Looking for help solving my Leica R challenge

[Vladimir Eugene]

Currently a few of my shorter Leica's lenses have difficulty using my Mattebox, and FF at the same time. I believe this would be the ideal fix. Does anyone know what they are called, or where I can purchase some of them?

 

[Bob Gundu]

I would look for stepup rings and get screw mount lens hoods.
http://www.mennon-usa.com/store/screw-mount-abs-series-c-65_67_79.html

 

[Vladimir Eugene]

Thank you, I emailed them asking what the outer diameter was. If it's 80mm, that is my solution. I'll post what they say

 

[Bob Gundu]

Another option might be these rubber hoods.

http://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_from...kw=rubber+lens+hood&_sacat=See-All-Categories

 

[Yousuf Abbasi]

You have to be careful to get the right length hood so that you don't have vignetting issues on wider lenses. For my 24mm lens, I had to put a standard hood, while for the other focal lengths a telephoto hood was fine with no vignetting at 5K.

Here's a pic of what I did with my K35 set, notice the standard hood vs. the telephoto hood. This solution works great and allows me to use these small lenses with MB and FF.

Just find out your front thread size, and get some GOOD QUALITY hoods by B+W Tiffen or Heliopan (if you get cheap kinds, they could possibly mess up the threading on your lenses). Rubber hoods give you more flexibility with wide angle lenses... just do some research before buying the first thing you see.

 

[Vladimir Eugene]

All my lenses have the 80 mm front diameter, with 77mm threads from Duclos. I'd like to try to get everything to stay at 80mm fronts. It looks like that's what the lenses in the Picture I posted did, and their lenses seem to clear without vignetting. Ideally, I'd be able to make all of them the same length at the end.

Yousuf, are those 80mm fronts on your K35?

 

[Bob Gundu]

Just curious what follow focus are you using now?

Currently a few of my shorter Leica's lenses have difficulty using my Mattebox, and FF at the same time. I believe this would be the ideal fix. Does anyone know what they are called, or where I can purchase some of them?

 

[Vladimir Eugene]

O focus, which I love, and the Bright Tangerine Matte Box on the Assault plate 15mm lightweight rods

 

[Yousuf Abbasi]

All my lenses have the 80 mm front diameter, with 77mm threads from Duclos. I'd like to try to get everything to stay at 80mm fronts. It looks like that's what the lenses in the Picture I posted did, and their lenses seem to clear without vignetting. Ideally, I'd be able to make all of them the same length at the end.

Yousuf, are those 80mm fronts on your K35?

Yes 80mm fronts

 

[Jason Diamond]

Vladimir,
Did you go with the Leitax/EOS mounts for your lenses or did you buy the Leica R mount for Epic from Spacecam?

I have a nice set of R's coming shortly and am pretty stoked on it.

 

[Bob Gundu]

Those Leitax mounts are pretty nicely made. I had Duclos do that mod:

 

[Vladimir Eugene]

As Bob mentioned, those Leitax mounts are very nice. I had Duclos do mine as well.

Keep in mind, if most of your still lenses are Canon, it's a no brainer... But, if you carry Nikons- Leitax also makes those, and RED Nikon mounts seem to be around the corner

 

[Bob Gundu]

Oh yeah. I had mine changed to Nikon Mounts.

As Bob mentioned, those Leitax mounts are very nice. I had Duclos do mine as well.

Keep in mind, if most of your still lenses are Canon, it's a no brainer... But, if you carry Nikons- Leitax also makes those, and RED Nikon mounts seem to be around the corner

 

[Vladimir Eugene]

http://www.mennon-usa.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_uni_info&cPath=65_67_79&products_id=236

These turned out to be 104mm fronts

 

[Mark Pedersen]

Highly recommend leitax canon mount with the Epic TI canon mount + duclos 80mm and de-click.

The TI mount tightens the lens so it is very secure. I have the 70-80 mm Vario and on that mount I feel like it doesn't need lens support, butI probably will just to be safe.

I've been using an Arri LMB-5 Clamp-on MB on my leicas. Works fine to clamp on to the 80mm step up, but I plan to get an Bright Tangerine MB and try that as well as I don't want to put too much pressure on the lens focus mechanism.

Most Leicas have integrated hoods if you don't want to use a MB, but that limits their use.

As for FF, I would highly recommend the O'Connor DM with the cine knob. Works with every Leica R lens from the 19mm to the 280mm.

The nice thing about it is you can easily flip the gear to the front or rear, on either side. That allows you to reach the focus ring on very short lenses. It is very smooth and accurate in use.

I tried bothe the Arri MFF1 and 2 and neither worked as well.

LOVING my Leicas, BTW. On my first shoot with all Leica and no Ultras. I love the look, very sharp, yet dimensional, and no breathing.

Much nicer than Canon glass.

Good luck,

M

 

[Adrian Correia]

thinking about a set of leicas since I own no glass anymore.....can you guys post some stills or video links?

 

[Dave Blackham]

Check our Brian Goff's links on they board he has some good examples. Also in the lens tests section there are some too.

 

[brian leisring]

+1 on this issue. essentially what we are looking for is a 2" 77mm threaded 80mmOD extension tube.

 

[brian leisring]

or even buying empty 77mm filters and stacking them until the mb clears the bridge on the follow focus?

 

[Yousuf Abbasi]

Another option is just getting a larger diameter Follow Focus gear... ? That'll keep the FF at a lower profile, which depending on your configuration, may stay clear of the MB.