New PL prime sets and zooms prices

[Rick Darge]

I really just want to see the character of all these lenses..

 

[Roberto Lequeux]

I really just want to see the character of all these lenses..

Yes! That and I REALLY want to hear what you guys think about them after putting them through their paces.

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

sanjin,

here is proper cooke link to new lenses - please update your first page on this thread

http://www.cookeoptics.com/cooke.nsf/products/panchro.html


filip

Thanks Filip,

finally today I corrected!

 

[Matthew Duclos]

As per the first entry on this thread, yes. The PL 11-16mm is $2,995
Under $3k as promised.

 

[kevin N]

a fujinon zoom for 89 000 ????? how could that be? how much are the ang optimo zooms?

 

[Matthew Duclos]

I may have the currency exchange wrong... But I believe the Optimos are one arm and one leg.

 

[Fred Salaff]

Then again it sounds like RPPs will be hard to beat in sharpness, illumination etc... but it could turn out to be you pick the Iluminas when you might decide to trade a little performance in other areas and pay a little more all for the added speed when you need it.

I guess the cost of Super Speeds might might also adjust drastically.

The Illuminas have better resolution than any of the Reds and with less distortion.

 

[Jean Déraps]

Matthew you're way off, last time i checked it was 1.274 arms and 1.347 legs. But your mileage may vary.

 

[Evin Grant]

The Illuminas have better resolution than any of the Reds and with less distortion.

I've seen both projected, and although the illuminas performed admirably in their prototype stage, your statement is not indicative of what I saw.

 

[Dexter Gregoire]

I've seen both projected, and although the illuminas performed admirably in their prototype stage, your statement is not indicative of what I saw.

Maybe if he came in at about 15,000 for the set, I may see differently.

 

[kevin N]

i used the fujinon 10-100 and 6-30 zoom on a f900 for a low budget feature in india and they performed very well. quite sharp. i saw it projected at TIFF and i was pleasantly surprised at how well it held up. (side note: it was projected with a 2k projector) they has a great range and very little breathing.

 

[Jarred Land]

The Illuminas have better resolution than any of the Reds and with less distortion.

Says the Illumina sales rep....


heh heh heh sorry I could not resist

 

[Charles Pickel]

Pouring Oil on Optical Waters

Pouring Oil on Optical Waters

Feeling the need to weigh in on performance claims regarding the Illumina S35 high speed primes from Luma Tech, Inc.

Perhaps enthusiasm got the best of Mr. Salaff who is indeed an authorized sales rep for this product. However, he does not speak for the management of Luma Tech, Inc. and may not be privy to the most recent info regarding the lenses' ongoing development. The combined effect of people, including experts such as Evin Grant, seeing three prototypes at NAB plus dialog among Luma Tech, our reps and the LOMO factory is that we have folks talking about different things: The lenses as shown at NAB Vs. what we EXPECT the product to look like in final form.

This is a natural recipe for confusion and lends the appearance of making exaggerated claims about product performance. Luma Tech is not out to gore anybody's ox.

The fact is, we have a somewhat different set of challenges in building and marketing a newly designed set of f1.2/T1.3 lenses that offer both high performance and a fairly compact envelope at a great price.
Rather than play for second place, we aim to be at the top of our category.
Particularly with respect to value. Value means performance for the price.
Performance comes first, so we aimed high.

To offer a concrete example, our 50 & 85mm lenses will offer the contrast and resolution of a certain brand of high end cinema lens of the T1.9 variety, but with less geometric distortion. I'm not talking about RPP's but a product that sells for more than $ 15K per unit. And they will do it at T1.3. That's a claim that Luma Tech is comfortable in making.

The Illuminas were not supplied for the SALT test precisely because they are not yet in the state we know they can and will be in a few months. Each prototype shown at NAB had at least one unacceptable mechanical or optical characteristic. Each of these conditions has now been solved and the designs for the 18mm & 25mm will shortly move from computer to build.

We expect the finished product to have exceedingly low geometric distortion (a problem with the 50mm unit Evin saw at NAB), extremely high contrast and color fidelity and superior rejection of flare and veiling glare.

The factory has already furnished us with numbers describing distortion, on- axis resolution and off-axis resolution. But these remain to be verified by OUR OWN QUALITY CONTROL PROCESS, and of course, the eyes of experts and end-users in the market. So we are not publishing them. Yet.

In the interest of the "Big Tent" spirit of openness, we plan to offer the product in its finished state for people to evaluate and compare. When the time comes. If the optical Gods smile on us, that time will be in the third quarter of 2009.

Thank you.

 

[Roberto B]

The Illuminas have better resolution than any of the Reds and with less distortion.

hope the illumina sales rep reviews aren't like the 1st estimations.. one thing we already know.. red has honestly committed their prior price list..