Charles Pickel

Hi Stephen; Came across your post from last Oct. Yes, Aaton made these core lock hubs from plastic well into the XTR era. They ALL fail in exactly the same way. They later came out with machined aluminum replacements. Some folks couldn't wait and produced their own (in my case CNC machined by master Boeing machinist). I have BOTH factory and aftermarket parts available in black-anodized machined aluminum. I do NOT have the internal parts to spare. Factory hub: $35.00 ea., after market hub: $25.00 ea. Thanks ! Charles Pickel seriousgear.com Seattle

Very hard to find Arriflex Tilt-Shift lens system in excellent condition. In the fitted case there is: Tilt-Shift lens mechanism with Arri PL camera mount. Four (4) special medium format tilt-shift lenses: 24mm T4, 45mm T2.8, 90mm T2.8 & 110mm T2, flexible control shaft/knob, bridge supports for 15mm & 19mm studio rods. Rare system made by Arri Austria; no longer manufactured. This unit is in very fine shape. Allows focal plane to be tilted for placement of focus emphasis. Optical axis can be shifted on X, Y or Z axis for perspective correction or distortion, extreme macro close up shots. Asking US$ 36,000.00 obo + shipping Email me for more photos and to discuss: cp@seriousgear.com

Hi Andrew, email sent today. Looking forward..

Optically, they are pretty close in performance. My experience was that the HP was especially good at the long end. Mechanically, they are very different animals and this is a big difference. While more compact, the HP is mechanically less robust than the Cooke. The sections comprising its housing can become loose and rattly with even modest use. It is also a transitional design - not a true internal focus unit. Its front may not rotate, but it does track in and out. Its focus movement is very susceptible to entry of dust and mechanical wear. Angenieux corrected this in the HR. The Mk-II Cooke is a true "fixed volume" internal focus design, but it has one unique quirk. Its zoom group tracks in a spiral cam, and therefore rotates during zooming. Some units have a noticable rotary tracking error as a result. This is very hard to correct, but usually minor in nature. Personally, knowing how sharp and robust these lenses were in rental service, I think they are the best value in a used 35mm 10-1 bar none. It is also far less bulky than the original Mk-I Cine Varotal 10-1. Charles www.seriousgear.com

Ryan; Eclair originally sold primes for their cameras made by Angenieux and Kinoptik. These range down to 10mm (Ang.) and 9mm (Kinoptik), there are even C-mount versions of the 5.9mm angenieux and 5.7mm Kinoptik (which covers S16). -Charles www.seriousgear.com