Hello Jim and all the hardworking team at Red,
I've touched on this subject a while ago, but now I see that a lot of people will indeed use old cine lenses with the camera. I myself have a set of Baltar old lenses that I like to use for a different effect sometimes, besides my other set of 35mm modern lenses that I use regularly.
Some of this lenses (especially non-reflex lenses lile Bausch & Laumb, Cooke Speed Panchro etc) have a very small distance between the rear element and the film plane. I hope the Red team will think of that and put only a thin glass above the sensor (and nothing else), in order to accomodate any lens as far as depth is concerned.
Also, another thing is to think which is the largest of the common 35mm mounts that exists (for example, Mitchell BNC or BNC-R has a diameter of 61.468 mm), and take that diameter into account when designing the front of the camera (not putting anything is the path of a lens that large).
I'm absolutely sure you guys know better than anyone how to build a camera, I just thought it's a good idea to reiterate this point. For what RED is trying to bring us, it would be a shame not to accomodate almost any lens out there.
P.S. Just as a further note, Kubrick had to completely modify a Mitchell to accomodate his f0.7 Zeiss lenses - for two main reasons: the shutter and the thick aperture plate. They aren't there with RED so one (who can afford it - Jim?) can only dream about renting those and testing them with RED. The distance from rear element to film plane is only 4mm by the way.
I've touched on this subject a while ago, but now I see that a lot of people will indeed use old cine lenses with the camera. I myself have a set of Baltar old lenses that I like to use for a different effect sometimes, besides my other set of 35mm modern lenses that I use regularly.
Some of this lenses (especially non-reflex lenses lile Bausch & Laumb, Cooke Speed Panchro etc) have a very small distance between the rear element and the film plane. I hope the Red team will think of that and put only a thin glass above the sensor (and nothing else), in order to accomodate any lens as far as depth is concerned.
Also, another thing is to think which is the largest of the common 35mm mounts that exists (for example, Mitchell BNC or BNC-R has a diameter of 61.468 mm), and take that diameter into account when designing the front of the camera (not putting anything is the path of a lens that large).
I'm absolutely sure you guys know better than anyone how to build a camera, I just thought it's a good idea to reiterate this point. For what RED is trying to bring us, it would be a shame not to accomodate almost any lens out there.
P.S. Just as a further note, Kubrick had to completely modify a Mitchell to accomodate his f0.7 Zeiss lenses - for two main reasons: the shutter and the thick aperture plate. They aren't there with RED so one (who can afford it - Jim?) can only dream about renting those and testing them with RED. The distance from rear element to film plane is only 4mm by the way.
