Leica Summilux-C Primes on NAB 2010 BandPro Randy Wedik interview

[Sanjin Jukic]

One question for You guys... Who makes Panavision G-Series lenses ?

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[C.H.Haskell]

Anyone buying a set in NYC that will be renting in the near future? Would love to get my hands on these for next gig.

 

[Victor Papalucas]

ELCAN Midland Ontario Canada
450 Leitz Road
Midland, ON L4R 5B8, Canada

Sanjin,

Thank You very much.
What are Panavision Primo L-series and G-series optic resolutions?

Over 100+ line pairs ?

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Victor,

when you have a chance go in the closest Panavision rental and ask them.

Till then read about new Promos here >>>

 

[C.H.Haskell]

I still dont even have a lens for my MP sitting here on my shelf...have to borrow them in the mean time!

 

[Roberto Lequeux]

Samples... ?

Weren't a few sets delivered already? Or just pre-sales thus far?

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

BTW, Roger Deakins ASC, BSC already tested new Leica Summilux-C Primes:

"I have tested these lenses and, as one would expect from Leica, they are incredibly sharp.

There were a few issues that needed to be dealt with but, as I understand it, the lens set will be available before the fall."

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I would say you can expect to get them at the major US rentals like a Nemenz, Clairmont,...in Fall.

 

[Roberto Lequeux]

Posted at C.com

(...)just to dispel a few rumors, here are some facts.

Band Pro is the exclusive reseller of the Leica Summilux-C lenses.
Americas are covered through our LA & NYC office, Europe is covered
through our Munich office.

A set of 8 lenses (18, 21, 25, 35, 40, 50, 75, 100) is approx $178K
USD. Euro pricing is around E129K.

A 16mm & 65mm will be available in the first half of 2011. There
are a total of 16 lenses planned in a range of 12mm to 150mm.

We are taking 10% deposits on sets, and have been since a few days
before NAB. There is a waiting list, it is growing rapidly. If
you order today, you will likely receive your set in January 2011.

No demo sets or finished sets have been delivered.

Best,

Randy Wedick
Technical Consultant
Band Pro Film & Digital

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

I'll get one Leica-C Primes T-Shirt!!!

 

[randywedick]

Jeff,

Luckily the 18mm that was dented was a non-working mockup.

Randy Wedick
Technical Consultant
Band Pro Film & Digital

 

[Rodrigo Lizana]

Leica=Panavision ?

Leica=Panavision ?

Also don't forget that you'll get a Panavision like sort of quality images from those new Leica prime lenses.

Not sure if the new Leica will look like Primos or any other Panavision lens. While PV doesn´t build their lenses, they do specify what they want and they would be dumb if they don´t protect that design.

That being said, I do love Panavision optics. They look like nothing else. There are so many beautiful movies that I love that credits Panavision...

As for the price range, they are in the league of the Zeiss Master Primes (t1.3) and Cooke´s i5 (t1.4). Best of the best. It doesn´t make too much sense to compare them with a T1.8 / T2.0 lenses because that extra stop cost a lot of money in R&D.

BTW Sanjin, I love your Vienna pictures. Actually I have I been there many times and it´s a fantastic city. Planning to be there after the world cup. Here´s something for you...not Leica thought.

 

[jonnycom]

I hope the massive drop in the Euro is reflected in their price.

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Not sure if the new Leica will look like Primos or any other Panavision lens. While PV doesn´t build their lenses, they do specify what they want and they would be dumb if they don´t protect that design.

That being said, I do love Panavision optics. They look like nothing else. There are so many beautiful movies that I love that credits Panavision...

As for the price range, they are in the league of the Zeiss Master Primes (t1.3) and Cooke´s i5 (t1.4). Best of the best. It doesn´t make too much sense to compare them with a T1.8 / T2.0 lenses because that extra stop cost a lot of money in R&D.

