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  • 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 :)

Dragon and Leica lenses...

Dragon Lens Coverage

Dragon Lens Coverage

Hi Jim,

Thanks for the info....any word on coverage of Cooke S5i lenses with Dragon...

Harcharan
 
KETCH ROSSi said:
I am most positive He meant the Leica Summilux Cine Primes, as the Leica M mounted on the RED M mount don't fit at the wide range.

The 50mm Noctilux was the wider I mounted successfully on the RED Epic, the Leica M still glass is the best 35mm glass out there, but unfortunately does not offer a wide angle options for the Epic at this time.

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Makes sense...thanks
 
I have to put leica R glass at the top of stills glass available in all focus lengths, there really is "something" about their design and all,optics produced by Leica. If you get the best Leica R, you will be amazed.

Im not putting it up against this new leica cine glass, but there is a strong history of excellence in lens design that is not lost on the older glass.

Old nikon glass is quite sweet as well. It's amazing how th the older stuff seems to have been better made.

david
 
I stretched to buy Epic and stretched to upgrade to Dragon. My Canon L Lenses are just going to have to be sufficient. I always feel this need to use the best but $200K is just not going to happen in my lifetime. Maybe some good rental prices will happen at some point.
 
Well, if we are to talk about all Leica Still glass here, then it must be mentioned that the absolute Best EVER still glass is the Medium Format Glass form Leica, it simply has no equals in any class, and that is the S2 Series Leica glass...

Now, I still look forward to the possibility to have a RED Leica S2 Mount... ;)

However, aside from having to deal with how the Medium Format glass Focal reflects on the Dragon and MX sensors is an other story, of course the S2 series Leica Still glass is also amongst the most expensive still glass out there.


Nonetheless if RED was to build a RED Leica S2 Mount, I would be the first one on board... ;)
 
Phil Holland said:
Yes, but as that wasn't exactly the best way to test that then we didn't make accurate notes on coverage and due to a variety of other variables we really needed to test them on Dragon, which is why that wasn't published.

However, somewhat recently we did actually test coverage on most modern day primes with Dragon. Waiting on Jarred to release that info officially.

Zooms are next.
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WOW. Sh*t is getting real. Phil has been busy...

David Battistella said:
It's amazing how the the older stuff seems to have been better made.

david
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Completely agree.
 
Nick,

i was waiting for a contax plug! LOL

i think it is safe to say that dragon is going to open up whole new captive possibilities with any and all glass that we use. I think the early reports from Jim with the Leica might mean that this fire breathing Dragon sensor is resolving and showing off these lenses to the max!

I mean you could test on film and do 6k scans, but why not just shot 6k dragon?

Its great when Jim shares like this.

david


Nick Morrison said:
WOW. Sh*t is getting real. Phil has been busy...



Completely agree.
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Jim,

Which Lecia sets did you test? The Summilux C's? Maybe even the rare Summicron C?

Jannard said:
I have to say they we have tested just about every combination of lenses with the Dragon sensor and the Leicas win.

This really should be no surprise.

All the Leicas cover the full sensor and have the most resolution of all lenses tested.

While some lenses will necessitate dropping down to 5.5K to cover... the Leicas don't. The resolution of these lenses are completely matched with the Dragon sensor.

Just sayin'.

Jim
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Phil Holland said:
we really needed to test them on Dragon...

Zooms are next.
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I couldn't agree more, I'll start making the connects for SALT IV. It's been too long!
 
We have a set on preorder, they keep being pushed back. Is there even a working set out in LA yet?



Phil Holland said:
To add to the Leica talk. The Summicron-C primes are "supposed" to be rather lovely as well. There's a few folks who have them pre-ordered. Can't wait to see those.
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Will Keir said:
We have a set on preorder, they keep being pushed back. Is there even a working set out in LA yet?
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I haven't seen anything except for the initial prototypes out in the wild. I'd say you've got a bit of a wait before you see a full ranged set.
 
KETCH ROSSi said:
Actually I have been told by a little bird that their roll out on the Summicron Cine Primes will be lot faster and in larger quantities then the Summilux Cine Primes.

I just hope that BandPro get their S&^%$# together... ;)
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I'm sure they will be made faster once released :)
 
Surprise surprise. Apparently they were designed to resolve 8k so the dragon has some breathing room. ;) Thanks for the update Jim...do you have a set available at RED hollywood?
 
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