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No carbon fibre for me please. I want durable equipment as film work is a battlefield and carbon fibre does not hold up. Also the weight savings from plastic is little to none.

What about a Red clip on mattebox, something in the same vein as the LMB-5 but affordable.
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Originally Posted by Finner

No carbon fibre for me please. I want durable equipment as film work is a battlefield and carbon fibre does not hold up. Also the weight savings from plastic is little to none.

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For hand-held this could save several pounds.

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Originally Posted by digitalfx

For hand-held this could save several pounds.

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Not a problem for Finner. He shoots 3D with two BL4s handheld, one on each shoulder. And that's with 1,000 ft. mags.

For hand held or steadycam though a swing away is not the best choice anyway. You are much better to go with a clip on at that point. For many this mattbox will become their bread and butter studio MB that lives on the camera. MB's take more abuse then any other camera part and IMO durability is much more important then a few pounds. I would be very highly suprised though if the CFshade weighed 2 pounds less then a plastic shade. I would be happy to have you prove me wrong though Greg as this is just my guess (I pull a lot of shit right out of my ass you know!).

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Originally Posted by Finner

No carbon fibre for me please. I want durable equipment as film work is a battlefield and carbon fibre does not hold up. Also the weight savings from plastic is little to none.

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Amen to that! - I want something that will last me for years. Also, CF looks baaaaad. Matte grey powder coat is the way to go. This is a tool, not a fashion statement but i'm sure that the final design will find a perfect balance between price, form and function - this is RED (and Curt) we are talking about, after all :) ..

adam

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Originally Posted by Alexander Nikishin

It allows for great weight reduction and handles heat very well, not to mention it's very pleasing on the eyes.

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I would just post a question mark but my post would be too short... so "?"

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Originally Posted by Finner

For hand held or steadycam though a swing away is not the best choice anyway. You are much better to go with a clip on at that point. For many this mattbox will become their bread and butter studio MB that lives on the camera. MB's take more abuse then any other camera part and IMO durability is much more important then a few pounds. I would be very highly suprised though if the CFshade weighed 2 pounds less then a plastic shade. I would be happy to have you prove me wrong though Greg as this is just my guess (I pull a lot of shit right out of my ass you know!).

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I use a clip on lmb4 and 5, I was referring to the top rails. cf would be nice addition to the kit....sure cant hurt.

btw- I was talking about cf rods, not the mb. maybe I was confused, too late to go back and read again.

"you'll be hearing a lot about me over the next couple of decades." The JohnathanLB

dam it...how did I miss this one. can you point me to the post?

You will love this one Greg!

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthr...No+RED+tape%21