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Arri Accessories to 19mm

Ryan Patch

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Hey-

I'm still a little fuzzy on this last issue completing my camera package. I want to use Arri FF and MB, which only go to 15mm rods. 1 Can you guys check me here. This means I need:

a) the ET arri 15mm dovetail (downside of this is that I'm in NY where the 19mm is standard and would like to keep that my standard)

b) arri adapters for both FF and MB to 19mm (downside: expensive: quote from filmtools came back at $300 for the MB adapter and $600 for the FF adapter. I'm sure Abel would be under this, but it's still a lot.)

c) something like the chrosiel jeep that mounts on 19mm and allows 15mm rods to be mounted. If I needed to keep the 19mm standard for something, I could have two rod sets going at once. (Downside: clunky, seems not as stable for the 15mm rods, adds more weight to an already heavy rig)

I'm currently leaning towards "b", but it's expensive. Is there something I'm missing? Any advice? Thanks!

Ryan
 
I'm assuming the 15mm gear you have is lightweight 15mm (60mm center to center), not studio or sliding baseplate 15mm. If that is the case, a single Zacuto Jeep will adapt for you. Make your 19mm base rods fairly short, adapter to 15mm with the Jeep under the lens mount and then go 15mm from there. No extra weight or fuss involved. You can also get a 15mm rod adapter from RED that attaches to the 19mm universal mount, but the Zacuto is a bit smaller and less expensive.
 
Then you've got the weight of all the accessories on the single contact point of the jeep. That seems like a lot of torque for that one thing to handle, the 19mm rods that mount all the way back seem like they'd be more stable. Is this just me being paranoid?

What about larger lenses/lenses with support? How would the 15mm rods handle that?
 
Large lenses that require support need studio rods. Only go with lightweight rods for a lightweight setup like small primes. You can get adapters from 19mm studio to 15mm LWS from RED, Chrosziel, Arri, Zacuto and soon a certain company I know that starts with an A.
 
Yeah, it's going to come in 6 different colors in addition to white and black. Only disadvantage is that you have to go to the genius bar in-store to get them installed. After that, though, they work great!

R
 
It ain't Apple.

Second letter is B.
 
Mitch, when you say "Large lenses that require support need studio rods. Only go with lightweight rods for a lightweight setup like small primes", are you speaking of lightweight rods as rods that weigh little (like a carbon rod) or all 15mm in general?

If so, for what would I want to make the jump to 19mm for? How big of lens? Any other applications?

Lastly, if my jeep is mounted right in front of my camera, how long do my 15mm rods need to be to fit a prime, FF and MB on? 8"?

Mitch- are you in NY? I think that I'm going to drop by Abel later this afternoon. Would love to meet you.

Thanks!

Ryan
 
Ryan,

Good to meet you. By lightweight rods, I mean 15mm rods that at 60mm center to center, similar to rigs for small camcorders, 16mm and industrial video cameras. These are referred to as LWS -- Lightweight support. They are usually made of aluminum and cannot support heavy lenses. in fact they often are too close to the lens center to physically work (studio rods mount lower). Studio rods or sliding bridgeplate rods are available in 19mm or 15mm.

If you plan to use prime lenses then you're fine with 15mm LWS. If you plan on using the big stuff then you'll need the studio rig.


Jay, third letter is E ...
 
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