I was also a little incredulous about them making their own lenses. I thought that was really unusual. However, the camera and lens are standard PL mount so you can use any PL mount lens on the body.
God, I would love to use that little camera on a Steadicam Provid. It's the perfect size. -Brendan --- Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 20/09/07, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, > unleashed: > > >The body alone is $17,500 US. The least expensive > lens they have listed > >is a 300/2.8 for $4,950. http://www.red.com/store > I'm ordering mine > >right now! > > I'm slightly sceptical about the lenses. I have a > mid-range lens used > for (standard def) news and that cost $8,000. HD > lenses from Canon are > several times that figure. Low prices would worry me > if I were a > director looking into hiring kit. Then again, > directors don't choose > equipment. They decide on format with > producer/studio and then hire > chief individuals (ADs, DoP, etc) and they may then > help with decisions > on where to hire kit from. What a lot of faffing > about ;-) > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
