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Nikon 17-35mm f2.8 AFS (The one you've all been waiting for) Review

Thanks Evin for the enlightenment. As usual good stuff.

I do have one stupid question. I thought that AF lenses didn't allow appreture adjustments? How do you adjust on an AF lens other than setting it on a still body and then attaching it to the RED?

Sorry, if I'm missing something really simple.

J.
 
thanks Evan

thanks Evan

we all appreciate the work your doing.

Now its time for me to try and corner the used nikon 17 35mm lens market.
 
insanityfw said:
I thought that AF lenses didn't allow appreture adjustments? How do you adjust on an AF lens other than setting it on a still body and then attaching it to the RED?
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Non-"G" Nikon lenses have aperture rings that you can adjust. Canon lenses don't.
 
Sumfun said:
Non-"G" Nikon lenses have aperture rings that you can adjust. Canon lenses don't.
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Thanks for that. I just continue to learn, now I've got to learn to earn. :)
 
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Sam Druckerman said:
Thanks Evin, for another excellent review.

Just wondering if you have a lens with dust issues.... How expensive is that type of repair?
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A CLA (clean, lubricate, adjust) is about $125.00.
 
I'm sure everyone already has the answer to this question, but... How do you use follow-focus with a lens like this. Some sort of gear ring that attaches?

Thanks-


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Thanks Evin,

The breathing (or lack of) is fantastic.

You seem confident in the use of a geared follow focus, but have you checked for any "play" in the manual focus mechanism? If I can pull accurate and repeatable focus, I'm definitely picking one up.

Thanks again,
Zane
 
Thanks Evin. Great Job. We really appreciate it.


If I were you, guys,
I would wait with the follow focus purchase.
 
Gibby said:
Thanks Evin...good stuff!

The RED 18-85mm and the Nikon 17-35mm will be the two zooms in regular use on my RED One cameras.
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Same here. Maybe coupled to a tele zoom one too.

And for sure with a Nikkor 50mm f1.4, as well. But this would/will be out of zoom range... :blush:

EDIT -- Thanks Evin for the review!
 
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Zane Roach said:
Thanks Evin,
You seem confident in the use of a geared follow focus, but have you checked for any "play" in the manual focus mechanism? If I can pull accurate and repeatable focus, I'm definitely picking one up.
Thanks again,
Zane
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As long as you have hard stops it should be fine, I can't test this for sure without a FF but it certainly seems repeatable, the short throw focus is probably a bigger issue.
 
Omen,

You just tell us how long to wait.

I am ready to see something in between the chrosziel 203 and the DV-oriented jobbers out there. Where is the Toyota Camry of follow focuses? WHERE!?! It's like there's either BMWs or Hyundais.
 
I personally have owned this lens for about a year and use it regularly on my redrock micro and on my d80. it is to die for and a must in any kit. thanks to evin for the nice review, ive been trying to spread the word for quite some time hopefully his stamp of approval will do it for all of you :-)

i do offer it for rent in the los angeles area in case you guys wanted to test it out before purchasing it. http://ww.hidef-rentals.com
 
Evin, did you test this lens mounted on RED?

One more lens novice question, I presume that AF doesn't work once mounted on RED, correct?

Andrew
 
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