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Converting Nikons to PL mount... Anyone intersted?

Bruce Allen said:
I think there is a market opportunity here for the first lens expert who stops saying "you kids won't like how expensive it'll be" and instead just posts on RedUser:

GROUP BUY - NIKON 80-200 2.8 REHOUSING
- Optics were used in Bourne Ultimatum
- I'll rehouse with PL mount, cine-style iris and a nice long, geared focus throw that goes in the right direction
If 5 people commit - $9500 + cost of lens
If 10 people commit - $6500 + cost of lens
If 50 people commit (or I take the risk and do some more) - $5500 + cost of lens
If you guys don't need the PL mount (just want nice focus and iris, can use Red Nikon adapter), I'll take $1000 off the price.

GROUP BUY - NIKON 28-70 2.8 REHOUSING
- Optics were used in Bourne Ultimatum
- I'll rehouse with PL mount, cine-style iris and a nice long, geared focus throw that goes in the right direction
5: $10,000, 20: $6500, 50: $5000 (Nikon mount version $1000 less)

GROUP BUY - NIKON 14-24 2.8 REHOUSING
- superb optics
- I'll rehouse with PL mount, cine-style iris and a nice long, geared focus throw that goes in the right direction
5: $12,000, 20: $9000, 50: $6000 (Nikon mount version $1000 less)

Whoever rises to the challenge will I'm sure be rewarded. Jorge? Century? Douglas Underdahl?

Dalsa is probably doing this with Leica still lenses. Red is probably doing this with Sigma still lenses. Panavision have done this with Nikons. SamCine and Century have done this in the past with Canons. Why are the independent lens experts scared all of a suden?

I think people would also be interested in taking cheap fast still prime camera lenses and just fixing the iris and the way they focus for cinema use. Again, maybe no PL-mount re-grinding needed. We have adapters for Nikon, Canon (and Leica, etc via Leica -> Canon adapters). You could also sell to all of those guys who bought 35mm adapters (RedRock, P+S Technik, Brevis, SGpro, Letus) and now realize they need workable lenses to pull focus with. If you posted on RedUser, DVXuser, all the 35mm adapter boards, etc, you would have a good response.

You could offer anything from converting old Nikon manual focus lenses to converting those new Zeiss manual-focus ones, to legendary Leicas, to a pricey set of Canon super speeds (say, 24mm f1.2L, 35mm f1.4L, 50mm f1.2L, 85mm f1.2L, 135mm f2L - but maybe those would be harder to convert due to their being modern).

Again, the first person who stops saying "you won't like the price" and starts saying "this is the price range" is the first person who'll get business.

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com
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Bruce sorry just to be clear with a connection between Panavision and Leica here:

Also to add that Panavision lives mostly from the renting of Panavision Primo L lenses with Panavision camera systems

that are based on Leica glass design from the lens designer Walter Mandler a famous lens designer of Ernst Leitz Canada (Leica) at Midland, Ontario.

1983 Ernst Leitz Canada begins work with Panavision for state-of-the-art cinematographic lens.

One of the first films shot with the Primo-L lens series was “Empire of the Sun" directed by Steven Spielberg.
 
PL mount to Nikon

PL mount to Nikon

I have an angenieux 180mm 1:2.3 APO with a Nikon mount.
I really like to have it with a PL mount but rehoused also.
 
albert rudnicki said:
hmmm
Personally I am interested in 80-200 and 17-35 only, both have been successfully rehoused with the PL mount by Arri.
I guess those two +24-70 is what most of the would look for.
Jorge, what about those lenses ?
Thanks
Albert
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The 17-35 is a Sigma (I think) rehoused by Century from a 2000 series
 
The Century / Schneider 17-35mm is a Canon. I don't know if they're still available or what the current price is (their site doesn't say), but it sure looks sexy for steadicam use. It was $15K...

I have a second Nikon 17-35 that I would love to have re-housed (I don't know how practical it would be). Same with some of my Nikkor primes like the 50mm and 85mm f1.4. I'd be interested if I could have a few done and for a reasonable price. So many of the re-housed lenses I see are expensive. really just makes more sense to buy used ultra-primes or superspeeds... But they're hard to find and it seems that with RED shipping to the common folk, a lot of people with used lenses are raising their prices.
 
