[Konvas] Base Plates, Rods, and Diameter Hell...

[Adam Frey]

> I prefer the solid steel rod, HATE the aluminum tubes*/

Agreed - don't think aluminum *tubes* would be worth mounting any type 
of glass on. Really high grade aluminum *rods* should be a different 
story though...

> /*the 100mm center to center distance is between the rod centers, and 
> depending on which camera you use, how far offset it is in what 
> direction changes. 

Understood.

> It's like a tinker-toy set. (Do they still sell those?)*/

I'm not sure. But if they do, I'll bet my step-son has it ;-)

> The yoke-- the item that mounts onto or supports the lens-- is fitted to 
> a spacer or bracket on the rods or T bar.  Those are dovetail fittings, 
> and the same, so you can take a lens with matching yoke off of a rod set 
> and slip it onto the T bar set, or vice versa-- and you may or may not 
> need a spacer.

Ahh. I understand what you mean now. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

> Arri yokes are identical to Kinor yokes, but Eclair is narrower and 
> does not interchange. Panavision yokes are rectangular, the narrow
> side fits Eclair, the wide side Arri/Kinor.*/

How about Konvas 1M and/or 2M Yokes? Do they match other manufacturers?

Thanks,

Adam Frey
Director/Cinematographer
Crimson Chain Productions
http://crimsonchain.com

Crimson Chain Productions
PO Box 35
Libertytown, MD 21762