Panamorph Paladin DCR Lens

AVSCraig · « **on:** March 20, 2018, 04:20:31 PM »

I'm going to document my experiments with the fairly new Panamorph Paladin DCR Lens, with my JVC RS4500 projector and Lumagen Radiance Pro. video processor in this thread ( and anyone else that owns one - feel free to chime in ).

The lens and the U bracket -

AVSCraig · « **Reply #1 on:** March 20, 2018, 04:23:18 PM »

Lens information on the Panamorph website - https://www.panamorph.com/home-theater-lens-options/

https://www.panamorph.com/projector-compatiblity-guide/

Don't forget we are Panamorph dealers !

AVSCraig · « **Reply #2 on:** March 20, 2018, 04:25:22 PM »

Super high tech temporary mounting system ( hey - at least I recycle ) -

AVSMike · « **Reply #3 on:** March 20, 2018, 07:44:12 PM »

Take a can of black spray paint to that high tech mount.

AVSCraig · « **Reply #4 on:** March 20, 2018, 08:15:26 PM »

Quote from: AVSMike on March 20, 2018, 07:44:12 PM

Take a can of black spray paint to that high tech mount.

I've got some scrap Protostar around here somewhere !

AVSCraig · « **Reply #5 on:** March 21, 2018, 04:43:25 PM »

OK - I put some scrap Protostar on the temporary lens base.

Tom Bley · « **Reply #6 on:** March 22, 2018, 08:27:09 PM »

Quote from: AVSCraig on March 21, 2018, 04:43:25 PM

OK - I put some scrap Protostar on the temporary lens base.

Where? I can't see anything.

AVSCraig · « **Reply #7 on:** March 24, 2018, 07:38:40 PM »

So I had 4 people over for a Paladin DCR demonstration today. We watched the first couple of chapters of GOTG2, Star Trek and some of Passengers ( all on 4K Blu-ray ). Everyone preferred the picture with the lens in place. Not only was the picture brighter over all, the extra 2.5 million pixels get the picture more detail and one person thought more depth at times. The opening of Star Trek in particular showed more detail and nuances in the picture. Anyway, it's fun to get other people in to give opinions. Fun day !

AVSCraig · « **Reply #8 on:** March 24, 2018, 07:45:38 PM »

In my setup I get 28% more lux with the lens than without, using a light meter and a 100IRE SDR test pattern.

Correction - going from 3840 zooming to 4096 using the full panel with the lens, it's slightly more than a 38% lumen increase, as measured with my Sper Scientific light meter !

AVSMike · « **Reply #9 on:** March 24, 2018, 10:54:35 PM »

Quote from: AVSCraig on March 24, 2018, 07:38:40 PM

So I had 4 people over for a Paladin DCR demonstration today. We watched the first couple of chapters of GOTG2, Star Trek and some of Passengers ( all on 4K Blu-ray ). Everyone preferred the picture with the lens in place. Not only was the picture brighter over all, the extra 2.5 million pixels get the picture more detail and one person thought more depth at times. The opening of Star Trek in particular showed more detail and nuances in the picture. Anyway, it's fun to get other people in to give opinions. Fun day !

Welcome to the club.