"Fly by wire" zoom availability as non-fixed ?

[Marcos Luger Diaz]

Why wouldn't you just use a regular FF35 lenses from Nikon or Canon, or a PL mount lens? With the crop factor, a 28-105mm 35mm lens would reach nearly 100-380mm equivalent in 2/3rd. It seems like the real thing a lot of people want is a wide zoom that fits 2/3rd mount for Scarlet (e.g. 6-50mm). And hope it doesn't cost an absolute fortune .

KO

I thought about it, and for sure it's an option. But I would have to change the mount whenever I want to go for something wider, or buy PL mount lenses in the wide range.

Changing mount is supposed to be something very easy and fast, but at the beach/snow/mountain, even changing the lens can be a hassle, so I rather stay away from changing the mount in those environments.

PL Prime Wide lenses are expensive, of course we don't know MRP's price, but even if they are around 3000$ each, it's a good deal.

But as I said before, it's definitely an option.


Marcos

 

[Hrvoje Simic]

Now that is a more viable request

As long as we can have a detachable wide angle 2/3" zoom. Zoom rocker control would be nice, though...


My guess is that it would have higher sales than mini primes, but that's just me.....

 

[Kevin Olsen]

This might be a question for Peter...

Would you say it's plausible that the fly-by-wire features might render many accessories, e.g. Follow Focus, useless or at least redundant to each other?

This may help justify the cost to no-budget customers by avoiding duplicate systems and keeping their money spent on RED stuff. Just a thought.

KO