Cost of the G35?

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ReneH

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At the risk of starting a thread that could regress to juvenilism, what is the estimated cost of the unit?

Also, if the Brevis premieres, would that unit outcompete the Go35 in terms of price and possibly performance?

Just asking.
 
the brevis and the micro35 or M2 are about 70 dollars in price difference.

how much is the Go35?
 
The G35 from Cinemek was said to be $1,300 and up prior to their switching to a moving mechanism. Jonathan would be in a better position to tell you what the final cost may be of the new unit, but I wouldn't be surprised if it will be in that ballpark. Their pricing was teired along three components: the camera mount, fitted to your cam, would run $150; the optical housing with the static diffuse surface was $999; the lens mount, fitted to a manual lens type was another $150.

The Brevis will outperform the $209 Go35SD as the Go35SD is not intended to compete directly with that kind of adapter. It is instead meant to be a good all around solution for shooters on a shoestring budget, or people looking to play with manual lenses without spending an arm and a leg first time out. Anyone who is thinking of spending around $100 on DIY parts, but is looking to rid themselves of the headaches associated with DIY, should look at the Go35SD as a great solution.

Under some conditions (shooting SD, good lighting) I expect the Go35Pro to compete favorably with the Brevis and for that matter, just about any moving adapter. For a benchmark of performance, expect the Go35Pro to perform as well as Cinemek's G35 beta units -- that is, as a static, near grainless adapter perfect for SD shooting. The Go35Pro will sell in the neighborhood of $550-600.

The Go35HD is meant to be an alternate solution to the best moving adapters out there, the Brevis included. I think Dennis has done a fantastic job and to this end the Go35HD takes some design nods from the Brevis solution. As with many of the moving solutions, it will not be a clear, simple answer as to which is "better" -- they all have their strengths/weaknesses, and each has their specific features that may cater to your needs especially. Expect the Go35HD to sell for $700-750.
 
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Well, the G35 is NOT grainless at most apertures. I got major grain (read: pretty much unusable) at f2.8 but I had heavily filtration (polarizer and an 85B filter.) The grain is also easily visible to the naked eye through the adapter when it does not have a lens on it.

However, its lack of vignettting, hotspotting, resolution retention, and chromatic abberation/distortion are pretty remarkable. Whatever macro they are using, it's good. Considering they borrowed their design from your Thorlabs adapter, however, I have no reason to doubt that you've constructed something equally impressive.
 
Hee hee, Rene, I enjoyed the "if" the Brevis premieres....it's already here. I have a thoroughly distressing machine shop bill to prove it. :crybaby:

11 units are going out in very short order..it was supposed to be tomorrow, but we've had a couple of minor delays and some last minute "improvements".
 
No disrespect intended, guskers, I was just trying to sort out the price difference as well the intended market. Thanks for the clarification on the adpaters, guys. Also, congrats on the rollout of your adpater guskers, I hope you do well.
 
The Brevis is looking sweet! And it just started. The natural course is that it'll get better and better. When Redrock first started I thought there was something lacking there but they evolved and evolved and now I've seen some amazing stuff done with their adapter. Redrocks' cheapest bundle is $995. The Brevis35 is $795.
 
rawfa said:
The Brevis is looking sweet! And it just started. The natural course is that it'll get better and better. When Redrock first started I thought there was something lacking there but they evolved and evolved and now I've seen some amazing stuff done with their adapter. Redrocks' cheapest bundle is $995. The Brevis35 is $795.
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negative, the brevis will come to 915 US and the redrock 995, because neither one should be used without a railing system.
 
The Brevis can be used with no railling system (back me up here, Dennis). Otherwise I would not even have applied as a beta tester. I shoot 90% of my stuff hand held and having to relly on a tripod all the time would not work for me...that is the reason why Redrock doesn't cut it for me...otherwise I would have bought it already.
 
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On metal filter threads the brevis is rock solid. The CNC aluminum and carbon fibre is super stiff, and the unit is only 270 grams in weight. One of the design goals was simplicity of use....meaning screw it on, turn it on, zoom to frame, set back focus, start shooting.

Rails should be used IMO, for plastic filter thread cameras like the GS400 which has all kinds of chassis flex at the lens housing. A solid focus rack (tripod mounted) will be difficult in this case as the camera chassis itself will flex a bit as you handle the lens. Even a tiny tiny bit of flex will show up as a slight wobble during the rack. I have no qualms however using the adapter and 50mm lens unsupported on the GS400 for hand held shots....where there's jitter anyway. In fact, for hand held shots it adds a nice bit of mass to very light cams.

The M2 must be used on rails, as it does not attach via the filter threads..and given it's size, it shouldn't. The Brevis will attach to your cam in seconds for run/gun type footage, without rails.

So long story short, you don't need rails, but if you want to do rock solid focus racks on a tripod using a plastic bodied camera, it certainly helps. None of my shots posted are run n gun type shots..hence the rails being used.
 
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This thread has turned out to be very informative for comparative purposes. Thanks again for your contributions.
 
bklyndv said:
The G35 from Cinemek was said to be $1,300 and up prior to their switching to a moving mechanism. Jonathan would be in a better position to tell you what the final cost may be of the new unit, but I wouldn't be surprised if it will be in that ballpark. Their pricing was teired along three components: the camera mount, fitted to your cam, would run $150; the optical housing with the static diffuse surface was $999; the lens mount, fitted to a manual lens type was another $150.
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That is correct, thanks Jim.
 
Things are heating up in the 35mm adapter world. When I first started checking out adapters the G35 and the M2 were the only "afordable" big guns in town that provided quality results (if you can afford more you can look into the mini35, the movietube and Dans' adapter). Now I've been seeing some very nice results from the Brevis35 and Go35. And like I said before, these guys are just starting. With time I think their respetive products will be among the best quality/afordable adapters out there. Darn it! I wish I could buy them all and spend a month just making tests.
 
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