Nikon G/DX Mount for RED

[Douglas Underdahl]

Just got the first two mounts off the line. They work superbly. We machined a small bump out or island to give the screw shaft additional support. Close up is of a test unit that is bare aluminum. Please know that the finished units will be black anodized. Knob will be bare brass for that tasteful hint of steampunk.

Should have the first 50 units back from the anodizer early next week, and then I will take orders.

Cheers.

 

[Tico Llaurador]

That's awesome, Doug. Huge help.

Thanks!

 

[Shawn Bannon]

Very Nice. Can't Wait.

 

[Poi Boy]

Want it !
Aloha
-A

 

[Sean]

What the hey is it?

 

[M.Halsell]

How does one set the exposure on the lens?

 

[Tico Llaurador]

That little knob you see inserted into the mount operates the lever on the lens that controls the iris. So simple, it's brilliant.

 

[Douglas Underdahl]

This is the first known appearance of the fabled "hubris wheel", or in this case, knob, which allows camera operators to indicate to directors/producers when they have really gone over the edge. Provides an independently verifiable standard that then appears on the waveform as a purple spike, which when reduced can lower the possibility of snorts of derision and head shaking at initial screenings.

Okay.

This knob/mount allows you to adjust the iris on G (and therefore DX) series Nikon lenses which have no iris ring. You turn it clockwise to open the iris, counterclockwise to close. The DX series in particular have been designed for the digital sized sensor which is almost exactly the same size as the RED sensor, so you get, for example, a very compact 17-55 DX zoom. And there are a number of G/DX lenses that don't exist otherwise.

How do you set your iris? Well, you can use the waveform monitor or histogram on the LCD, and the image itself to taste.

I'm working on a scale that you place underneath the histogram to indicate stops of iris so if you like to use a light meter, you will know where you are.