Wich zoom for RED

[Chris Kenny]

Martin, you're right. The VR feature wouldn't really be useful on Red even in principle. It allows low light shooting by compensating for camera shake so you can take long handheld exposures, but you can't take particularly long exposures if you have to shoot at least 24 of them a second! Plus, as you say, it will be incompatible with Red's Nikon mount anyway.

And, yes, it's G-series lens. None of these have manual aperture rings.

 

[samuel33]

So we have to find a great D-series zoom lens

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Guys you are right, no manual aperture. It will work somehow but not good with the RED or any similar cam or even 35mm DOF adapter. SORRY!!!

"The AF-S 24-120mm VR is a full format lens and as such usable on all Nikon SLRs that are compatible to G class lenses without aperture ring."
http://www.photozone.de/8Reviews/lenses/nikkor_24120_3556vr/index.htm

 

[Akcelik]

the following will pick up from where the 17-35 left off. they all have aperture control and should work with Red.. prices from B&H new.

Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D IF $240
Nikon 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 AIS $350
Nikkor 28-85mm f/3.5-4.5 AIS $400
Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8D $480 (constant aperture)
Nikkor 24-85mm f/2.8-4.0D IF $500
Nikon 35-200mm f/3.5-4.5 AIS $900
Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D ED-IF $ 1335 (recommended. same quality as the 17-35 constant aperture)

and keeping in mind a greater zoom range = less quality, one could also just opt for a couple of easily attainable second hand telephoto primes i.e. a 50 & 85mm.

also a link here..
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/sm-02-12-09.shtml
which i find somewhat relevant to the original poster, (me included). because i am not a pro and will use the Red only for personal projects.

 

[chuck colburn]

The Nikon 24-120 has been around a long time and is/was? availble as an all manual lens.

 

[Chris Kenny]

Keep in mind that you probably don't want a lens that varies its widest f-number over its zoom range. When such a lens is on a Nikon, at least the camera will tell you what stop you're actually at if e.g. the aperture ring is set at 2.8, but the lens only opens up to 3.5 at that focal length.

On Red, you'll have to guess, or use the lens on a Nikon a lot and memorize how much it can open up at different focal lengths.