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Red mx and quality of the lens

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Dino Jakovic

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Hi guys i know hawing pro quality lenses on red can create beautiful images but what about other lenses like canon and yahsica ml which i have is there point of owning red if one cant afford cine lenses.

Thanks
 
Dino Jakovic said:
Hi guys i know hawing pro quality lenses on red can create beautiful images but what about other lenses like canon and yahsica ml which i have is there point of owning red if one cant afford cine lenses.

Thanks
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You can make MX look great with a wide range of lenses. Yashica ML are fine place to start. Stick to the better Yashica primes.
 
I'd guess that at least 50% of the people shooting with the Epic use Canon lenses most of the time.

And they look great.

If you are going the Canon route, you'll want to look for a Birger mount WITH the Impero controller. It's a great system if you can live with it's limitations.

Nikon AIS lenses are another great option, but you'll need the Nikon lens mount for those.

Good luck.

Stephen
 
I bought a set of Samyang/Rokinon T1.5 cine primes and I am happy with the results. For only a couple of hundred bucks a pop I think you can't go wrong.
 
I will suggest you to start using the glass you have available, do some tests and see if you are happy with the results, if you still want to upgrade, the better route is the Birger mount with the impero controller as Stephen pointed out above, I started using other adapters first and finally followed the Birger route and I am really happy with it, there is another option using a Leica mount, but it is only for manual lenses like the Samyang/Rokinon suggested by Dane. The link is http://www.leitax.com/Leica-lens-for-Cinema-cameras.html
Unfortunately the Birger for Red One is discontinued now, and you will have to find one in the used market, there is one already available in ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Birger-Cano...314?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2edef02392, but the price is too high and it didn`t has the impero controller, just as information mine cost me around $1,500 like a year ago with the impero, but i guess now the prices will go up since it is discontinued.
Good luck!
 
If you want Leica lens, you can change mount of the lens.
I have Nikon Lens and Samyang lens.
The Nikon 50 1.5 is very good.
Samyang 35 and 85 are also very good, but not enough sharp wide open.
Nikon 28, nikon 135 and samyang 14 are correct.
All my lens have nikon mount.
 
Thanks guys my only option is to use glass i Yashica primes CY mount at this moment Red one mc comes with PL mount can i simply use cheap CY adapter on PL mount on red MX or there are issues going this way.

PS How is MX when shooting anamorphic 2x stretch any problems?

Thanks guys
 
You cannot use a CY adapter to PL mount. PL has a 52mm flange to focal plane distance, CY is 45.5mm. You will loose the ability to focus to infinity.
 
Ron Steinberg said:
You cannot use a CY adapter to PL mount. PL has a 52mm flange to focal plane distance, CY is 45.5mm. You will loose the ability to focus to infinity.
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So hat would be the option here for me to use my yahisca lenses if it is pl mount or nikon

Thanks
 
No direct options. CY has shorter flange to focal plane distance than either PL or Nikon. Your best option is to get an Allstar A Mount for CY, or check out Leitax, their Red One mount may have an option for CY. Neither option is inexpensive and the A Mount is no longer in production.
 
Dino Jakovic said:
Thanks guys my only option is to use glass i Yashica primes CY mount at this moment Red one mc comes with PL mount can i simply use cheap CY adapter on PL mount on red MX or there are issues going this way.

PS How is MX when shooting anamorphic 2x stretch any problems?

Thanks guys
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There is no CY to PL adapter.

You can get the Leitax Canon Mount for Red One, and they use CY -> EOS adapters, which are quite affordable.
 
Nick Morrison said:
There is no CY to PL adapter.

You can get the Leitax Canon Mount for Red One, and they use CY -> EOS adapters, which are quite affordable.
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Nick and guys thanks for repply with Leitax Canon Mount and CY eos adapter would you know if i will have infinity focus issue
 
Dino Jakovic said:
Nick and guys thanks for repply with Leitax Canon Mount and CY eos adapter would you know if i will have infinity focus issue
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Yes, you will retain infinity focus. The EOS mount has a short flange to focal plane length allowing you to insert a CY adapter to EOS and maintain infinity focus.
 
Ron Steinberg said:
Yes, you will retain infinity focus. The EOS mount has a short flange to focal plane length allowing you to insert a CY adapter to EOS and maintain infinity focus.
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What he said! I used the C/Y adapters on Canon mounts a lot a couple of years back - in my experience they all reach infinity. If anything some of them are conservative and focus past infinity...
 
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