RED PRO Primes vs. LEICA Summilux-C Primes

[KETCH ROSSi]

Ketch, seriously, stop thinking about it. Go to your freezer and take out that crisp stack of $100 bills and place that deposit. When the lens arrive, invite over (say 1,000 people ie Redusers) to your crib to check them out. Oh yea, don't forget to make the lasagna.

You do the above, you will no trouble making new friends. You'll be on everybody's Facebook page.

LOL!!

[Steve Das]

...When it comes to the capabilities and the pricing of the RPP's, RED totally nailed it. I can't wait to see what RED does with the FF35 electronic lenses and upcoming medium format options.

Yes..am as excited for the FF35 electronic zooms as the camera itself.

[KETCH ROSSi]

Yes..am as excited for the FF35 electronic zooms as the camera itself.

I will by pass the FF35 entirely and wait to move to the Epic 645 from my Epic-X S35, so I have to say that while I'm not exited for the FF system, I'm however extremely exited to see what RED pulls out as far as the MF glass, if not I will go with the new Leica "S" glass, if its supported.

[Mark Pedersen]

Glad to have put out something that was already on other Fellow Reduser's mind ;~)

The UP are nice lenses but absolutely not worth the price when compared to the RPP's, not even close to a consideration, however the MP's have always been in my mind do to the Incredible and impressive IQ thru out the entire set, and Design, as well as off course the very important Speed of T*1.3.

Again, serious considerations are going in on placing an order for the set, will see how things move along..

Maybe, but have you picked up a 25mm RPP and an UP and felt the diff in weight? Which would be more balanced on an Epic? Which would you rather hand hold? What about durability, consistent position of gears, how accurately and consistently they hit their focus relative to the scales?

A lot goes into the consideration in the long haul.

Granted, the Leicas are gorgeous. And faster. If you can afford them, do it :)

M

[KETCH ROSSi]

Maybe, but have you picked up a 25mm RPP and an UP and felt the diff in weight? Which would be more balanced on an Epic? Which would you rather hand hold? What about durability, consistent position of gears, how accurately and consistently they hit their focus relative to the scales?

A lot goes into the consideration in the long haul.

Granted, the Leicas are gorgeous. And faster. If you can afford them, do it :)

M

Again Mark, there is sure differences but for the price difference and what you get I would still get the RPP any day, and would only consider the MP, but not the UP.

Build on the RPP is great, and the markings can be re-done to match precisely either standard cine lenses such as the UP and or MP or for S3D work at a low cost, which will still put them miles away form the forbidden cost (to most) of the UP and MP.

The Leica Cine Primes bring a completely new set of additional attractive plusses to the market and to the Professional users in both field of cine and Stil work, and will make incredible partners with the Red Epic and Red Scarlet, no question, I'm seriously considering..

[roryhinds]

Why not start a list of people who would purchase the Leica's at a more reasonable price and make contact with there sales department or management.

Then they can see that if they lowered their price more artists could use their tools.
A blog or something online that gets the attention of the press would be great for this.

Lenses simply shouldn't cost the same amount as a house :-)

[Jacek Zakowicz]

Lenses simply shouldn't cost the same amount as a house :-)

as long as there are people that pay more than for a house they will....

[KETCH ROSSi]

Why not start a list of people who would purchase the Leica's at a more reasonable price and make contact with there sales department or management.

Then they can see that if they lowered their price more artists could use their tools.
A blog or something online that gets the attention of the press would be great for this.

Lenses simply shouldn't cost the same amount as a house :-)

He he, I'm so with you on this Rory.. so with you.

[Mitch Gross]

Why not start a list of people who would purchase the Leica's at a more reasonable price and make contact with there sales department or management.

Then they can see that if they lowered their price more artists could use their tools.
A blog or something online that gets the attention of the press would be great for this.

Lenses simply shouldn't cost the same amount as a house :-)

Can we do this with Ferarris? Maybe space shuttles while we're at it.

I think you have unrealistic expectations.

[KETCH ROSSi]

Can we do this with Ferarris? Maybe space shuttles while we're at it.

I think you have unrealistic expectations.

Mitch, even so I have to say that you are right, there is always the possibility for a deal when a group buy is offered, in this case off course I don't think it would work, as we would need many sets, but I can guarantee you that Otto did not pay full price for the 25 sets, and neither would we if we could put together an order of several sets, this I already know.

Btw, not Space Shuttles, a bit too far out of a comparisons here, sorry ;~), but Ferrari did and continues to do Group discounts were you can be a guess at Maranello, Italy and have your vehicles personalized.