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Paul Curtis · April 17th, 2008, 05:13 AM

Did anyone at NAB manage to get more information about the Arri Matte Box and Follow Focus for the EX. There's a photo on adam wilts blog but no other details. Like ETA, Price, the usual suspects...

cheers
paul

Phil Bloom · April 17th, 2008, 05:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Curtis

Did anyone at NAB manage to get more information about the Arri Matte Box and Follow Focus for the EX. There's a photo on adam wilts blog but no other details. Like ETA, Price, the usual suspects...

cheers
paul

its very expensive. I think 4k. i just bought the redrock one

Paul Curtis · April 17th, 2008, 05:25 AM

why doesn't that surprise me!

Is the Red Rock one shipping then? Last time i looked it was preview or preorder?

cheers
paul

Phil Bloom · April 17th, 2008, 05:28 AM

they are saying 40 days

Eric Pascarelli · April 17th, 2008, 05:35 AM

The Arri guy told me "under 4k" but no set price yet.

It is the absolute best thing out there in terms of design/build quality as far as I can tell.

Piotr Wozniacki · April 17th, 2008, 05:36 AM

Phil,

Could you please give us some hints about optimum configuration of the Redrock matte box, to be used in conjunction with the EX1+LEX, on the Letus 30+15 cm rails? Will it just fit, or is another rail system (possibly also from Redrock) required? Also (please bear with me; I've never used a matte box before) will it fit any lens on the Letus Extreme, AND the EX1 on its own, i.e. without LEX?

Paul Curtis · April 17th, 2008, 08:25 AM

I find the idea of $4k for a matte box faintly ridicolous. At the end of the day i just need something to hold 4x4 filters in front of the lens. The red rock one looks nice, 40 days is an awful long time but red rock look as though they're becoming a cheaper zacuto brand. The handles look nice too. I hope they can ramp up production!

I've even been tempted by a indian ebay job, i don't see how far you can go wrong with something so simple.

cheers
paul

Leonard Levy · April 17th, 2008, 01:11 PM

Phil,
I just looked at the redrock mattebox very briefly as I had to catch a plane and spent about 40 minutes just looking for the booth. It looked great to me though.
Do you know if the EX-1 fix they are designing is an add on or replaceable part so that you can use it with other cameras in the standard configuration. it will move the filters further away from the lens as I understand so it would be nice to not always have to be in that set-up. I am hoping to have this one for years, and every inch counts when trying to use say a wide-angle on a standard 2/3" camera.

Peter Wright · May 7th, 2008, 01:17 AM

Edit - post removed - somehow it appeared in the wrong thread ...

Dean Harrington · May 7th, 2008, 02:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil Bloom

its very expensive. I think 4k. i just bought the redrock one

I bought the Red Rock as well.

Sami Sanpakkila · May 7th, 2008, 05:47 AM

Does anyone know if on the Red Rock matte box it is possible to adjust the vertical position of the filter? If you have a grad ND filter and you want to adjust it according the skyline for example.

Dean Harrington · May 7th, 2008, 07:00 AM

Redrock microMattebox Features**

Universal mattebox: Works with video cameras, 35mm lens adapters, and film cameras.
Wide-screen format shade
Flattened shade design for wide angle lenses
Interchangeable mattes
Swing-away design - a first for this price range
Rod mount supported (industry-standard 15mm/60mm. Nnative 19mm/104mm rod configuration also available)
Separate locking knobs for filter position and filter rotation
Metal filter trays with spring-loaded filter locks
Support for top and bottom eyebrows (french flags)
Support for side wings
All filter stages rotate 360 degrees
Dual purpose filter tray for 4x4" and 4x5.65" filters. Additional tray options available to support up to 5.65x6"" filters
Unique stackable stage design: add or remove stages to exactly meet configuration
All metal construction (lens shade and lens adapter high impact ABS)
Adaptable to various lens sizes (lens opening with lens adapter 140mm, without is 155mm)