BTW Sanjin, I love your Vienna pictures. Actually I have I been there many times and it´s a fantastic city. Planning to be there after the world cup. Here´s something for you...not Leica thought.

Panavision wanted Leica look and they managed to achieve it with Primo L Series lenses.

That was a reason that they "involved" Leitz Canada to help them with the glass.

But you can't buy Panavision Primo L lenses and you can rent them only.

Today Leica Camera AG wanted to make cine lenses for a sort of good reason.

That was a sort of strategy that they reached one of main ex-Panavision lens designer to help them to make cine lenses.

From the info above you can conclude that Leica tried to get even further with its first cine lens design.

The goal was probably to get optically maximum perfection that can be achieved in cine lens design, lightweight and easy of use.

But now you can buy the new Leica Summilux-C (Cine) set of lenses.

And of course you get those new Leica lenses at almost the same price as the competition sets from Carl Zeiss Master Primes or new Cooke i5 fast lens set.


BTW. Vienna is a sort of AN OLD CITY STAGE after Austro-Hungarian Empire dropped itself about 100 years ago (WWI 1914-1918).

After that political defeat, economical and cultural destruction this sort of a city stage was left, devastated and later entered by totally other kind of people from many other different

origins that the "Emperor City of Vienna" never revitalized itself and the old spirit just remained mostly at urban architectural scenography and of course the classic music,

but the art, literature, poetry, psychology or film, etc,... slowly were vanished from that stage...the old spirt was forever gone and today the bottle is empty...

But still there are many interesting points from those could be possible to make a lot of interesting stories for the movies about all those events, struggles, battles, influences,...

...and of course also about the present situation...

 

[Rodrigo Lizana]

Thanks for letting me know more about Vienna. Guess it´s kind of sad to see such a fantastic city without it´s former splendor. I´m kind of a romantic about the past periods. Maybe it´s because I´m never happy where I´m at or because the neighbor grass is always grenner. Perhaps the same reason why many of us want to own Panavision optics, because we can´t have it. Until now...

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Rodrigo,

don't worry and Vienna still a nice place to live.

Also Panavision cine glass is still unbeatable just because they were started with anamorphic(s) and they are the pure leader with it till today.

 

[Rodrigo Lizana]

Just finished the Zeiss trainning service course at the Zeiss factory in Oberkochen, Germany. I´m in Budapest now and heading to Vienna for a service training at Moviecam beginning next week.

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Just finished the Zeiss trainning service course at the Zeiss factory in Oberkochen, Germany. I´m in Budapest now and heading to Vienna for a service training at Moviecam beginning next week.

Rodrigo,

give me a call if you have time.

 

[Fredrik Callinggard]

Not sure if Panavision was thinking of the look as much as they where thinking of the excellence of the build of the optics, when they involved Leica to help them :beer:

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Not sure if Panavision was thinking of the look as much as they where thinking of the excellence of the build of the optics, when they involved Leica to help them :beer:

Fredrik,

you are right but also when you have a time sit and compare photos shot on Leica (find them online starting with Leica web page) with image look of the movies shot with Panavision Primo series lenses.

Then you'll get the idea...

 

[Fredrik Callinggard]

Dear Sanjin,

My guess is that you've never have shot with PV Primo lenses. I have on several occasions and I love them. Just as much as I love their other lenses (my preference is C-series Ana's - LOVE THEM).

I also own my fair share of Leica cameras and lenses and love them as much as you do Sanjin (well maybe not as much).

So I do think I get the idea LOL.

BUT to truly compare the looks of lenses you have to shoot in the same environment next to each other with same gear. You know that as well as the rest of us.

That characteristics of Leica lenses will rub off on the Panavision lenses IS OBVIOUS if they're working on them. They will use similar techniques and hardware to make them.

BUT you can't sit and say that the look was what they were after unless you actually have proof of that? They were after the brilliance of what Leica technics could provide for them. They wanted to make their own look, but knew that Leica from seeing their lenses, would provide with the best option (in their opinion).