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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

A little Nikon Love....

Jarred, will we be able to use older Nikkor lenses that are Non-AI with F Nikon mounts?
 
nice job RED.....

that is definitely something I doubt you will see the competition copying....

Jarred....are you guys looking into adjustable focus speed for the existing canon mount....or is this even possible to do smoothly
 
Jarred Land said:
The Nikon mount as most of you know has been a bit tricky as Nikon requires actual motors in the mount where Canon has the motors in the lenses.
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Does this mean your mount will have electronic focus control of all Nikon AF lenses - not just AF-S?

(AF-S lenses have the focus motor in the lens; earlier AF-D/AF lenses utilized a focus motor in the camera body.)
 
Nils J. Nesse said:
Does this mean your mount will have electronic focus control of all Nikon AF lenses - not just AF-S?

(AF-S lenses have the focus motor in the lens; earlier AF-D/AF lenses utilized a focus motor in the camera body.)
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That stands to reason. BTW, knowing Jarred, he'll probably give us a another little nugget of Nikon love tonight.
 
Outstanding! - I kinda figured no motor in Nikon mount.. impressive as always.I have always liked my old Nikkors, I am so darn excited they will still be in service!
 
Joseph Hutson said:
What? You can switch from a PL mount to a Canon or Nikon mount...without buying a completely new camera body? How revolutionary! Just wait until the other guys catch onto that. Not.

Looking good, team...
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Too be honest Fries engimeering were doing that with theit Mitchell conversions from the mid 1970's on, My 35R3 has a PL, BNCR, Panavision & Nikon mounts. 4 screws as well!
 
This mount may be worth the wait. We've had problems with our "third-party" mount and the customer service has been less than satisfactory.
 
Nicholas .. Which adapter do you have? What issues have you been having? I suspect the Red Nikon mount is a ways off yet and then there will be the issue of pent up demand so I am looking to purchase something until the real mount is available. The front runner right now is the Optitek.
 
Our Optitek mount is currently away being serviced. The mount could not hold iris position and all lenses would shift in the mount when focused. Although we arranged rushed shipping and were assured our mount would be repaired immediately and rushed back, we have yet to see our mount returned.
 
OptiTek Service

OptiTek Service

The mount was corrected, upgraded, customized for adjustable tension and shipped back the same day we received it. No charge.
I think that's as good as service gets:wink5:
 
Not answering your phone, or responding to emails in a timely fashion isn't great. Not to mention not following through with our agreement to overnight it back to us.


Ted, Sadly I don't know of another 'approved' mount.


OptiTek said:
The mount was corrected, upgraded, customized for adjustable tension and shipped back the same day we received it. No charge.
I think that's as good as service gets:wink5:
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I won't highjack a thread where Red is announcing an incredible new product but things are not as simple as Jacek is portraying.
 
OptiTek said:
The mount was corrected, upgraded, customized for adjustable tension and shipped back the same day we received it. No charge.
I think that's as good as service gets:wink5:
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I have to say that I had need of adjustment to my Optitek mount - one of his very first batch of Epic mounts - and service was exactly as Jacek describes it here. Fast. No charge. And I'm on the other side of the country. I could not hope for better service from a supplier.


I am looking forward to the RED Electronic Nikon mount, but the Optitek is a very good option until then.
 
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