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RED PRO PRIMES due for imminent update?

Peter Majtan

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The RPP set has all but disappeared from the RED STORE and also the 50mm is gone. With the larger sensor in the Epic and possibly the Dragon being FF (still) - I smell a new breed of RPP's-FF's around the corner...
Let's hope this is the reason and not something else...

Peter
 
Keeping an eye on Vegas in the Spring... What do you think Peter? Larger circle... Electronic... Anamorphics... All of the above? Might we be so fortunate?
 
I must say the 2.8 on the Cooke Panchro's is less and less of a concern given higher iso's and very nice sharpness even wide open. Only thing that stops me is the price. Even though it is still a very fair price. :-)
 
Yaque Silva-Doyle said:
The only lens I see not in stock is the 50mm.
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There was an option to purchase the complete set for a discounted price (as compared to buying the lenses individually), including additional discount for the 300mm...
This option is now gone - and so it the 50mm...

Peter
 
Could also be that just the 50mm will get an update and then the set will come back up.
But since Jarred posted his "get them while you still can" I think this is bigger.

Those are the times when I don't like the RED silence... ;)
 
Cüneyt Kaya said:
i hope there will be something like a rpz 50-100( 135)
and anamorphic flareness at T2.0 that would be great.
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Amen!

While the 18-50 was replaced by the "brilliant" 17-50, the 50-150 has been long overdue for a remake...
I have always been fan of compact zooms, as most of my jobs require me carrying my own gear to remote places and to work fast. With the Duclos 11-16, RED RPZ 17-50 and new RPZ 50-150 - I would switch to PL mount no questions asked...

Peter
 
They previously announced a couple of electronic zooms, stabilized, FF35, f2.8
3 zooms in the range between 15 and 200 plus a 300 and 2 extenders.
and also, not to forget, the 645 and the 617 lenses ;)

but still the announced were zooms. and just deleting the primes doesn't make sense, if they sell like hotcakes, as Jarred somewhat implied.
so the range will most probably be stocked with new primes. maybe electronic primes, too....
 
I was just about to pull the trigger on the full set when they started to disappear. Clearly the choice was RPPs or Panchros. Now I'll have to wait. Jim warned there would be magnificent things ahead. I suggest we all buckle up.
 
Before Jarred's comment we would have to consider the possibility that lens supply was down due to a material shortage or other accidental manufacturing shortfall. "Get them while you can", even minus the trademarked He He He is telling. If stock is down it is by design. Something is coming, can't wait to see what it is.
 
get them while you can, doesnt it mean, the thing coming after them is worse?
wouldnt it be more like, -wait we get hot new shit - if some new primes would be better?
maybe its my english, but this is what i understand.
 
Cüneyt Kaya said:
get them while you can, doesnt it mean, the thing coming after them is worse?
wouldnt it be more like, -wait we get hot new shit - if some new primes would be better?
maybe its my english, but this is what i understand.
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If they have inventory to sell before new stock comes in, wouldn't it be a mistake for him to advise people not to buy?

New and improved lenses wouldn't make the current RPP's any less good, so if you want them, get them while you can.
 
Peter, for my personal projects i grab the zoom, sidehandle and thats it.
so the duclos 11-16 is PL,
does it cover 5k2:1?
i shoot in scope anyway, so no need for 5kFF.
Which T-Stop and how much does this lens cost?
thanks
Peter Majtan said:
Amen!

While the 18-50 was replaced by the "brilliant" 17-50, the 50-150 has been long overdue for a remake...
I have always been fan of compact zooms, as most of my jobs require me carrying my own gear to remote places and to work fast. With the Duclos 11-16, RED RPZ 17-50 and new RPZ 50-150 - I would switch to PL mount no questions asked...

Peter
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didnt see it that way.
if i would be in the prime buyers seat i would like to know if new better primes are around the corner.
its not like computers where you know there will be something better next week.
But possibly the new primes will be more expensive because of better
mechanics, then for the budget concious buyer its important to get them while he can.
Scott Crawley said:
Life they have inventory to sell before new stock comes in, wouldn't it be a mistake for him to advise people not to buy?

New and improved lenses wouldn't make the current ROO's any less good, so if you want them, get them while you can.
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Cüneyt Kaya said:
Peter, for my personal projects i grab the zoom, sidehandle and thats it.
so the duclos 11-16 is PL,
does it cover 5k2:1?
i shoot in scope anyway, so no need for 5kFF.
Which T-Stop and how much does this lens cost?
thanks
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2.8 and it costs little over $3K (http://www.ducloslenses.com/products/duclos-11-16mm)
You can get it in different mounts...
Only have shot with it in 4K (Scarlet's limitation). I am renting this lens for now - as they are on a massive backorder (5-6 months). When I have it next time - I will check the coverage in 5K

Peter
 
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