By technical editor Matt Allard:
The Veydra M4/3 cinema prime lenses were developed by former Schneider optics guy Ryan Avery and Duclos lenses optical specialist Matt Duclos. The project was launched on Kickstarter and quickly fully funded. The lenses were initially scheduled to start shipping this month. Here are the updates regarding delivery:
Delivery Timing:
There have been some quality control issues with the 25mm focal length. It has been decided to withhold delivery of the 25mm by about 2 to 3 weeks to fix some excessive drag issues with the focus rotation. According to Veydra it is better to fix this issue in production than to rush delivery to meet the January promised date. They will begin delivering some of the single lens rewards and T Shirts in the next two weeks. Below is the current projected timing for delivery;
$25 T Shirts Reward only will be shipped by January 30th
Single Lens Rewards for Imperial focus scales except the 25mm should be shipped by January 30th
Single Lens Rewards for Metric focus scales and all 25mm Lens Rewardsshould be shipped by February 13th
All 4 and 5 Lens Set Rewards for Imperial focus scales should be shipped by February 13th
All 4 and 5 Lens Set Rewards for Metric focus scales should be shipped by February 20th
Rental Rewards should be shipped to LensProToGo by February 16th
The 12mm both Metric and Imperial versions should ship by June 2015
Accessories
Other News:
Illya Friedman over at Hot Rod Cameras has also designed a 6 lens case for the Veydra Mini Primes. The case is a Seahorse SE-720 hard case with custom foam cut out and low-pile top surface for 6 Veydra Mini Primes.
The retail price for this case with the custom foam is $259 USD but if you order on Veydra.com you can get it for $199. Kickstarter backers will be emailed a special discount code. If you are thinking of getting the case be sure to order it on Veydra.com before your lenses ship so it can be shipped with your lens order.
A Veydra logo decal made for these cases will be ready when the cases ship with the lenses. Veydra are choosing not to put the decal on the case because many professionals prefer not to identify what is in a case for security purposes. The logo decal will ship with each case and you can decide if you want it on the case or not.
Despite the prototype screw-in lens cap images above (which get stuck on lenses easily), Veydra have a new lens cap design that they felt was better for a production environment. All Veydra Mini Primes will ship with the 77mm photo style center pinch cap pictured below.
