Nikon "G" 1.4 primes, a mini review...

[Julio Quintana]

As for a 14 or 18mm I'm perfectly happy with the 14-24, at those wide focal lengths 2.8 is fine for me.

I'm actually the opposite. It's relatively easy to get light levels up for tighter shots in the 50-100mm range since you usually see less of the location and you can always just walk your lights in. My challenge is often getting enough exposure for the wider shots since it takes a lot of light to illuminate larger areas.

[Evin Grant]

That's when I bust out a BeBee light...

[Julio Quintana]

Nice. If I could afford lights like that on all my productions, I wouldn't even be discussing still glass.

[Martin Widerberg]

Thank you for the review Evin.
I own a good collection of fine well functioning Nikon primes and have been happy with them on the Red.
Now is the time to change with Epic cominng and I have problems deciding between Nikon or Canon.
What do you feel are the advantage of the "G" serie compared to the Canon primes?

Martin Widerberg

[James Brundige]

Thanks for the review Evin. I guess there are two pieces that would make these an obvious choice over their Canon counterparts:

1. Estimated availability of the Nikon mount for Epic
2. Availability of the Redmote Pro and its viability as a decent wireless follow focus (to negate the reverse focus gear issue)

Jarred?

My high school photo lab had a Nikon which I quite liked. (1968) I also used their Bolex 16 mm film cam. It was a little annoying that the Bolex focused backwards from the Nikon, but I got used to it. Since then, I've been disappointed that so many other lenses focus backwards, but thankfully Nikon has stayed the right direction. :-)

Just kidding, of course, but I do hope that the Nikon mount is a solid locking system, unlike Red's first offering. Anybody heard? If not, maybe Optitek will save the day again.

[James Brundige]

Thanks again, Evin, for your many generous contributions to this forum.

I have been waiting on this set for supply to rise and price to drop.......ooops, surprise tsunami.

Meanwhile, I'm curious about how the Red 17-50 compares, used as a variable prime, at a similar cost to 3 of these Nikons.

[Larry McKee]

Since then, I've been disappointed that so many other lenses focus backwards, but thankfully Nikon has stayed the right direction. :-)

I'm with you on that. Rolling the focus knob toward me when I want to focus farther away is just counter-intuitive. But, like you said, we get used to it.


I looked up the DX sensor size and found it is less than 24mm wide. I believe the recording area of the Epic sensor is about 27mm wide. Are we sure these lenses will not vignette?

[Elsie N]

The FX versions are full frame.

[jaadgy akanni]

I'm with you on that. Rolling the focus knob toward me when I want to focus farther away is just counter-intuitive. But, like you said, we get used to it.


I looked up the DX sensor size and found it is less than 24mm wide. I believe the recording area of the Epic sensor is about 27mm wide. Are we sure these lenses will not vignette?

Mind you, these lenses are FX, AF-S, Full frame (24mmx36mm), not DX (15.8x23.6).

[Larry McKee]

Thanks guys. For some reason, when I looked at this thread again, all the sudden "G" equaled "DX" in my little brain.