PL mount choice

[Dolph van Stapele]

Hi,

I'm about to buy a PL mount to rent out my camera. I can buy one PL for 400 without lens info pass through. Or for $2000 with. Is lens info often helpful?

Thanks

 

[Nick Morrison]

Hi,

I'm about to buy a PL mount to rent out my camera. I can buy one PL for 400 without lens info pass through. Or for $2000 with. Is lens info often helpful?

Thanks

If the goal is rentals, I imagine the RED Titanium PL mount would be the most sought after.

The more affordable mounts are often made with more traditional materials, and require more lens support, etc. Bear that in mind. The titanium mounts are unbelievably robust.

 

[Dolph van Stapele]

Thanks Nick, durability is important indeed but besides that do you think the info pass through that comes with more expensive mounts, is important?

 

[Bob Gundu]

It shouldn't be factor IMHO. Not many PL lenses can pass that data anyway.

 

[Donald MJ Anderson]

I got the VVooden Camera PL mount. No data, but no problems. If I need the data from my Red Pro Primes I can rent or buy a Ti mount for a bigger job. Hasn't been an issue. Might be helpful for some CG work matching the CG camera but to be honest in episodic TV land we just do that from notes or eyeball it if the notes are missing.

 

[Dolph van Stapele]

I got the VVooden Camera PL mount. No data, but no problems. If I need the data from my Red Pro Primes I can rent or buy a Ti mount for a bigger job. Hasn't been an issue. Might be helpful for some CG work matching the CG camera but to be honest in episodic TV land we just do that from notes or eyeball it if the notes are missing.

Was thinking about that mount as well

 

[Jens Rosengren]

Yeah, lens info isn't available from most PL lenses. I've tried a few different 3rd party PL mounts when we've done multi camera productions, and although most mounts work, the RED Ti PL one feels much sturdier.
Would go for that! However, the 3rd party ones seem simple and in a way I guess if someone incompetent were to handle the camera they would have a harder time messing it up haha(regarding the pins for lens data on the RED PL mount).

 

[Phil Holland]

What I can say from a user perspective who's shot in nearly every weather condition with a massive amount of lenses:

- It's made of Titanium.
- It's super strong, which is handy when working with larger lenses like those bazooka zooms or doing strange things like dangling your camera behind a long lens.
- It isn't effected by cold weather like other materials.

That's pretty much it. It was built tough and is exactly that. When dealing with a camera package and lens package in the $ five figure mark it's good to be sure.

 

[Donald MJ Anderson]

Phil makes great points. The Ti properties come into play in those circumstances . But otherwise, for normal shoots, I opted to spend the 1600 saving on other gear.