New Shoot 35 achromat: any reviews yet

There are currently 30 SGblade's that have shipped with the new optics installed. Once I see some footage posted, I will link to it here :)
 
Hi Wayne,

Are the new optics compatible with the older Rev3 Flip unit for the Sgpro?

Cheers,

Ian
 
Uh oh, i think I want one one now as well,
Great News Wayne, hey are you ever going to release your Follow focus again?
Cheers
 
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I finally got a chance to set up my new Blade tonight on an Ex-1.
First preliminary observation is that the achromat is vastly improved.

Whether it is quite as good as the Letus I can't say yet but it seems well within tolerance even with the EX-1 wide open. Haven't tested for CA yet but nothing has jumped out at me on a chart, but I've just started looking.

Great job Wayne!


Lenny Levy
 
Just got my dispatch mail and my tracking number for the upgrade ! Waiting for the package to cross the English Channel...
 
Lenilenapi said:
I finally got a chance to set up my new Blade tonight on an Ex-1.
First preliminary observation is that the achromat is vastly improved.

Whether it is quite as good as the Letus I can't say yet but it seems well within tolerance even with the EX-1 wide open. Haven't tested for CA yet but nothing has jumped out at me on a chart, but I've just started looking.

Great job Wayne!


Lenny Levy
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Any footage to share, along with your impressions?
 
I know Lenny has his and is evaluating. Is there not anyone out there that has footage with the new achromat?

Rather odd that there's nothing on Vimeo or even the Shoot35 boards with the new configuration.
 
Actually, I shot some quick footage yesterday using the new optics to see if I could induce some CA. Its 2 min of just randome shots - most of which has some high contrast areas. Unfortunately, I didn't notice until after shooting that I had the A1 set to use a low light preset so it pushed RGB quite a bit and thus added some noise. Anyway, here's the footage. No CA so far that I can see :)

www.exposureroom.com/newoptics1

Specs for this video:
SGBlade + New Optics+ RR2
Nikon 105mm f2.5
 
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Thanks for posting! I can certainly see the improvement compared to your older footage.

Although there are now 45 SGblade's now out there with the new optics, you are currently the only user to post footage.

I shot some stuff last weekend but realized when I got back to capture that I had the cam in DV mode, not HD, so the footage is pretty useless :(
 
Thanks Wayne,

I also posted on the Shoot35 forum. Hopefully, during this long weekend I will have an opportunity to get some better footage (and use the proper preset). I will then post it as well.
 
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