Nikon lens mount. Does it work?

[Christian Bright]

@Russ. Using Which mount? We have been around on three now.

 

[Jacek Zakowicz]

The camera I use most has the Long Valley mount on it and the only issue I have is that the aperture lever is a little too free for my feel but you get used to that easy enough. The Optitek wheel has a better feel but of course, with the price differential you would expect that. As it turns out, I've only used the G lens 28-300 zoom on the main camera and a 16-35 G lens on the other and there has been no problem with either of those relatively speaking, heavy lens. On the Long Valley Mount I've even inserted a 3x extender between camera and lens with no problems.

I haven't been brave enough to hang an old 50-300 Nikkor F lens on either of them yet without support. But I'd almost bet the lens would break before any of the mounts. '-)

Thank you for the kind words Elsie. I might add that the ProLock from Optitek has actual iris scale that's engraved so you can monitor your stops on G lenses...
I don't believe anybody else has that feature...

 

[Russ Campbell]

Red Nikon AL mount.

 

[rod bradley]

Just to confirm, I've used the 17-55 on both the Red electronic mount and Optitek mount -- no problems with either. The focus metadata on the Red mount is not accurate as others have stated. the risis control is a bit slow, I find, but you could, with practice do an iris ramp with proper anticipation on the electronic mount, but more controntable on the Optitek.

 

[Christian Bright]

Good to know.

Now do any of these aftermarket lens mounts void the RED warranty? How can I confirm if they do or don't??

 

[Elsie N]

Good to know.

Now do any of these aftermarket lens mounts void the RED warranty? How can I confirm if they do or don't??

RED once claimed a "potential" problem as I understood it at the time, with the early Optitek Mount and Jacek said Optitek would do the modification for anyone who would send it in. I sent mine in. I'm sure if RED had any problems with any of the 3rd party mounts damaging cameras they would have made that known, but I can't recall any such statement being made, so as is often the case with RED, silence takes on the appearance of tacit acceptance.