Everything you wanted to know about the EPIC Canon Mount

[Jarred Land]

Fantastic, can't wait.

Will the touch screen autofocus be working right out the gate?

Thanks,
Richard

yes.

[Jarred Land]

I believe this ability of a cinema/television camera to take advantage of high quality lightweight electronic still lenses can be a game changer. Opening up a whole range of new possibilities to doco and TV production. Certainly won't be replacing quality PL glass on drama and high end TVC but for alot of production this will be the way to go. I'll be buying one.

I understand the value of AF in finding focus and possibly tracking a subject just as you would on a DSLR but as the system stands can you control the lens with an "external" control as you would with a remote follow focus? Will this require a third party device or is this what the Redmote Pro does?

both REDMOTES will " Manually " control focus.. the REDMOTE PRO uses a proper focus knob.. the REDMOTE you use the scroll wheel that surrounds the NAV.

[Bruce Allen]

Jarred!

Have you tried doing stereo with two Epics with Canon lenses slaved to one REDMOTE? Do they stay in sync? Any way to compensate for drift or lens discrepancies with REDMOTE / REDMOTE PRO (or some kind of protocol that is open to 3rd parties?).

Or better for us to wait for Red Electronic lenses?

To me either Canon, Nikon or Red Electronic lenses sounds like the low-cost, lightweight high quality stereo dream system IF they work without too many glitches.

Of course you'd still need a zoom controller, but having synced Focus and Iris taken care of eliminates a ton of motors, weight and expense...?

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com

[Nils Ruinet]

Sounds great !
So, how do you check the backfocus of the canon mount ? Most of the collimators are PL only...

[Jarred Land]

Jarred!

Have you tried doing stereo with two Epics with Canon lenses slaved to one REDMOTE? Do they stay in sync? Any way to compensate for drift or lens discrepancies with REDMOTE / REDMOTE PRO (or some kind of protocol that is open to 3rd parties?).

Or better for us to wait for Red Electronic lenses?

To me either Canon, Nikon or Red Electronic lenses sounds like the low-cost, lightweight high quality stereo dream system IF they work without too many glitches.

Of course you'd still need a zoom controller, but having synced Focus and Iris taken care of eliminates a ton of motors, weight and expense...?

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com

Love the idea.. but I think that may be pushing these lenses a little too far past what they were intended to do :)

[R. Gonzales]

Jarred, this is great news, are there any Sigma brand lenses profiled as of yet?

Thanks

[Steve Marshall]

That looks absolutely awesome.

Can't wait to get my hands on one!

[Eirik Tyrihjel]

This is very exciting, I never thought I would even concider using still glass with my Epic, but with something like this and the ability to keep the rig very light, not to mention the affordable lenses available.... yes this is very exciting!

[David (dudi) Namir]

- Speaking of switching, it is a field safe procedure ( in a clean area ) and literally involves unscrewing 4 bolts and swapping mounts.. Then check back focus ( if needed )

Lets say check of back focus is needed (I would like to think that every mount change procedure will include a back focus check but leave it for now), how do we do it? Do we need to buy a Red Focus with Canon mount? Will there be an adapter to the Red Focus I have already have in PL mount? or is there any other way of checking the back focus?

[Michael Hastings]

One thing I'm not clear on, I know you can control iris, but does it do autoiris now? If not, in the future?

(Not critical out of the gate, just askin')