April 17th, 2008, 05:13 AM	#1
Paul Curtis Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: canterbury Posts: 411	Arri Matte Box Did anyone at NAB manage to get more information about the Arri Matte Box and Follow Focus for the EX. There's a photo on adam wilts blog but no other details. Like ETA, Price, the usual suspects... cheers paul

April 17th, 2008, 05:28 AM	#4
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	they are saying 40 days __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net

April 17th, 2008, 05:36 AM	#6
Piotr Wozniacki Inner Circle Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Poland Posts: 4,086	Phil, Could you please give us some hints about optimum configuration of the Redrock matte box, to be used in conjunction with the EX1+LEX, on the Letus 30+15 cm rails? Will it just fit, or is another rail system (possibly also from Redrock) required? Also (please bear with me; I've never used a matte box before) will it fit any lens on the Letus Extreme, AND the EX1 on its own, i.e. without LEX? __________________ Sony PXW-FS7 \| DaVinci Resolve Studio; Magix Vegas Pro; i7-5960X CPU; 64 GB RAM; 2x GTX 1080 8GB GPU; Decklink 4K Extreme 12G; 4x 3TB WD Black in RAID 0; 1TB M.2 NVMe cache drive

May 7th, 2008, 01:17 AM	#9
Peter Wright Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 193	Edit - post removed - somehow it appeared in the wrong thread ... Last edited by Peter Wright; May 7th, 2008 at 01:19 AM. Reason: Wrong thread

May 7th, 2008, 07:00 AM	#12
Dean Harrington Major Player Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tokyo Posts: 898	RedRock ... Redrock microMattebox Features** Universal mattebox: Works with video cameras, 35mm lens adapters, and film cameras. Wide-screen format shade Flattened shade design for wide angle lenses Interchangeable mattes Swing-away design - a first for this price range Rod mount supported (industry-standard 15mm/60mm. Nnative 19mm/104mm rod configuration also available) Separate locking knobs for filter position and filter rotation Metal filter trays with spring-loaded filter locks Support for top and bottom eyebrows (french flags) Support for side wings All filter stages rotate 360 degrees Dual purpose filter tray for 4x4" and 4x5.65" filters. Additional tray options available to support up to 5.65x6"" filters Unique stackable stage design: add or remove stages to exactly meet configuration All metal construction (lens shade and lens adapter high impact ABS) Adaptable to various lens sizes (lens opening with lens adapter 140mm, without is 155mm)

April 17th, 2008, 05:25 AM	#3
Paul Curtis Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: canterbury Posts: 411	why doesn't that surprise me! Is the Red Rock one shipping then? Last time i looked it was preview or preorder? cheers paul

April 17th, 2008, 05:35 AM	#5
Eric Pascarelli Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 498	The Arri guy told me "under 4k" but no set price yet. It is the absolute best thing out there in terms of design/build quality as far as I can tell.

April 17th, 2008, 08:25 AM	#7
Paul Curtis Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: canterbury Posts: 411	I find the idea of $4k for a matte box faintly ridicolous. At the end of the day i just need something to hold 4x4 filters in front of the lens. The red rock one looks nice, 40 days is an awful long time but red rock look as though they're becoming a cheaper zacuto brand. The handles look nice too. I hope they can ramp up production! I've even been tempted by a indian ebay job, i don't see how far you can go wrong with something so simple. cheers paul

April 17th, 2008, 01:11 PM	#8
Leonard Levy Trustee Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: USA Posts: 1,684	Phil, I just looked at the redrock mattebox very briefly as I had to catch a plane and spent about 40 minutes just looking for the booth. It looked great to me though. Do you know if the EX-1 fix they are designing is an add on or replaceable part so that you can use it with other cameras in the standard configuration. it will move the filters further away from the lens as I understand so it would be nice to not always have to be in that set-up. I am hoping to have this one for years, and every inch counts when trying to use say a wide-angle on a standard 2/3" camera.

May 7th, 2008, 05:47 AM	#11
Sami Sanpakkila Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Finland Posts: 317	Does anyone know if on the Red Rock matte box it is possible to adjust the vertical position of the filter? If you have a grad ND filter and you want to adjust it according the skyline for example.