Birger Adapter April 1 Update- NAB/AF100/FS100

The Kipon with the wires all exposed inside the mount is pretty funny looking. But if it works and it’s a bargain they will sell well.
 
That Kippon has the potential to bounce light all around and create flares on the sensor.

That entire area needs to be matte black.
 
Regarding Redrock Livelens, I've been using it since it came out, and I highly recommend it. It's worked very well, allowing me to put the Canon L's and Tokina 11-16 on the AF100. If the lens doesn't change (but the LCD does) change to a fresh 9v battery. Also, the unit stays on all the time, and you must shut the power supply off. I drained more 9v batteries than I care to admit, until I got in the habit of just disconnecting the power cable after each use (easier than using the switch on the ps).
 
Hey, Pelican, thanks for posting your experience with the LiveLens. I mostly want it to use my Tokina on a GH2 (great combination), but I almost wonder if it wouldn't be slightly easier (i.e. requiring no power) to just purchase a Nikon G version of the Tokina.
 
Gary Huff said:
Hey, Pelican, thanks for posting your experience with the LiveLens. I mostly want it to use my Tokina on a GH2 (great combination), but I almost wonder if it wouldn't be slightly easier (i.e. requiring no power) to just purchase a Nikon G version of the Tokina.
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As soon as you buy the Nikon version the Birger will be available. :)

I would find a used one so you don't take a hit on it in resale.
 
Well the Canon vs. Nikon lens mount question isn't easy to answer. With the video camera technology changing at such an extremely fast pace (like PC processors in the 1990's, major depreciation in a couple years) I wouldn't commit to any large capital purchase of camera-specific-glass, canon, MFT, Nikon, etc. I've been a Panny guy for years, but I like the Canon Glass, and the Redrock Livelens has allowed me to shoot video with the best of both worlds. I want Zeiss glass but I don't know which camera I'll be using in a couple of years, and I'd prefer to have the metadata of the lens info in the files, and camera-control of the lens, which is much preferred over the best adapters.
 
Nikon F is, in my opinion, a perfectly safe choice to make. You can adapt it to nearly any camera, and it has a manual aperture ring so the adapters don't need any electronics inside. After that would be Nikon G.
 
If Nikon lenses rotated the same direction as cine lenses I'd be all over them. Or if I always used a follow focus.

Since neither are true I have a case full of Nikkors that rarely get used.
 
Gary Huff said:
I switch back and forth a lot and never found that to be a problem.
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Seems a lot of users don't, but I even have issues with lenses that zoom the opposite direction, such as Lumix's. My usual working condition is too fast, so needs to be instinctual, & lens rotation is a huge issue for me.
 
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