Article: Why We Need Cinema Lenses

[TimurCivan]

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FYI the Red Pro 17-50 cinema lens is a rehoused Tamron 17-50 non-VC. It's obvious when you have them side by side.

Not a bad thing necessarily, that happens to be my favorite modern stills lens for shooting video on crop Canons. I haven't yet decided if I like the Red version.

[TimurCivan]

The red version is a very capable lens. Good range, and performance. Just a funny little thing cause the middle telescopes out when you zoom.

[JoeJITSU]

FYI the Red Pro 17-50 cinema lens is a rehoused Tamron 17-50 non-VC. It's obvious when you have them side by side.

Not a bad thing necessarily, that happens to be my favorite modern stills lens for shooting video on crop Canons. I haven't yet decided if I like the Red version.

Interesting! Might have to check into that for my 7D.
Any suggestions for my 5DM2?

[Allan Black]

Great Ryan, thank you very much. Does anyone else think his welcome work should be a sticky? .. has someone asked yet, before it sinks into the archives.

Cheers.

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The red version is a very capable lens. Good range, and performance. Just a funny little thing cause the middle telescopes out when you zoom.

When it does telescope out you can put the tamron hood on it. The internal construction is identical - and plastic.

I don't love the lens, I'd certainly rather take any Angenieux - but that's not an option on some gigs.

Is it good enough? I didn't have the prep I wanted with it and it was thrown into battle for 3 days with an Epic. I haven't seen dailies yet. The focus marks are useless and I'm trying to teach a eager, smart yet very green 1st AC how to be a better focus puller. I love the range and size, and that's the biggest reason it's seen the use it's gotten. The mechanics are very nice, although I think it's way too heavy for what it is - but I think that of almost everything Red.

I guess I'll decide if it's good enough when I see dailies.

[Ryan Patrick O'Hara]

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Someone posted this on RedUser, and I thought it was a great example of how some lenses are different from others. This compares a Cooke S4 to a RedProPrime, which got a lot of slack from the cinema crowd on it's witness marks. You can see how the spacing and number differ.

[bill totolo]

Great to have this information in an accessible place. I think I'll forward a link to a few producers.

[Ryan Patrick O'Hara]

Thanks for the comments. Just cleaned it up a bit, since it's finding some attention.

I hope it helps. If anyone sees something I missed, feel free to say here or PM me. Thanks!

[LaForce]

If this article were a woodwind instrument I would say "sweet reed".