Nikon Mount

[Jon Chema]

This may or may not have already been addressed however I am going to ask it again.

Does anyone know what the ETA of the Nikon mount is for the Epic? I've got a ton of projects I'd love to shoot Nikkor with and am patiently awaiting....

 

[Dave Blackham]

For Nikon manual Iris Lenses Jarek has one and Allstar has one. I believe both companies have a solution for Nikon G also. It would be great to hear about Deleivey of a Red Electronic Nikon mount.

 

[Bob Gundu]

No clue... Luckily my ProLock still works great.

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

AFAIK, last official word is that the RED "smart" Nikon mount would be ready end of July. All I know is it can't get here soon enough!

In the mean time, there are other "dumb" solutions which have iris control for G lenses. Jacek (OptiTek) has a nice one. There's a couple others out there too...

 

[Jacek Zakowicz]

Dumb!!!???

Dumb!!!???

:wink5:

In the mean time, there are other "dumb" solutions which have iris control for G lenses. Jacek (OptiTek) has a nice one. There's a couple others out there too...

I wouldn't exactly call it "dumb"-the iris control mechanism with calibrating scale and gear is pretty clever:wink5: If I may say so myself...
Besides what is the advantage of touch screen iris adjustment? It's always easier to reach for the gear and turn the ring.... We can try to do a speed test and see:laugh:
They are in stock and ready to ship BTW

 

[Douglas Underdahl]

And there is a Nikon mount available for Scarlet and Epic from the original NIkon mount for Red guy - me!

http://www.longvalleyequip.com/lensmount.php

 

[Brigham Edgar]

and which available mounts are RED approved and won't void the warranty on your $40K camera?

 

[steven moreno]

I have Jacek's mount from Optitek. It's great, I love it. And it is RED approved!

 

[Curt Pair]

and which available mounts are RED approved and won't void the warranty on your $40K camera?

I have Jacek's mount too! It's FANTASTIC! He's a great guy! He walked me through everything on the phone. It's flawless... no issues, RED approved! Good deal too!

 

[Elsie N]

And there is a Nikon mount available for Scarlet and Epic from the original NIkon mount for Red guy - me!

http://www.longvalleyequip.com/lensmount.php

Douglas, you designed the original Nikon mount for Red? Didn't know that. That thing was so sturdy I worried more about my lens breaking off rather than the mount failing. Brings back old memories.

 

[Douglas Underdahl]

Thanks Elsie.

There were actually two original OEM Nikon mounts for Red One - I made them both. First one was a straightforward adaptation of an actual Nikon mount, while the second and current one that Red sells has the super strong stainless steel locking ring/lever that is also in our PosiLock for Epic/Scarlet. I think it is so strong that if you dropped your camera, the lens would break before the mount - and sometimes I wonder if I should have designed in a failure point so it would be the other way around, but no . . .

 

[Aaron Hucker]

I liked Doug's mount a lot for our R1... Doug, is your new one approved by Red? (aka will it void the warrenty?)

 

[Ricardo Moreno]

Nice

 

[Douglas Underdahl]

Red has not made any comment on my Nikon mount for Epic/Scarlet as far as I know.

 

[Jay A. Kelley]

RED designed the EPICs and SCARLETs to make swapping mounts much easier. I just got one of Doug's mounts. Have not had a chance to really play but like most R1 owners, we did not have out cameras without one of his mounts nearby.

This new mount looks very nice.. Will put something together soon

Jay