Arriflex FF2 converted to 19mm rods!

[Shawn Nelson]

I did it!

I successfully converted an Arriflex FF2 which uses 15mm rods with 100mm offsets to instead be mounted on my 19mm rods from Red.

Yes, I know I could have gotten the baseplate, but that wouldn't work for me since nothing else I had used 15mm/100mm and I wanted to use Red's handles, side handles, battery/hdd carriage, etc.

So, I had my friend's dad cut it in two! He chopped off the 15mm rod clamps and I created an angle bracket to attach the FF2 to a Red universal mount.

Here it is! The first picture is pre-cut with the cut line in red. The second two are tonight after I finished.

[Mark Pedersen]

Gives me faith in the longevity of my new FF4 :)

What vintage is FF2 anyway?

M

[NateWeaver]

BL3 vintage

[Mark Pedersen]

BL3 vintage

I'm starting to feel old. I remember those days...;)

[Shawn Nelson]

The FF2 still goes for $3200 used.

[Stephen Williams]

The FF2 still goes for $3200 used.

Hi,

I know a focus puller who insists on a FF2, he does not like the modern ones!

Stephen

[Jeff Kilgroe]

The FF2 still goes for $3200 used.

Yeah, and you cut one in half. Hehe.

An adapter wouldn't have worked?

[Ivan G]

Yeah, and you cut one in half. Hehe.

An adapter wouldn't have worked?

Good catch Jeff! I didn't notice that. So why not sell it and pay the difference for a FF4? It's cool that you modified but just a thought.

[sparkhope]

Yeah, and you cut one in half. Hehe.

An adapter wouldn't have worked?

There's a saying in Oregon.

"Adapters? Hah! We don't need no stinkin' ADAPTERS!" :)

[Steve Gal]

The FF2 still goes for $3200 used.

Not yours.