Nikon 35-70mm 2.8?

[Brandon Fraley]

can I use this lens?

http://www.letsgodigital.org/nl/lens...5-70mm/79.html

Assuming it will fit the Nikon mount, will it breath freaky or not be usable with a mattebox or whatever? I'd like to buy 3 or so nikon zooms to cover the 18-150 offered buy the more expensive RED cine glass that I can't afford right now.

THANKS!

[Mark Mannschreck]

You can use it but it's not an IF lens - and it's a push/pull zoom. I've got it and it's one of my favorite lenses. I was just thinking that I could use it as a kind of variable prime and just select the focal length and gaff tape the lens. You still have to deal with the focus protruding out and rotating. I want to put some kind of metal collar over the focus barrel extending to the max extention of the focus elements to cover it and to give it a fixed length. I have not checked it for breathing.

The focal length fits perfectly between my 17-35mm and 85mm

[Brandon Fraley]

what is IF?

I was hoping to get the 17-35mm f/2.8, 35-70mm f/2.8, and 70-200 f/2.8 and be pretty much good to go.

if you make some kind of collar, will it vignette at it's widest? can u use a mattebox with it?

THANKS!

[Bill Goehring]

If I were buying my first Nikkor normal zoom, I'd get the 24-70mm or the 28-70mm.

While I own and enjoy using the 35-70mm for stills, if Birger pulls through with their Nikon mount, I will move to one of these other zooms, because they're both two-touch and use 77mm filters. They are, however, much more expensive.

[J. Bernard Vallon]

Remember that the 70-200 is a G lens, with no manual ap ring. You'll need the birger mount.

[Brandon Fraley]

is there a comparable lens that doesn't require the birger mount?

[Bill Goehring]

How about my 80-200mm f/2.8 ED AF D. It's a one-touch and has 77mm filter size. $300 Cheap!!!

And I'll throw in my 35-70mm f/2.8 AF D for $200!!!

[Brandon Fraley]

Done deal, mate! Where are you?

So guys, can I use both these lenses on RED?

[Bill Goehring]

Done deal, mate! Where are you?

South Dakota.

[Evin Grant]

You can, but make sure the 80-200 is the two touch version, if it's not pass. The 35-70 is great optically but will be very limited in a cinema environment. This is because it's a one touch which means you push/pull to do the zooming, this is not recommended for cinema and will be completely unusable with a follow focus or mattebox.