Amazing new redrock product!!!!!

Beeeoootiful, just beautiful. Gotta love how everything comes in waves. Timing sucks for all those [cough, cough] X-Brand adapter buyers who maybe would have waited to purchase had they been given just a little more advance notice or hint on what was being released.

C'est la vie, I suppose...
 
I just bought the new SgBlade and even if I'm one of the X-Brand buyers that didn't wait, I'm almost certain that I've made the best price/quality choice available, no matter what Redrock is announcing today!

But nonetheless, I will keep an eye on todays announcement. Who knows if I'm wrong!
 
Its 2:30 AM here AND I AM NOT SLEEPING.... yet........ till ... they ... announce.... DARN IT! ....my tylenol PM is kickin ...in
 
Hi everyone

Stay tuned, news today for sure.

We are up to 7 new products to be announced. If you don't want to hang around and keep pushing the reload button you can also subscribe to our newsletter on our home page at www.redrockmicro.com and we will be pushing out the news as well.



Brian
 
I like that Redrock maintained the lunchbox design that keeps the adapter rock solid on the rails. I hope the new FF will have a non glued on accessory port. What about Live view for Nikon Lenses as well ?
 
Live View involves getting the codes for the lens protocol. Which means either talking to the manufacturer... or reverse engineering it yourself. So... I think that might be some time before we see that. I dunno though!
 
naavt said:
I just bought the new SgBlade and even if I'm one of the X-Brand buyers that didn't wait, I'm almost certain that I've made the best price/quality choice available, no matter what Redrock is announcing today
Click to expand...

I'm with you on this 110%. For me, the SGBlade offers everything I've wanted in an adapter to date:

1) High aperture and shutter speed ability
2) Low light loss
3) Interchangeable screens
4) XY axis adjustment
5) Backfocus/collimation adjustment
6) Flipped image
7) Multiple power options

If the SGBlade delivers on reliability and picture quality, then Wayne's (and us) have a real winner in our hands...

The Letus Extreme was really good to me for the year I had it; I made three films (one Filmfest winner) while pushing it to its limits. I couldn't justify the Ultimate at 3+ times the cost and the SGBlade looks like it will deliver much of the same feature sets while costing a little more than the LEX did.

I've also got a February shoot schedule lined up that I'm already cutting it close on, so it's onward and upwards with the SGBlade regardless. I'm really looking forward to putting it through the paces.

Bottom line is, competition is healthy and only benefits us consumers in the long run with better and better products to work with. Besides, my rig includes some Redrock and Cinevate products anyway :-) And I'm sure we'll all be buying some of the new stuff from all of them soon enough.

Happy shooting everyone!
 
Last edited:
Yea guys... It looks like aside for the Live Lens, which would be really sweet especially with lenses such as the Tokina 11-16mm, there really isn't much if anything at all that any other adapter will have on the SGBlade... other than perhaps a tad of speed? But I am not ready to believe a claim like that, not till there are actual reviews on it insted of newspaper sounding marketing material...

Now I want to believe it, Red Rock is a brand that deserves much love from the indie adapter world. They were a real big game changer back in the days when affordable adapters first started blowing up. As we all know and their stuff is solid, and often real bargains... their FF and MB continue to be insane deals with little competition if any.

But 1/2 stop loss? Well... it sounds like a tad of a stretch, doesn't it? Don't get me wrong, I am not up with the current speed ratings of the Ultimate or SGblade, but I will wait and see. It would be real sweet if it turns out to be an accurate measure, a crazy cool one if the look isn't drastically changed... the M2 look is VERY pleasing to my eyes.

What is the SGblade with the faster GG rated at speed wise?

I am really digging the live lens thing, and also liking the quick release adapter thing for the FF on the thicker rails.

FOOTAGE please! If there is some already then please put the link on the first post.

Congrats Brian and Co. on the new products.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top