Premium Member Adam Frisch FSF Posted September 25, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted September 25, 2004 They're here. Nice range. Master Primes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georg lamshöft Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 When they are really that good (and I have confidence in Zeiss) why do we need Ultra Primes? Ultra Primes are so expensive that they are only used were the price for the equipment is not that important (or not important enough to not take Master Primes because of their price), am I wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Gross Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 Progress my friend! Progress. Those Ultra Primes are excellent glass and will have their place for a long time. How often does one choose to shoot at T1.3 in 35mm anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob van Gelder Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 A beautiful set, but maybe a bit overkill? I mean, some lenses are very close to their neighbours in focal lenght. I foresee many " incomplete" sets in the future, as rental companies might save money and not take some less used focals.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenolian Bell Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 That's not really that much different from now. Many smaller rental houses don't have the entire complete set of every prime lens set. They own the lens' that are going to rent out the most. To fill in they subrent from larger rental houses, which mostly have complete sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Max Jacoby Posted September 29, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted September 29, 2004 Arri and Zeiss always felt that they could improve on the Ultra Primes, which is why the Master Primes. Up to now lens design has always been a compromise between breathing and close focus, but with the Master Primes this has been solved due to the use of dual floating elemtents. While the Ultra Primes do breathe a bit, this has been eliminated with the Master Primes. I don't think the range is overkill (except maybe the 32mm and the 35mm), it is the usual range one encounters on a feature film. If anything one will need to complement them with very long (135mm and 180mm) and very short (10mm, 12mm, 14mm) Ultra Primes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Gross Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 I don't think the range is overkill either. The Cooke S4 set is up to 16 or so lenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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