Lawrence Daufenbach

Not sure about male/ female... I use the soft side on my Mattebox...

Male being hard side, Female being soft side.

I have been having an interesting velcro debate with a number of ACs and I wanted to find out what most people use on the mattebox, filter tabs, etc: Male Velcro on the mattebox with Female Tabs or Female Velcro on the mattebox with Male Tabs?

I am preparing for a short comedy that will be shot on the Panasonic HPX500 with the Pro35mm adapter. I am currently interested in finding out what that main visual differences are going to be between Zeiss standard, super speeds, ultra primes, master primes and cooke s4s. In general and with this particular camera. Advantages/Disadvantages.

I was interested in finding out what the main difference is going to be between using a 2/3" camera, such as an HPX500 with one of the many 35mm adapters and a set up 35mm lenses such as Ultra Primes or Master Primes, vs using something like the RED which needs no adapter and can take those lens right on board.

Also are there any links online I could see visual examples?

What is the main quality difference and when would one or the other be at an advantage?