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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Alternative mount overview

Note that Birger will no longer be making a wireless control knob, but have done a deal with Viewfactor to allow their Impero knob to control Birger mount with a Bluetooth module swapped in for the Impero's ZigBee radio module.
 
One mount that should be built for the 2/3 sensors, is the four thirds lens mount (in fact a four thirds sensor 17.3 x 13mm would be a good thing too!). Olympus makes astounding lenses specifically designed for digital sensors and the four thirds system. Their speed is fantastic compared to FF35 lenses. For example, their 300mm f/2.8 on a 2/3 sensor provides the equivalent FF35 of a 1135.661 mm lens, but with the depth of field of a 300mm lens. Their 35 - 100 mm F/2.0 (equivalent to 132.5 - 378.5mm FF35) and 150 F/2.0 (567.83mm FF35 equivalent) are unequalled for sharpness, speed, low CA and center to corner sharpness - ideal for nature, sports and low light work.

One more for your list Jim....
 
I don't have any Lomos in house right now. Not sure who does. Some of them have these L shaped brackets that interfere with the RED adjustable collar and are not mountable.

I should have a Panvavision mount for the RED for rent in a week or so.
 
I am considering getting one lens from Red and the others zeiss / nikon is this a good move?
 
c-well said:
I am considering getting one lens from Red and the others zeiss / nikon is this a good move?
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Mixing PL mount and an SLR mount isn't going to very user friendly. It takes 10-30 minutes to change a mount so you wouldn't do it during a shooting day normally. Pick the mount you want and buy lenses to match would be my advice.
 
Updated the warranty situation on both Birger (rather bad) and Alesniak (v. good). Alesniak update on control options. Shuffled the order around.

See the original post for details - or read through those long pages over at Birger and Alesniak :)
 
Update

Update

And time for another update - see the original post.

I ordered a dumb mount from Alesniak and had it on my Red in no time (ignoring the holiday FedEx delays).

There is a Contax mount on sale on eBay. Not having heard of it before, I would imagine that the warranty situation is not cleared. http://cgi.ebay.com/RED-one-Lens-adapter-for-Carl-Zeiss-Contax-lenses_W0QQitemZ140293081841QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLens_Accessories?hash=item140293081841&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50
 
i hadn't seen it yet.. no care about stickies.. ehehehe well done martin.. thx for the updates
 
Hi guys

I was visiting Daryl and Brian Goff from ActionProducts the other day and they showed me they're newly developed Leica Mount.

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It's available on they're website for immediately purchase. I could play with it
a little and it's a high quality swiss engineered piece of equipment.
Far, far better then the original nikon mount I have on my RED, which is a "not so good piece of equipment" (I can tell because I have one)

You can simply place the lens into the mount and then turn the mounting mechanism until the lens sits very tight without any play at all.
So if you use Leica Lenses, this is the mount you have been waiting for.

And the best thing is, the boys are developing a Nikon mount based on the Leica mount for about the same price RED is selling the original nikon mount.

Peter
 
First post updated.

Birger is actually shipping, alas without the Impero. A couple of bugs with specific Canon lenses have been squashed. First "real world" projects are being shot on Birger now. Cool.

Nothing new on the IMS front. Does anybody know if there had been talks / will be? Outcome?

I couldn¨t find any info on the Actionproducts website about their Leica mount. Any pointer would be welcome. Thanks.
 
Is the Action Products Nikon mount actually available ?
Any pics?
 
Apparently Birger is working on a version of their mount that would allow for fairly easy swapping between PL, Canon and Nikon mounts. This would be pretty awesome.

If you know of any mounts that are not mentioned in the first post on this thread, please do let me know. With all the threads going on, it is easy to lose track of an important mount announcement. I am trying to keep the first post as updated as possible.

Happy weekend everyone.
 
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