Runco LS-5 with Mckinley lense...newbie to CIH

Hi all, I have just decided to do my first CIH scope.

A little history, I was running a marquee 9500L/C for that last 4 years and it was damaged during super storm Sandy; now that the insurance company has paid out on it I've decided to go with a digital and do 2.35 scope, which is the lions share of what I watch. Most movies are on Blu-Ray played by a Sony BDP-550 for now, I have used an Oppo in the past and a Lumagen too...was never happy with that combo on the CRT.

I will be getting the Runco LS-5 with the McKinley lens. The screen will be a Stewart 50" x 117.5" wide 2.35, white,1.3 gain screen.

My understanding is that Runco is/was using the Isco III, and may also be using Schneider? Either way ,is there anything to look for when specifying which lens I will be getting?

Thank you.


EDIT: Mea Culpa, The McKinley lens does not work on the LS-5 it uses the Cineglide only. See last post.
Edited by dturco - 1/25/13 at 3:10pm

How so? The discussion was about the McKinley lens. Does it not work with the LS-5?


Mea Culpa. I thought the LS-5 took the same lens as the Q-750, I thought about getting first. Price became an issue and the change to the LS-5 happened. I did not adjust the lens specs to Cineglide.
Edited by dturco - 1/25/13 at 3:07pm

Oddly enough I have just spoken with GetGray about this issue. It seems it is just that Runco's marketing of the LS-5 steers, or presumes, you would not spend more on the "A" lens then the projector; so they implement the Whitney lens as the de-facto "A" lens for the LS-5. Being that the Whitney is a prism lens, I really do not want to go down that path. The Isco III/Cineslide is exactly what I spoke to GetGray about, and for the same reasons you've mentioned. Trying to put the CART/SLED before the horse in this case, does make sense.

So, I guess I was mostly correct the first time.