Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]it's about: modular gears for follow focus devices same size filters across the line same size (but huge) matt boxes across the line all of which makes perfect sense when your camera is dedicated to maximum effectiveness for pro video and makes no sense (with the exception of same size filters) when using the body for strictly for still imaging. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Apr 17, 2010, at 6:33 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> On Apr 17, 2010 at 02:58 PM -0400, Mark Rabiner wrote: >>> The point of the lenses line is to not offer Leica users a lower >>> piece >>> point >>> or to pawn of cheaply made clunky glass as Zeiss to Canon Nikon >>> users. >>> The point of the lens is they are made by Zeiss. >>> And of course they are mainly directed at video and movie people >>> but it >>> appears also at stills people. That's me. >> >> It seems to me the point is to offer these lenses with cine-style >> ergonomics. Which is one of the last things I'd want if I was >> shooting >> stills. >> >> A 4.5 inch front diameter does not sound appealing to me on a >> SLR. It >> sounds perfectly reasonably if I was shooting with a rig for >> motion, whether >> that was an SLR or a traditional camera. When you are hanging >> matte boxes, >> follow focus systems, and other accessories, it makes sense to have a >> housing that is a standardized size across the line, and absolute >> size makes >> less of a difference. >> >> Which is why I made my previous statement. If you wanted to shoot >> stills >> with this (which is the only reason you'd adapt it to R, as you >> asked), why >> not buy one of the ZF/ZE/ZK lenses? >> > > > Well maybe you have experience in shooting stills with glass with cine > ergonomics for most of us its a brave new world. And Zeiss seems to > think > there's something in it. If we are looking at T stops instead of f > stops > then maybe that's a deal breaker. Bu the idea of having an > oversized focus > grabber sounds very ok to me. > And I like the colored numbers. > I like numbers. > That's part of why I like macro lenes. All kinds of numbers. > > And I mentioned that I am not fond of the build of look or price > point of > the ZF/ZE/ZK lenses. > > [Rabs] > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information