mention it's very pleasing on the eyes.

Moral of the story, treat your gear well and it will treat you well, no splintering and cracking needed.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top