LDS Ultra Primes vs New Ultra Primes

[Hunter Snyder]

What are the differences between the LDS Ultra Primes and the Plannar and Distagon Ultra Primes that Arri/Zeiss is manufacturing today?

[Greg M]

LDS is the later Ultra Prime and they have the Lens Data System proprietary to Arri systems. The front is also larger. Otherwise exactly the same lens.

[Scott Miller]

I thought they were made in Utah......

(Sorry, a little off today ;) )

[Peter Lyons Collister, ASC]

Arri/Zeiss is making both versions; LDS which are physically a little bigger as they have the larger front and the non data Ultra Primes.

Optically exactly the same. There may be a slight weight difference but that can be checked on the Arri/Zeiss website.

In obtaining 10 sets of UltraPrimes for Spiderman we gor a few of the LDS and we had to remove the front part of the barrel to make them fit on the 3Ality T5 rig.

Peter

[Greg M]

LDS Ultra Primes are 104mm front, Ultra Primes are 95mm.

[Lee Saxon]

TEN SETS? Man the things I could do with enough money to buy ONE set, or even one lens...

[Harry Clark]

Well, they didn't BUY ten sets. They are renting them for the duration of the film, which is what almost all productions do...
Cheers,
Harry

[Peter Lyons Collister, ASC]

Yes sorry about that. If it read that we bought 10 sets I would be shocked. we rented 10 sets and had Dan Sasaki at Panavision go through every lense to match for left and right eye for our 3D rigs.

Cheers,

Peter

[Lee Saxon]

haha I know I'm just saying that's a loooot of lenses