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Please let us know what filter size these trays will accept?!
Schneider is having a price increase Jan 1st and it would be great to get orders in before then.
I assume (and am hoping) 5x5 will cover the 18-50 and 50-150 but it may be 5.6x5.6 ?
I know the rear opening of these lenses is 114mm.

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Originally Posted by Jay A. Kelley

You know guys, I am seeing a lot of people post on here saying that the RED Mattebox makes the ARRI a bad choice...

Hmmm.. Do you think this is a responsible thing to say?

Price is a great reason to love something, and I have no doubt that Curt will make a great item.

But....

We are doing with this Mattebox, what we do with so many RED items, we're guessing.

Those of us that pulled the trigger on ARRI needed to things:

1. A high quality mattebox
2. A high quality mattebox, that exists. TODAY.. And will ship in the next 4 weeks.

Now I could be wrong, but at this time, RED has not been able to committ to #2. 95% of the people who went into the ARRI group buy need their equipment very soon.

So let's not say anyone made a bad decision by buying ARRI.. I think we're safe saying ARRI is pretty good in the quality dept :)

If you have the time to wait for the RED mattebox, then by all means do so. But if you don't or you want that name brand, then BUY ARRI.

Remember, every photo of RED you have seen up now has had an ARRI mattebox on it.. So I don't think I'm the only one who likes them.

This is not a zero sum equation. For one person to buy a RED mattebox (When it comes out) does not make the person who went with ARRI wrong.

Jay

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I don't know how much any of the gear talked about costs Red or Arri, and of course it is possible that dollar for dollar the Red matte box will be better value than the equivalent Arri matte box.

But regardless of cost, Arri make very very good matte boxes. (never seen an MB20)

Let RED come with specifications & pricing for Matte Box. It will make sense to compare it with other brands only after that. From what we have seen from RED so far, we can be sure it will be excellent value for our bucks.

Let us wait till RED makes more details public.

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Originally Posted by planetearth

As Curron Giddons already mentioned:

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showpos...&postcount=372

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OHH...THAT bit of speculation!

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Originally Posted by Djtech74

one red dolly
http://www.red.com/store/product_detail/103:umm:

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Ironically, yes, when I picked up my camera, it was mounted on this dolly and I made my first RED shot on this dolly - smooth too!

You know, one interesting thing about 4k is that if you shoot with a little extra room, you could hand hold and then stableize the footage in post and get a pretty smooth move.

That said, my ideal dolly would be a light weight device where the weight comes from the operator's body. An adjustable ped arm. Basically - I'm most interested in having a roling tripod with a ped arm to get my shots quickly. I am finding on a lot of shoots lately I'm in locations that are just too small to bring a big dolly into them yet I'm really stick of adjusting the sticks. So a tiny size would be ideal. People have suggested a few options which get mounted to the operator basicaly - but that won't work, I like setting a shot and locking it off. I think there is room for a totally unseen design for this kind of thing. If it does exist. link please.

(I should clarify that i'm aware of broadcast style pedistal tripods and I've though about those, but what I'm thinking would have a much lower height range than anything i've ever seen in a broadcast style pedistal... and be a lot cheaper ideally.)

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Originally Posted by david farland

OHH...THAT bit of speculation!

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Ha-ha - well that seems to be what this whole thread has turned into? May as well toss in a bit of speculation from the "gift horse's" mouth ;)

444 - not a bad camera number David. Almost as good as 423!

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Originally Posted by Mark Allen

Ironically, yes, when I picked up my camera, it was mounted on this dolly and I made my first RED shot on this dolly - smooth too!

You know, one interesting thing about 4k is that if you shoot with a little extra room, you could hand hold and then stableize the footage in post and get a pretty smooth move.

That said, my ideal dolly would be a light weight device where the weight comes from the operator's body. An adjustable ped arm. Basically - I'm most interested in having a roling tripod with a ped arm to get my shots quickly. I am finding on a lot of shoots lately I'm in locations that are just too small to bring a big dolly into them yet I'm really stick of adjusting the sticks. So a tiny size would be ideal. People have suggested a few options which get mounted to the operator basicaly - but that won't work, I like setting a shot and locking it off. I think there is room for a totally unseen design for this kind of thing. If it does exist. link please.

(I should clarify that i'm aware of broadcast style pedistal tripods and I've though about those, but what I'm thinking would have a much lower height range than anything i've ever seen in a broadcast style pedistal... and be a lot cheaper ideally.)

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not what you want, but maybe a combo of this and something else,
dont know...

http://www.porta-jib.com/spider_dolly.htm

I can't believe you all fell for this! This is the front intake for the 6-71 blower on one of Jim's alcohol burning dragsters. Nothing this cool looking goes on the front of a lens - Sheez!! :)

i usually use this one ...

http://www.abc-products.de/english/wigo_kits_e.htm

stil have to stabilize in post some shakes that eventually happen in track junctions, anyway it's light to carry around and very fast to setup!

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Originally Posted by Jannard

http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/9_mattebox.jpg

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Cool design.

But the vertical pair of rods doesn't seem to be compatible with Panavision system.
It would be pity. Compatibility saves money and makes wider market pool.