b4 to pL mount

[Michael Brennan]

Abel Cine have announced a B4 to PL optical adaptor that "spreads" 11mm diameter CoC to 22mm.
Designed for the new Phantom high speed camera.

Mike Brennan

[Mitch Gross]

Yes Mike, the HDx2 B4/PL Optical Adapter also fits on the RED One. It covers all 3K formats but I was happy to discover that (at least with the lenses I tested) it also covered many 4K formats, such as 4KHD. Only two stops of light loss as opposed to 3.5 stops on the Abekus 260 and it is really clean and sharp. I was genuinely surprised at how nice an image I saw.

[Nils J. Nesse]

How crazy would it be to make an adapter that makes the Red Mini Primes cover the Red M-X sensor?

[JD Holloway]

@ Nils -Buy the Nikon or Canon adaptor instead for the budget conscious.
Or just rent proper glass.
The light loss, image degradation would not be worth it IMHO.

However, if a motor fuji/canon/angi lens is needed, it'd be an option.

[Joe Kleber]

How crazy would it be to make an adapter that makes the Red Mini Primes cover the Red M-X sensor?

That's a cool idea.

I think just a plain mount that would allow the EPIC to accept the mini primes would be great. I wonder how much resolution you could get from this combination.

[Michael Brennan]

I was genuinely surprised at how nice an image I saw.

Could be handy of those jobs where long zoom TV lenses are needed but a red look or post flow are required

Would be interesting to compare optical quality with same lens on a 3 chip HD camera.



Mike Brennan

[Taylor Morrison]

Mitch,

Will you have one of these gadgets at NAB?

Thanks

Taylor

[Mitch Gross]

Yes!

[Phil Bates]

Does this mean that both of my $20K Fujinon zooms (that have CA problems) will cover the whole 4K sensor rather than just 2K? Will it make the CA problems go away? (please...)

Phil

[Mitch Gross]

They will cover 3K for sure. They might cover some 4K formats but I can't promise. They likely will if you zoom in a little. Don't know the origins of your chromatic abberations so I can't say for sure, but they will look the best they could possibly be with this adapter.