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Thanks to Duclos

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Rob Gardner

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Just a thanks to the folks at Duclos for the 11-16 PL mount lens. We just got back from shooting in India for a two-hour PBS documentary special and we used the lens extensively on our MX Red One. It was not only a great camera for Steadicam and Jimmy-jib use, but saved the day for us in small, dark interiors. A lot of what we were shooting was architecture (including the Taj Mahal) and the ability of that lens to present an extraordinarily wide field of view with minimal distortion really paid off for us, particularly on the moving camera. The mechanics are great as well.

After the extremely helpful Indian government restricted our shooting to the same small platform in front of the Taj Mahal that provides the single post-card shot that everybody uses (and for a modest shooting fee of only $3,000) we finished with the Red One and mounted the Duclos lens on a PL converted Canon T-2 to continue shooting closer to the monument, artfully disguised as American tourists.

Of course, the lens performed beautifully (though I would have to say that ergonomically, the Canon T-2 really sucks as a hand-held motion picture camera). It especially sucks when you consider that we had a Jimmy jib and a Steadicam gathering dust back in the truck. Special thanks again to the government of India…

The Duclos folks also were able to rush delivery for us in time for our departure and were supportive in every way.

Great lens, great support. Thanks to the entire family.

Rob Gardner
 
I really like this lens too; great pictures, solid little housing. Coverage on it is great too - I took it along to Red Europe recently when I popped in to leave fingerprints all over their EPIC. Looked as though it covered happily at 5k, however there was an incompatibility between the mounts- the locating pin on the titanium mount was too large for the slots on the lens... I don't really have a satisfactory answer as to why this is, but Duclos offered to modify if it turns out to be a problem in the (distant) future when our EPIC comes along. Who knows, it could just be a little glitch in the pre-production EPIC mount.
 
Duclos does great work. They've been servicing many of my lenses for years now. Whatever they do, they do it right.

Its a family business - and beyond really knowing lens tech well, they have excellent customer service
 
Able to defeat India's bureaucrats in a single bound... It is powerful.

I was just using my 11-16 in NYC @ fashion week on an AF100 - If you saw a guy standing precariously on a ladder backstage @ Tory Burch that was me.

11mm is quite wide still on the 'croppy' AF100.

Matt Uhry
www.mattuhry.com
 
Yah even though I haven't purchased or serviced with Duclos before, they are so responsive/courteous to any questions or requests I've had ... that I know I will be working with them in the future.
 
AnthonyFlores said:
Yah even though I haven't purchased or serviced with Duclos before, they are so responsive/courteous to any questions or requests I've had ... that I know I will be working with them in the future.
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Seconded LOUDLY!
 
Smartest thing I ever did was get my Zeiss ZF lenses from Duclos. Incredibly popular and my clients are always amazed.

You wouldn't recognize them as ZFs, they feel and behave like cine lenses and the look is fantastic.
 
Matt =
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+1 here.
They overhauled my Mark III Superspeeds and they looked and performed brand new. Like I mean I had just unpacked boxes from Germany. They also overhauled my HR (which desperately needed it) and did a fine job on that one too!
Cheers,
Harry
 
Great lens, great service...

Mike
 
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dido... Fast, reasonably priced.... spot on.

ER
 
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