PL mounts for sale on eBay?

[Greg Risley]

Just saw these listed on eBay and wondered if anyone had experience with or advice?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261026674621...#ht_2856wt_922

[Joel Mielle]

I would have more faith with this company as they have already approved one RED lens mount. http://cinemods.com/

[Shervin Mandgaryan]

I wouldn't trust any mounts that RED doesn't make or haven't approved of. You'll void your warranty.

[Shane Kelly]

Just saw these listed on eBay and wondered if anyone had experience with or advice?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261026674621...#ht_2856wt_922

I have a couple of ciecio7's mounts for my fs100 (pl and nikon) and they work just fine. They're not up to reds standards of machining but do the job quite well.

[Bob Gundu]

I had one of his m4/3 to PL mounts and it was pretty good.

[Martin Weiss]

If those are not supported by RED and they end up damaging your camera, you'd have to foot the repair bill yourself.

I would think very hard on whether this was a smart way of saving money. And then I'd think some more...

[Andy White]

I used ciecio7's mounts (PL & OCT-19) on Panny M4/3's. Fine for the job and the kit used (AF's and GH's).

However, RED's PL mount on the Epic/Scarlet is in a league of it's own. So, as others have said, RED's approved/supported mounts will at least be a safer bet.

Maybe ciecio7 could try for RED approval?

Until then, I'm looking at the Allstar as an interesting alternative (I like teh idea of interchangeable mounts) - it's RED approved.

Until then, sticking with my trusty PL :)

[steven moreno]

The seller states in his auction that the mount is RED approved - can anyone from RED verify this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Zeiss-Cooke-...item3cc666f7bd

[Shervin Mandgaryan]

In all honesty, anyone who is seriously considering getting an Aluminum PL mount for their Epic/Scarlet should rethink otherwise.

You'll be very limited as to how heavy of a lens you can strain on that mount because as we all know, good PL glass is heavy. Also, Titanium won't flex nor will it contract or expand depending on the temperature. Last thing you want is a lens not fitting on your mount. And say in the future you want to use PL mounts with some sort of meta data system or /i technology like Cooke has, you won't get the benefits.

I've met a couple of early Epic operators that were severely pissed when RED came out with their Epic-M and came with the aluminum PL mount. There were alot of fitting and flexing issues with cinema glass. There's a reason why RED only sells a Titanium PL mount now, they've learned well.

Save up your money and get something that'll last forever.

[Jacek Zakowicz]

The RED One had aluminum PL mount on it and in the 7000+ cameras that were sold not one flexed or failed AFAIK. Otherwise RED would not make them that way.
You want to have the "Ti" moniker part of your gear list?- fine, but it hasn't got much to do with the engineering.
Yes I'm very familiar with tensional strength , thermal expansion coefficients of all these materials, etc, etc,- it's my job.