Nikon - PL Adapter [Archive]

Kenn Christenson

01-05-2007, 03:58 PM

So will a Nikon adapter be ready to ship with the earliest shipments of Red One? Any idea on price?

Evin Grant

01-05-2007, 04:08 PM

It won't be a PL-Nikon adapter, it will be a Nikon mount for Red.
It will ship with the camera AFAIK. No word of price but I expect $300-$500.

Shawn Nelson

01-05-2007, 07:11 PM

$300-$500??? It's a small, solid piece of metal, why wouldn't it just be included with the base? It seems someone could do the measurements and machine them up for under $50 and sell for a cool profit at $99.

chuck colburn

01-05-2007, 07:34 PM

$300-$500??? It's a small, solid piece of metal, why wouldn't it just be included with the base? It seems someone could do the measurements and machine them up for under $50 and sell for a cool profit at $99.

Get a clue.

Blair S. Paulsen

01-05-2007, 07:37 PM

I think I paid $75 each for my Nikon and Canon EOS mounts for my RedRock M2 cine adapter (they are now $90), they sell the PL mount for $450, not sure why its THAT much more. I would assume that with an order of sufficent quantity the price for the Nikon and Canon mounts for the RedOne should be close to the $100 mark Shawn suggests and still a good deal at twice that.

Perhaps those of us with reservations who are going to want the still lens mounts should be polled by Red so they can get a count in advance? It should allow them to negotiate the best price and avoid supply issues. Unless they are more expensive than we are guessing put me down for a Nikon for sure, I only have EOS Canon lenses so unless they support the pin outs I probably wouldn't order a Canon mount, shooting wide open all the time only works if that is the look you wanted anyway.

A couple monthes back someone posted a link on DVXuser Red forum for a custom mount that matches the Canon EOS pin outs and gives you access to some of the functionality. Don't know if it would work with the RedOne or not. I would be stoked to just a have a simple hack that allowed me to set the iris easily.

Evin Grant

01-05-2007, 08:18 PM

I'd love to be wrong about that guess, but I wasn't sure the demand would be high enough to drive the price down. I'll revise to $150-$300 that sounds more reasonable.

Dominic Jones

01-05-2007, 08:23 PM

I had a rough guess at $200 myself, so I think that guess is better Evin, but only by my back-of-an-envelope estimate...

Chuck, whilst I appreciate your point, that's a bit harsh man - you're obviously a very knowledgeable guy on these issues, but you can't expect everybody else here to be! Not trying to harsh you out or anything, just figured I'd stick up for the guy! :)

chuck colburn

01-05-2007, 08:46 PM

I had a rough guess at $200 myself, so I think that guess is better Evin, but only by my back-of-an-envelope estimate...

Chuck, whilst I appreciate your point, that's a bit harsh man - you're obviously a very knowledgeable guy on these issues, but you can't expect everybody else here to be! Not trying to harsh you out or anything, just figured I'd stick up for the guy! :)

Dominic, your right.
Shawn, I appologise. (spelling?)

It's not just the lens mounting ring, (which in it's self is a complex part) but the whole assembly which holds it to the camera proper. These pieces have to be very accuretly machined. Anyhow it adds up to a lot of machine shop hours. Hopefully with the advent of CNC machiening the price will be reduced.
Once again, I'm sorry for my abrut words.

Chuck Colburn

Dominic Jones

01-05-2007, 09:04 PM

Hey Chuck,

Obviously I can't speak on Shawn's behalf, but I think that's really cool of you - nice one!

I had my head down half-expecting a flaming there... :)

Shawn Nelson

01-05-2007, 09:53 PM

Thanks Chuck, I had been resisting the urge to post back an Irishman's response :-)

ericyoung

01-06-2007, 08:53 AM

...A couple monthes back someone posted a link on DVXuser Red forum for a custom mount that matches the Canon EOS pin outs and gives you access to some of the functionality. Don't know if it would work with the RedOne or not. I would be stoked to just a have a simple hack that allowed me to set the iris easily.

This is a possibility - but not confirmed yet:
http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?p=2131#post2131

chuck colburn

01-06-2007, 02:26 PM

Thanks Chuck, I had been resisting the urge to post back an Irishman's response :-)

Hey Shawn,

Yeah I know what you mean, being half Irish (the better half) myself.
So it's all good than?
Can't be dissing a fellow 'goneing. http://www.reduser.net/forum/images/smilies/redface.gif

Roberto B

01-06-2007, 05:14 PM

$300-$500??? It's a small, solid piece of metal, why wouldn't it just be included with the base? It seems someone could do the measurements and machine them up for under $50 and sell for a cool profit at $99.go shawn go.. indie's light, you have this vote here..

planet e

01-07-2007, 09:41 AM

i'd really love to hear someone from RED weigh in on this issue...so far, most of the info on this particular issue has been uncharacteristically vague and difficult to pin down. is there going to be a mount? or are they counting on 3rd-party manufacturers? i'm confused....

Dominic Jones

01-07-2007, 12:41 PM

Red have consistently maintained that they *will* offer some interchangeable mount options - Nikon and Canon (manual, not EOS) are the two that look set to happen.

I would guess that the lack of input from the Red team comes from the fact that price is heavily under discussion, and I doubt that they have a firm enough idea of what the final price will be to be drawn into conversion on it yet...

But, yes, I agree - it would be nice to hear from them on the issue!! All in good time, I imagine. :)

Chris Kenny

01-08-2007, 02:49 AM

i'd really love to hear someone from RED weigh in on this issue...so far, most of the info on this particular issue has been uncharacteristically vague and difficult to pin down. is there going to be a mount? or are they counting on 3rd-party manufacturers? i'm confused....

There will be a Nikon mount. I asked Ted in person at NAB New York, and many other Red folks have confirmed it.

What I haven't seen completely nailed down is whether the Nikon mount will be available on the day the first camera ships, or only at some later date.

Damien Molineaux

01-08-2007, 03:06 AM

From the man himself :

"It is our goal to have the Nikon manual mount ready at the time we ship.

Jim"

seen here :
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=78290&page=6

Cheers,
Damien

Stephen Williams

01-08-2007, 06:56 AM

From the man himself :

"It is our goal to have the Nikon manual mount ready at the time we ship.

Jim"

seen here :
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=78290&page=6

Cheers,
Damien

Hi Damien,

There is no reason to think they would be late, fairly easy to make once the dimensions are known.

Stephen