Got that right Jeff. Just a year or so ago those Canon K35's only fetched a few hundred or so each. lol
 
Any rehoused Nikons I have ever used have always focused the wrong (Nikon) way.

I think it would be quite a job to make them go the right way.

Remember that Simpsons episode where the US embassy in Australia had that huge rig to make the toilets flush the proper 'merican way? It would be like that only with Lemo connectors.
 
In that case, what would be the price you're willing to pay for a complete make over.
Also how many people are interested?
Nikon(f2.8):
17-35
28-70
80-200 (70-200)

Canon (f2.8)
16-35
24-70
70-200

I think we should keep the list simple...
With this information it'll be much easier to communicate with the makers.
 
CrewPix.com said:
Any rehoused Nikons I have ever used have always focused the wrong (Nikon) way.

I think it would be quite a job to make them go the right way.

Remember that Simpsons episode where the US embassy in Australia had that huge rig to make the toilets flush the proper 'merican way? It would be like that only with Lemo connectors.
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You could use a reversable follow focus unit be it a mechanical or electrical one. Or better yet get some nice Contax lens made by Zeiss, they almost all focus cinewise.
 
evin, why the knock on rplens? Peter has been great to deal with and he can put together a kit based on what you want. Aside from the delvin focus gear, he removes aperture click stops, adds 80mm stepup and checks out the lenses pretty thoroughly. Did you have a bad experience with them?
 
puntociego said:
Was Bourne Ultimatum shot with the Red one?
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If they found a way to rehouse a mechanical drive for pulling that Kodak Vision2 through a Red ?

Regards,

Uli
 
Guys, I think Evin let this go ages ago. There might be another compromise underway, though. But with compromises comes drawbacks - just how
much only time will tell.
 
I worked with my nikon glass last three years (Gerrilla, P+S) and I´m in love with it. Work in 4k and have the chance to change in a second to nikon in a full PL Film!!!!, for 1000 Dollars?? Yes!!!

Count me too. 4 of them.

80-200
36-72
50
24
 
I was reading this post and it doesn´t make much sense to me....Why would anyone have the Nikon lenses converted in PL mounts?
1- There are Nikon to PL adaptors
2- Nikon photo lenses (at least the ones I buy not the DX) or Zeiss ZF are capable of doing Full Frame, something that the Zeiss Master Primes etc...don´t becaiuse are designed to smaller sensors 35mm cine sensors.
3- When you change the mount to PL you won´t be able to use in every camera.
4- After all this why spending 1000 a lens? Just to say you have rehoused PL mount custom made Nikons? Actually you could ask duclos lenses (www.ducloslenses.com) and they have a huge range of PL mount Nikons and not only to suit your needs. They are the BEST.
Thank you for reading
 
Augusto Alves da Silva said:
I was reading this post and it doesn´t make much sense to me....Why would anyone have the Nikon lenses converted in PL mounts?
1- There are Nikon to PL adaptors
2- Nikon photo lenses (at least the ones I buy not the DX) or Zeiss ZF are capable of doing Full Frame, something that the Zeiss Master Primes etc...don´t becaiuse are designed to smaller sensors 35mm cine sensors.
3- When you change the mount to PL you won´t be able to use in every camera.
4- After all this why spending 1000 a lens? Just to say you have rehoused PL mount custom made Nikons? Actually you could ask duclos lenses (www.ducloslenses.com) and they have a huge range of PL mount Nikons and not only to suit your needs. They are the BEST.
Thank you for reading
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I think Matt Duclos, Stuart from focus optics,et al, need to step in here. Apart from the new Allstar mount, I'm pretty sure that there is no viable nikon to pl adapters.
 
Shane Kelly said:
I think Matt Duclos, Stuart from focus optics,et al, need to step in here. Apart from the new Allstar mount, I'm pretty sure that there is no viable nikon to pl adapters.
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There is no nikon to pl adapter. At infinity pl mount is 52mm or 2.047in from the film plane the nikon is 46.5mm or 1.831in from the film plane. The differents is 5.5mm or .216in. the pl mount has to go into the lens towards the front 5.5mm or .216in there is no room. If you dont worry about going in 5.5mm then yes you can use an nikon to pl adapter you will also lose infinity and long footage marks. And you also lose stop like putting macro baffels on the back of the lens.
Stuart
 
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