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Cookes or Arri-Zeiss Master Prime

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Tom Taugher

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Hello all,

I have a feature I am working on this fall where one production day will be spent at Atomic Green Screen Studio in Los Angeles shooting full visual effects shots,
Talking with the VFX artist and supervisor who will be working with the footage, an emphasis on the highest image quality possible was stressed.
I have a full set of Zeiss ZE primes, but the budget allows for the rental of better glass..

So for those who have used one or the other, or both, which would you recommend?
Which optically do you find to be superior?

Cooke Panchro Primes Cinema Package - were about 1000$ from 'borrowlenses'
Arri-Zeiss Master Primes set - were about 1500$ from '5kcamerarentals'

Any suggestions or feedback would is appreciated, thanks again!

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Tom Taugher
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Master Primes are far superior as they have zero chromatic aberrations, in fact that is what they are known for. They are perfecto for green screen. At least your using Borrow Lenses dot com, instead of lens rentals dot com, I hate those dudes.
 
Yeah definitely, well thank you for the feedback.
Is 1,500 about what to expect for a set for a day,
and what sites / rental services do you guys recommend?

I found: http://www.5kcamerarentals.com/master-prime-rental.php
But if anyone knows a better source I am willing to go with that.

Thanks again in advance.
 
Jon Jones,
Really appreciate all the help, those sites are going to work out perfectly.
This will be my first shoot as DP working with these lenses, want to make sure I have all the bases covered.
Shooting at 800 asa/iso on the Scarlet and using the fast glass.. having a mattebox with filters / NDwould be ideal..
would a standard 4x4 filter tray work, I currently have a 15mm rod setup, once again any suggestions would be great, thanks again!
 
From our latest tests I would say none of the above and go for a set of leica sumilux -C 's never seen glass that clear before...
 
Yeah man, no problem. You can totally use the 15mm rod set up with 4x4 filters and tray, make sure you have a donut that fits the 114mm front diameter. All of the MP's are 114mm on the front except for the 12mm of course which has a giant saucer front end, lol. If for some reason the mattebox and rails need some tweaking to fit at the last minute, I'm sure the RED community will be willing to help you. I have been helped in a pinch and I'm sure you would be as well. Make sure you post the final product on REDuser for others to ohhh and ahhh about and your part of the family.

Tom Taugher said:
Jon Jones,
Really appreciate all the help, those sites are going to work out perfectly.
This will be my first shoot as DP working with these lenses, want to make sure I have all the bases covered.
Shooting at 800 asa/iso on the Scarlet and using the fast glass.. having a mattebox with filters / NDwould be ideal..
would a standard 4x4 filter tray work, I currently have a 15mm rod setup, once again any suggestions would be great, thanks again!
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I'm not sure that the wider lenses will clear a 4x4 filter. Granted if you aren't planning on shooting anything wider than a 16(ish)mm lens, you should be fine with going a 4x4 route. Otherwise I might consider at least going up to 4x5.65. The O'Connor O Box is a great, budget conscious solution. I know there are a few online places that rent them out along with 4x5.65 filter sets. Borrowlenses has the O Box and a set of Schneider 4x5.65 ND filters. They're not IR, so you may want to get a separate hot mirror or seek out another alternative for renting the filters.
 
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