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    Matte Box filter size question

    Posted by Matt Stoltz on November 28, 2012 at 7:34 am

    Hi all

    I have a RedRock matte box and I know it will hold either a 4×4 or 4×5.56 filter.
    I do know that the 4×4 is considered a 100mm square filter when some companys display their filter sizes in millimeters.

    So is 150mm the 5.56 size or not? I have been seeing 100mmx150mm and im not sure if it will work on my Redrock Matte Box.

    I could settle for the 4×4 but I wanted to try and use the 4×5.56 in case of wide angle vignetting.

    thanks

    Matt

    Matt Stoltz replied 13 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • John Sharaf

    December 3, 2012 at 6:13 am

    Matt,

    No, 150mm is 6″

    Filters of 4×5.65″ are rectangular and also know as P-Size. The P is for Panavision!

    These are the most common size filters for motion picture use as the cover almost all prime lenses and all by the largest zooms (which require 6×6″)

    JS

  • Matt Stoltz

    December 3, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    Hey John

    Thanks for the info-

    Matt

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