Where are all the Nikon Mounts?

[John-J]

I am counting down the seconds until my first red camera rolls in this weekend. I am an entry level red shooter and thought it would be a great idea to start on the Red One Mysterium-X and work my way up. I recently bought a Red One package off of eBay with a pl & Nikon mount, but after extensive research I have discovered that there is no aperture control on the Nikon mount. I am heavily invested in nikon glass, but have always used them with speedboosters in order to control aperture. I have invested in the cine ds set of rokinons, and eventually will use xeen or pl glass, but was wondering if there was any other solutions to controlling aperture for some of my favorite zoom lenses. I know that the best option was the optitek prolock, but those are few and far between. Does anybody have one, know someone or have any solutions?

Thanks and look forward to more forum discussions.

 

[Jacin Lowe]

Hey john

I will have to say that optitek is gonna be your best bet all the way around. I bought one used and havent looked back since. Im sure if you keep looking you will find one for sale some where or even if you do a WTB in the RED 3rd party marketplace.
they are out there and they can be had for a very reasonable rate now days too.

 

[David Peterson]

Lots and lots of Nikon F mount zoom lenses out there with aperture rings on the lens