First shots from the new German Primes betatest

[Frank Weeks]

These have a very Leica M feel to them.... I wonder? Very pretty Laguun.

The plot would really thicken. Could it be?

 

[Perry Ho]

Hi Jan!

It's looks great, thanks! Keeping post more pictures and also the lens spc too.

Perry Ho

Dop - Mainland China & Hong Kong

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

These have a very Leica M feel to them.... I wonder? Very pretty Laguun.

Leica-M feeling on RED1, an example of Leica Summicron-M 90mm f/2 shot on RED1.

Could be also that Leica is involved in making of those "new German Arri PL

lenses" just because you never know what is going on there???!!!

 

[Stephen Williams]

yeah, the iris/blade mechanics are really nice.

Hi Jan,

You said the lens was wide open, so I don't think were seeing the blades.

Best,

Stephen

 

[Sven Seynaeve]

I might be in for a set and I'm very interested.

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Hi Jan,

You said the lens was wide open, so I don't think were seeing the blades.

Best,

Stephen

Stephen,

exactly.

Good point because we don't see blades at wide open.

See the examples below shot on RED1 with

Canon 50mm FD f/1.2 wide open @ f/1.2 were you don't see the blades because all are a pure round circles.

Shot on RED1 with Canon 50mm FD f/1.2 wide open @ f/1.2

Shot on RED1 with Canon 50mm FD f/1.2 wide open @ f/1.2

Shot on RED1 with Canon 50mm FD f/1.2 wide open @ f/1.2

 

[bjoern knechtel]

true - in this shots the lens was wide open, so there were no blades. but i have seen the lens stopped down: it looks great
just wait for more footage.

björn

 

[Johan Lindgren]

In the alphabet, what letter comes between k and m?

Sorry for ruining the third pic.

Johlan

 

[Nils J. Nesse]

These have a very Leica M feel to them.... I wonder?

Well laguun said we should think big.

 

[Roberto Lequeux]

Panavision?

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Here below is the list of 36 German lens makers and you could pick up a big one:

A
Agfa
Amigo
Astro Berlin

B
Emil Busch

E
Enna
Ernemann

F
Feinmess
Foth
Friedrich

G
Goerz

I
Isco

K
Kenngott
Kerman
G. A. Krauss

L
Laack
Leica
Leitmeyr
Ludwig

M
Meyer

N
Nettel
Novoflex

P
Pentacon
Plaubel

R
Rietzschel
Rodenstock
Roeschlein - Kreuznach
Rollei
Rüdersdorf

S
Schacht
Schneider - Kreuznach
Staeble
Steiner
Steinheil

V
Voigtländer

Z
Zeiss Ikon
Carl Zeiss

Read more>>>

 

[Paul Hazlett]

I think Evin Hit it with the Leica Observation, and comparing the look to Sanjin stuff I would say thats it. unless its Schneider, which is entirely possible.

 

[Nils J. Nesse]

I like the thought but... Does it make sense that Leica would be the company to release the INEXPENSIVE cine primes?

When their SLR lenses are about twice the price of Zeiss etc.

 

[Zakaree Sandberg]

im saying leica also...

Exciting times for glass

Ill be picking up the best bang for buck lenses i can find.

 

[Paul Hazlett]

I like the thought but... Does it make sense that Leica would be the company to release the INEXPENSIVE cine primes?

When their SLR lenses are about twice the price of Zeiss etc.

Maybe since they arlready have a foothold in that market and want to break into a new segment?...

 

[Mark L. Pederson]

P&S Technik

 

[Evin Grant]

P&S Technik

Interesting idea, Rodenstock is making the glass for their 16mm digital primes (for the Si2K). It's conceivable that they have S35mm versions coming.

I still hope it's Leica though. They're by far my favorite lens manufacturer.

 

[Thomas Dobbie]

Hmmm,not sure about Leica.
I've used Leica R & M lenses for about 30 years,and I use rehoused Leica primes on my Red,although I agree the shots do have that feel about them.
The thing is that Leitz is a very small operation,who have difficulty in meeting the demand for still lenses,let alone being able to supply in the quantities mentioned here.
However I suppose it's possible they are Leitz designs.
Sanjin posted a while ago that Leitz had recently closed their Cine lens division,which makes me wonder how far they got with the designs.
Total speculation though.
Whatever they are, the shots we've seen so far are pretty dam impressive.
Tom.

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

P&S Technik

Good point Mark.

I would say it could be a sort of cooperation between several German companies to make it something like that.

Let's play with combinations now.

I'll start:

- Schott would provide glass

- Leica or Schneider-Kreuznach would make optical design

- ISCO would do grinding, polishing and treating with special anti-reflective coatings

- P+S Technik would make lens shells, mechanics and calibrate focus marks

Big volumes in production could possibly drove low prices and big earnings!?

They try to learn from RED... or jump in RED marketplace like an asteroid...

or I could be also totally wrong...

 

[Scott Webster]

If it was a co-operative effort between German companies, I would of pitched licensing the Leica name for the brand. Leica Cine is going sell more glass than ISCO Industrial Optical Engineering )