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Must to have Nikon lenses

Hi Doug......I am locked into lenses with external exposure rings, at least for now. Your mount looks great and would certainly expand my range of choices but it slipped my mind when I asked RED to attach their Nikon mount before shipping. After reading a few horror stories about stripped screws from those who have tried to remove the mount themselves, I am a little hesitant to try and take it off to replace it with yours.
 
The 50mm f1.4 is the one to buy if you only have one fast lens. We shot half of a feature with that one lens.

Stephen
 
Sam Roberts said:
Hi Doug......I am locked into lenses with external exposure rings, at least for now. Your mount looks great and would certainly expand my range of choices but it slipped my mind when I asked RED to attach their Nikon mount before shipping. After reading a few horror stories about stripped screws from those who have tried to remove the mount themselves, I am a little hesitant to try and take it off to replace it with yours.
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Sam,

Your camera shipped with the torx screws, as long as you have a good key to use on it, you should have no problem. I've swapped our mount out numerous times and have not had an issue yet, just make sure you don't use cheap tools.
 
I would really like to be able to take the Nikon mount off in situations where I rent the camera out to someone who wants to use PL lenses. Can you take it off and put it on over and over without problems?
 
Sam Roberts said:
Hi Steve. Yes I am concerned about this too, especially because in most situations I'll be pulling my own focus. If I had to choose 1 all purpose fast prime (Nikon mount) lens, what would you recommend? Others pls chime in.
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I think Doug is right. If you can only get one lens right now go for the Nikkor 17-55 2.8 as it will give you a good range, good speed, and good optics. The 18-200 is a bit too slow for interior work without a ton of lighting.

As for one prime, it would be the 50mm f1.4. I would like to check out the Sigma 30mm 1.4 as that would be closer to a "normal" focal length on Red.
 
the 17-55 looks great but it is a DX lens with no iris ring and I'm using the plain Nikon mount.

I was thinking the 50 1.4 might be the best prime and it's not too pricey.

Thanks for advice.
 
If you're on a tight budget I can highly recommend the Nikon 50mm 1.8 too. We shoot almost everything with that lens at the moment. It delivers stunning results (nice bokeh too) and at around 100-150 dollars new, it is very hard to beat.
 
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