B4 mount? Whoes B4 mount?

[Jay A. Kelley]

Jim is this B4 mount the abakus or one of your own design. Please give me some info on this as I know I am interested and Gibby will be right behind me!

Thanks,
Jay

PS Thanks for the allowance.. That was no small gift.

[Kevin Lang]

B4 mount is a eng lens mount it is also known as a sony mount most betacams and HD cameras have this mount. It would be a handy thing to have!

[Alexander Nikishin]

I bet Gibby's happy!

[Anders Holck]

$3500 is the listprice of the Abakus 132 B4 to PL optical adaptor.

[Brook Willard]

Any word on why RED's B4 adapter is 700% the price of the other adapters?

[Anders Holck]

The other adapters contain no optics.
The B4 adaptor has elements to correct for the missing prism in a PL mount camera

[Michael Morlan]

There is probably a fee to pay to Sony for their patent that adds to the price as well.

[Brook Willard]

Ahh, thanks Anders. Haven't worked with B4 mounts before.

[Steve Gibby]

I bet Gibby's happy!

:biggrin: :excl: :weight_lift: :whistling:

[Steve Gibby]

$3500 is the listprice of the Abakus 132 B4 to PL optical adaptor.

I have no knowledge of exactly what their adapter is, but my guess is that it is either: 1) An Abakus branded as such 2) A re-branded Abakus since RED was testing one and reported good results

With all the massive engineering RED has had to do in the past 15 months, that would be the easiest way to enable B4 2/3" lens use on RED. Either way, it still wouldn't stop RED from engineering their own B4 adaptor at a future date. Then again, maybe this is their own engineered B4 adaptor, and they somehow found the R&D time to pull it off already. Either way, I'm thoroughly stoked that RED has included the option to use B4 2/3" lenses on RED One!

[Jannard]

Ours will be a slightly modified Abakus design. Our selling price of $3500 matches theirs... see www.zgc.com

We recommend ours for the RED camera.

Jim

[Anders Holck]

Great, seems like a good solution More interestingly: Any news you can share on how exactly you change between the PL and the Nikon/Canon mounts?
I know we have come a long way since those hex bolts on the old renders....

[Steve Gibby]

Ours will be a slightly modified Abakus design. Our selling price of $3500 matches theirs... see www.zgc.com

We recommend ours for the RED camera.

Jim

Totally stoked! Thanks Jim...

[Hoffmann Films]

Very happy to be able to use some of my $$$ HD glass on the RED camera!

[Andrew M.]

Just for those guys that would like extra kick for tiny 2/3 sensor, here it is

http://www.smsprod.com/products/lenses/angenieux4.html

PL to B4 mount.

Don’t mix it up with Abakus B4 to PL