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It's called techno-porn. A phenomenon amongst geeks. Some geeks and nerds become aroused when exposed to imagery of technical gadgets they find interesting. It's all the more erotic for them when they see it, but can't actually obtain it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue
I must admit... I was a bit aroused and I'm sure it won't be the last time with this company.
When RED #138 gets here she's sleeping with me the first night. Hope the wife is cool with a threesome. :bleh:
It looks like a really nice matte box. It appears the box itself is to be made out of carbon fiber? I would seriously consider the same type of plastic that arri and panavision use. I have seen their boxes take some extreme impacts without breaking. For some reason I would think that carbon might be a little more likely to crack.
And it also appears that the eyebrow and siders are seperate pieces like the new MB14 eyebrow setup. I do like the new MB14 brows more than the old ones that flip down, but the panavision eyebrow with flip down sides can't be beat. It so easy to use, folds up very small, never gets in the way etc... I would try to move more toward their design and see if you can even improve it. Having the three seperate pieces can be a pain sometimes, although sometimes (rarely though) its useful.
PLEASE Make 2 versions:
(A) 6x6
(B) 4X4.565
Both with 3 stages -- At least one which rotates and also a 138mm round in the doughnut ring so one can put 4 filters total -- if they need to.
Both with 15mm and 19mm size rod mounts.
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That will cover the guys with big zoom lenses and also those of us who already have a full set of 4x4.565 filters.
This looks awesome. Thanks and happy holidays.
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Good Suggestions. It might also be good to make the 6x6 box convertible between 2 stage and 4 stage. Both should have the 138mm option.
Also you could consider using a similar filter tray to Panavision's ARF. It tilts the filters to help prevent reflections and if you remove the wedge, you can get 3 filters easily into a small matte box. Their 4x5 swing away is an amazing box.
I think thats patented. http://www.google.com/patents?id=7DE...vision,+filterQuote:
Originally Posted by ChrisBurket
Here's the vertical adj on the Arri MB-20. The knob bottom right is horizontal adj. The MB20 doesn't have ability to mechanically adj matte box tilt either.Quote:
Originally Posted by CVB
If it did you'd probably do something like placing cams on the M4 locking screws or have an adjustment knob as marked in diagram below.
http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/48_1197694536.jpg
I understand you started your design on the Arri MB20.
http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/48_1197461880.jpg
Trouble is you've integrated the swing-arm with the 19mm rod adapter. The 2 options I see are 1. unintegrate the 19mm adapter from the horizontal rod bracket or 2. place a horizontal cam like an uneven washer at the base of the swing arm column assembly so it can swing on a varying angle. The rubber bellows adapter or gimbal ring for large lenses will (hopefully) accommodate misalignment of the matte box and lens.
Sorta,
Dave,
Those photos bring up another interesting concern I've dealt with. It's important to consider how far back you can push the box against the rod mounts. As you can see with the Arri box, you can push it all the way back against the rod mount. Sometimes you need the edge of the 138 ring really far back on a zoom to prevent vignette problems.
thats awesome.. keep making it happen..
An important measurement to watch is matt box clearance when the camera is placed on a flat surface in hand held mode with 15mm bars.
Small Eyebrows built into the inside of mattbox as well as ability to instlal regular eyebrows on the outside.
Push button locking instead of a rotating knobs (but don't ask me how to do it)
A stage that can take a special filter draw that has two filters.
Mattbox that can expand and contract to accomidate wide lenses.
An eccentric type pivot (?) so mattbox can swing away without having to first wind it out to clear lens. (is this available on any mattbox?)
Mike Brennan