I love the master primes, BUT...

[Jason Sinclair]

"a few days after i returned them, i got a call from Birns that apparently one of the lenses had been dropped."

There's your answer there... Why did it take a few days?

 

[David W. Jones]

Well I'm not an Arri certified lens technician, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express.

Here is a little food for thought.
To even further cut down on lens breathing from previous lens designs, Zeiss designers switched from a single floating element to dual floating elements in the design of the Master Primes. While this makes for a great looking picture through the focus range,
it also means that if the lens is "thwacked" at just the right angle with enough force,
the elements can become misaligned.

 

[R. Schorman]

Well I'm not an Arri certified lens technician, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express.

The effect of successful advertising

 

[Lenny Manfred]

There's your answer there... Why did it take a few days?

to be fair to the rental place, i returned them on a saturday, and the lens guy does not come until monday, but the producer had the same issue, because they did visually inspect them when i brought them back, so it was a surprise. but that is how they normally do it anyway, and it's in the contract that we signed. the producer was unreasonable about that, and i got stuck with the bill.

 

[Esteban Sosnitsky]

Well I'm not an Arri certified lens technician, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express.

Here is a little food for thought.

Just fell off my chair ! LOL!:w00t:

Now serioulsy...

how do i know that the lenses where projected before i took them. how long before, maybe something happened from when they projected them to when i took them. see, we did a visual inspection when we picked them up, but we would have never thought it necessary to project them before taking them, why would we?

I understand the frustration, its not of everyone's knowledge on how to carry a lens. There is a way, but not everyone has the proper elements would it be a case a foam or an air bubble. They are even supposed to be carried with the focus ring in infinity and wide open to avoid this kind of mishaps. I have seen the MP working here in the worst case scenario and they have looked very robust (and heavy BTW). I would say that what happened to you was pure bad luck but I appreciate your sharing so that we all know what could happen in that kind of situation and what to revise whenever we rent stuff. Thanks.