MATTEBOX: What's your preference?

[Ben Scott]

All I know is reading this thread now makes me not want a matte box at all

 

[julius_karli]

All I know is reading this thread now makes me not want a matte box at all

+1

 

[Ned Wilson]

Eric, any word on fixing that tiny hard to get at filter tray release knob? It's a well known issue and perhaps the primary one why most if not all my AC's request another MB.
Otherwise, I dig the OBox, especially with the handles on it.

 

[Abiodun Shote]

.... And I need rings for Zeiss mk2 t2.1 80mm and RedProPrime 110mm. Is that possible?

Yes, its possible, just got mine with a 95mm and 114mm backring, Curt says they have various sizes and I remember 80 and 110 were among.

 

[Matt Ryan]

Yes, its possible, just got mine with a 95mm and 114mm backring, Curt says they have various sizes and I remember 80 and 110 were among.

Here's the Viv options:

And the Strummer:

The BT matte boxes use industry standard sizes so you can use any rings you want. That means you can use BT's, Arri, O'Connor, Chrosziel, etc as long as they are industry standard size.You can adapt the Viv for rod mount and get the adapter to use the Strummer rubber bellows and step down rings as well.