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Nikon Mount - Shifty Lens Play?

Rick Darge

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I dont know why this is but ever since I received my Nikon mount, all of my Nikon lenses have a very small amount of play within the mount itself. I heard about another Reduser having this issue. It's only a few mm in both directions, but its def there. The mount in my Nikon F3 firmly holds all my lenses in place.

Is this a common hiccup or are only a few people experiencing it?

If people dont know what I'm talking about, I'll post a video with my iSight.
 
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The play has no effect on the image at all, as far as I can tell.

I only notice it when I am using my 17-35 and have to adjust iris. the natural stiffness of the ring, causes the lens to shift within the mount. i'm hoping that after i de-click the iris wheel, it won't be as noticeable. I'm just wondering why there is play in the Red Nikon mount but no play in my Nikon still camera... Red?
 
I have the same problem with my Red Nikon mount. No other mount that I have tried (on still cameras) have any play at all. I have been asking Red for a replacement that has no play but I am starting to think that they don't have such a thing.


I did not install the mount myself. I had a local lens expert do that. His take on it was that the machine work on the mount was lacking.

They want me to send this mount back but I can't since I would have to give up shooting with the camera until they send me a mount back. I have no PL glass. I did offer to give Red my cc# so they do a swap but they did not even respond to that idea. I don't have a lot of cash right now but when I can I will order a third party mount and send this dog back.

Or the Red gods (Jim) might swoop down and make this right. One can only hope. I love this camera just not the Nikon mount
 
I think some mounts may have more play than others. I have so much movement that I am afraid the back of the lens (the ears?) will be affected over time.
 
Yea, I know what you mean, the ears on my 17-35 have little scuffs all over the place.. Ralph, if you have time, post a clip of your play, I just want to see if its like mine, if this is a common issue or not and what Red can do in the future to solve it for their customers. Like I and others have said, no image issues as of yet, but a lens is the last thing you want to have loose on a camera system
 
Upcoming PST IMS has so called the Professional (Nikon) F - Mount P+S Technik Interchangeable Mount System that hasn't all those ordinary Nikon F - mount problems.
 
Richard, thanks man for putting that video together to show the problem.

Any word yet Sanjin about the warranty issues with Red over this conversion? I am all ears and eyes on this front as well...

P+S Technik IMS mount + Leica 50mm F1 Noctilux x Build 16 = Pure Joy...
 
No prob, what types of lenses does the IMS mount take? Leica & Nikon? Excuse my ignorance
 
€ 1.500 for IMS + € 480 for professional F mount + € 1.980

that should be about US $ 3.000 for this set up.

But don't forget you get PST IMS and before or after use of Nikons you are immediately ready to swap your RED 18-50mm PL, without...etc...

If you buy some other IMS mounts you get even more diverse lens option...

MORE >>>
 
rgdfilmsRED said:
No prob, what types of lenses does the IMS mount take? Leica & Nikon? Excuse my ignorance
Click to expand...

"The following lens mounts can be used with the P+S Technik Interchangeable Mount System on the RED camera: Arri PL Mount, Panavision Mount, BNC-R Mount, Professional F-Mount, Nikon F-Mount, Canon EF-Mount, Canon FD-Mount, Contax Mount, Leica-R Mount and Leica-M Mount.

Also the Sony B4-Mount and the C-Mount can be used, but due to their design for 2/3” chips, they project only a picture of 2/3” size. In the future, also the P+S Technik IMS Optical Viewfinder, can be used with the new designed IMS camera front !"

LINK>>>
 
This is amazing, I don't know why I'm half-discovering this now,



Sanjin, do you know when they are going to release this? Looks like an awesome investment
 
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