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New letus relay with the EX3?
Letus 2/3" Compact Relay*::*Letus Relay Lenses*::*LetusDirect
Will that attach onto the EX3 body? What are your thoughts on the new relay? There's also the pro version.. Letus 2/3" Pro Relay*::*Letus Relay Lenses*::*LetusDirect Edit: Jumped the gun. I realize that the EX3 is 1/2" so no it will not fit. But there was talk of a 2/3" to 1/2" adapter.. I got a little over my head! Last edited by James Dierx; January 27th, 2009 at 01:49 PM. |
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The new relay will fit the EX3 with the adaptor that comes with the camera. (at least that's how I understand it)
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Your just swapping one lens for another..? I thought they were going to have a mount, direct to camera. Camera-letus extreme-35mm lens. It's just still, Camera-lens-Letus-35mm lens. What are you gaining? And now you'll need to spend 0ver 11,000.00 for whole thing, lens, letus, rail system. Wow.
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Is it worth $6000? ( plus impost duty and VAT) =£5800 in the UK! Unless you have money to burn on gaining a stop or so, and are doing some kind of higher end production, it doesn't seem at all practical. Perhaps others think differently and I would like to hear their views on investing in it. |
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I was wrong.... A "little birdy" just told me:
"With this new adaptor on the EX3 the image will be cropped. A separate 1/2 inch adapter is on it's way." That's all I know.
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2/3 adapter is not the ticket ...
a 35mm lens to 1/2 censor B4 mount relay would be ideal. I know upside down image and DOF coming from the lens alone but that's the ticket for putting inexpensive but good glass on the camera! I would like to see something like this for about $2,000!
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Dean, that's not what's coming. This will be a "relay lens" that removes the need for using the stock EX3 lens WITH a Letus Ultimate. So you would still need BOTH the Letus Ultimate and the yet to be released relay lens.
The main advantage to the relay lens is that it would have a lower f-stop (larger aperture) than the stock EX3 lens. It will probably also be much shorter in length so your rig wouldn't be so front heavy. The big question is the cost. Hopefully it will relatively affordable.
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Hopefully the 1/2 will be a bit cheaper. But I guess the compact would be the way to go. Would rather loose a little bit of stop over shooting through 12 plus pieces of glass.
Still cheaper than $27,000 dollar Pro 35. Glass will always cost us. |
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A little more info from my secret source:
"The Letus EX-3 relay is ready to go. It's a F/1.5 lens. It's shorter than the longer B4 mount but longer than the shorter one. Get it? " Still waiting on cost. (hopefully not $6000)
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I want it.. but I'm not willing to pay over $3,500!
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^^^^^^I agree.
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