nikon to pl

[Brook Willard]

I expect it will be user achievable. Hell, there may even be official word on it that I'm just not aware of.

[Don King]

Originally Posted by Poi Boy

I'm really hoping it is user achievable. Since I can't afford the red primes right now I'm planning to start out using Nikkors. I'd really like the zoom, but if I can't easily interchange it on a shoot , I have a difficult decision. Maybe I'll start with the nikkors only and by the time my second camera is ready I'll be able to afford the primes and the zoom. My wife is going to kill me !
Aloha
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It's interesting how it's easy to find here other people with the same needs. 5 minutes ago it was another one, now it's you.

Same case. Exactly the same.

[Stephen Williams]

Originally Posted by Poi Boy

I'm really hoping it is user achievable. Since I can't afford the red primes right now I'm planning to start out using Nikkors. I'd really like the zoom, but if I can't easily interchange it on a shoot , I have a difficult decision. Maybe I'll start with the nikkors only and by the time my second camera is ready I'll be able to afford the primes and the zoom. My wife is going to kill me !
Aloha
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Hi,

Pl to Nikon will not be a problem as the Nikon's are not accurately collimated in the first place. You will need to rely on eye focusing or the magic assist.

However Nikon to PL needs more expertise IMHO.

Stephen

[martinnoweck]

Hi Poi Boy,

mine is already wondering about where all the still lenses in our flat suddently came from ...

Martin

[Michael Schrengohst]

Originally Posted by Poi Boy

I'm really hoping it is user achievable. Since I can't afford the red primes right now I'm planning to start out using Nikkors. I'd really like the zoom, but if I can't easily interchange it on a shoot , I have a difficult decision. Maybe I'll start with the nikkors only and by the time my second camera is ready I'll be able to afford the primes and the zoom. My wife is going to kill me !
Aloha
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My wife could have gone to NAB and watched the Peter Jackson RED presentation and gone over and seen the footage on the plasma screens over at the Apple booth and she would say "That looks nice". My wife has endured 13 years of video geekdom. We celebrate our 12th on April 22. Don't let me forget!

[Martin Drew]

Congrats for the 22nd Red Guy.

[Joel Kaye]

It's pretty clear from Ted's freshdv interview that changing mounts will be a fairly entailed operation. I think you're basically going to pick a mount and stick with it when the rubber hits the road.

[Poi Boy]

I think you are right about that Joelnet. If one had the collimating equipment how hard would it be to learn...can't be that hard. Anybody know ?
Aloha
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[steevo435]

Originally Posted by Poi Boy

I think you are right about that Joelnet. If one had the collimating equipment how hard would it be to learn...can't be that hard. Anybody know ?
Aloha
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In the film world, this requires a precision depth gauge (minimum .01mm increments) and a way to check lens centering and parallax (making sure what is seen in the eyepiece is what goes on the sensor).
By no means is it rocket science, but requires shims, tools, touch, and a lot of patience.
A proper design would include guide pins to help align the different mounts to get the centering and parallax close (unlike an Aaton XTR!), but you may have to shim a few hundredths of a mm to get depth correct.

[Poi Boy]

Thanks Steevo.
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