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-   -   Which mattebox do you have for your XL H1? (https://www.dvinfo.net/forum/canon-xl-h-series-hdv-camcorders/68025-mattebox-do-you-have-your-xl-h1.html)

Ron Pfister May 23rd, 2006 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Steven Dempsey
I don't know whether it's cool to post a link but here is what I'm talking about:

http://www.zgc.com/zgc.nsf/c7a682995...2570C900669A0F

Thanks, that makes it clearer - it's w/o follow focus. Quite costly, methinks...

Chris Hurd May 23rd, 2006 03:55 PM

It's always cool to link to ZGC, one of our highly valued DV Info Net sponsors.

Steven Dempsey May 23rd, 2006 04:10 PM

Oops Jonas, my mistake on the price...sorry about that.

Jonas Nystrom May 23rd, 2006 04:24 PM

It's totally OK Steven...

But I think the price for matteboxes are just insane; 3 000 bucks for a shade, two rods and a gear? Must be the "movie business exponent" on this gear as for everything else you'll need. Does anyone tried the Vocas matteboxes? I think it's same as Century.

and.. do I need followfocus, everything is in focus anyway with 20x stock lens ;-)

Steven Dempsey May 23rd, 2006 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonas Nystrom

and.. do I need followfocus, everything is in focus anyway with 20x stock lens ;-)

Don't get me started :)

Christopher Glaeser May 23rd, 2006 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonas Nystrom
But I think the price for matteboxes are just insane

No doubt low volume is a major factor.

Best,
Christopher

Jonas Nystrom May 23rd, 2006 04:55 PM

Yes it may be so...

But have anyone tried Cavision or Vocas or something else. Not that I'm against Chrosziel, but I would like to compare when I'm doing this kind of a huge investment...

Steven Dempsey May 23rd, 2006 04:57 PM

yes, I have the 4x4 bellows mattebox for my DVX100A and it's great. Cavision doesn't have anything made specifically for the XLH1 yet but I believe they are planning on it.

Chris Hurd May 23rd, 2006 05:00 PM

Here's a lower cost alternative that you're going to hear a lot more about pretty soon on DV Info Net:

http://www.indiesnap.com/

Jonas Nystrom May 23rd, 2006 05:00 PM

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Actually they have, this picture is from Cavisons site...

And what do you think about this follow focus http://indifocus.com/index.html

Chris Hurd May 24th, 2006 12:31 AM

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Maybe I should rename this thread to include follow focus...
What about this one... from my buddy Karl Horn at CineTech.
Yeah it's on an XL2 here but obviously it fits an XL H1 as well.

Barry Gregg May 24th, 2006 08:20 AM

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Carl's matte box and follow focus work very nicely on the H1. I actually shot this image for Carl's new web site.
Barry

Jonas Nystrom May 24th, 2006 01:45 PM

Looks nice, so where can I find Carl..?

Chris Hurd May 24th, 2006 04:25 PM

Karl Horn's site is located at http://www.cinetechonline.com/ (nice work, Barry!)

Steven Dempsey May 24th, 2006 04:34 PM

Nice but it doesn't seem any cheaper than the Chrosziel at the end of the day.


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