FS7: Getting Sigma 18-35 1.8, which mount to chose?

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alohype

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Or it doesn't really matter at this point in time? Are there any differences in build? Ie. focus ring direction?
 
Uh, wow, many thanks! :O I was deciding between EF and nikon G, didn't knew I can get smooth manual aperture with that lens.
 
alohype said:
Uh, wow, many thanks! :O I was deciding between EF and nikon G, didn't knew I can get smooth manual aperture with that lens.
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You would get an adapter with an aperture ring for a Nikon mount as well, The de clicked aperture ring is nice but the throw is VERY short (cheap $40 ones, Metabones, not just Novoflex)... you literally nudge the ring to change a full stop
 
Go for the Nikon F/G version. Is the one I own myself. You'll be better future proofed in being able to adapt it to many more cameras, unlike the Canon EF version. (for instance you can use it on a Nikon D7200 or a Samsung NX1. A Canon EF version can't do that)

Plus their adapters for Nikon lenses are much much cheaper (than Canon ones), and come to market faster whenever a new mount system pops up.

And like RayB said, you get smooth control over the iris. Vs Canon EF which is stepped.
 
we had one nikon lens mixed in with 7-8 canon lenses and myself and my other shooter would blow focus all the time on the nikon lens, as you get so used to focusing a certain direction that it will throw you right off.
 
Actually the Sigma Nikon mount focuses like a Canon, not like a Nikon. I use all Nikon lenses and it throws me off all the time. I absolutely love the lens other than this fact, I'm just so damn used to my Nikon focus!
 
RayB said:
You would get an adapter with an aperture ring for a Nikon mount as well, The de clicked aperture ring is nice but the throw is VERY short (cheap $40 ones, Metabones, not just Novoflex)... you literally nudge the ring to change a full stop
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Sorry, so you're saying that on novoflex throw is very short as well?
 
icarusfilm said:
I ended up dropping 3x the amount on a cinevised version:
http://www.allstarcine.com/#!product/prd1/3764836711/18-35mm-t1.8-lite-version
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That looks lovely but far too expensive for me.

If aperture ring throw on novoflex is so short as on other cheapo ones I may still go with an EF mount :/ I have a fotga nikon->nex adapter and you can forget about any aperture adjustments during shooting- it's just too sensitive. So EF even though with steps would be more useful. But I'd love to know your opinion, maybe you have some solution (in form of a different adapter or tweak?) to this.
 
alohype said:
That looks lovely but far too expensive for me.

If aperture ring throw on novoflex is so short as on other cheapo ones I may still go with an EF mount :/ I have a fotga nikon->nex adapter and you can forget about any aperture adjustments during shooting- it's just too sensitive. So EF even though with steps would be more useful. But I'd love to know your opinion, maybe you have some solution (in form of a different adapter or tweak?) to this.
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The novoflex aperture ring does have a short throw but it is buttery smooth and I've never had a problem getting exactly the exposure I desire, it's built extremely well and there's nothing cheap about the feel. I've had mine since the FS100 days and it's still as solid as the day I bought it.
 
Nirv said:
The novoflex aperture ring does have a short throw but it is buttery smooth and I've never had a problem getting exactly the exposure I desire, it's built extremely well and there's nothing cheap about the feel. I've had mine since the FS100 days and it's still as solid as the day I bought it.
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Thanks for clarifying!! I may go this route then but preferably with novoflex for nikon (I hoper built is the same?).
 
alohype said:
Thanks for clarifying!! I may go this route then but preferably with novoflex for nikon (I hoper built is the same?).
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I have the nikon version of the novoflex. I did think it was expensive at the time for what it was but 3 years later it's still gong fine. I wonder how many of the cheap chinese versions are?

I also have the metabones SBU for nikon and they're both similarly well made but does have about twice the throw but until reading this thread I've actually never given much thought to the throw of the novoflex.
 
Nirv said:
The right way.
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Actually, only if you are from a stills, nikon world. Coming from the video world of broadcast lenses the Canons focus the same way as most broadcast lenses. This the reason I gave up my Nikons for Canons because I was always having to switch back and forth between a Sony PDW-F800 to a Canon C300 or other Canon camera. So, I will stick with Canon for now.
 
Novoflex is top tier German engineered you can't go wrong. The throw is short but so smooth and precise that it's easy to use. I would go that route.
 
alohype said:
That looks lovely but far too expensive for me.

If aperture ring throw on novoflex is so short as on other cheapo ones I may still go with an EF mount :/ I have a fotga nikon->nex adapter and you can forget about any aperture adjustments during shooting- it's just too sensitive. So EF even though with steps would be more useful. But I'd love to know your opinion, maybe you have some solution (in form of a different adapter or tweak?) to this.
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I went with the EF version since I am already having to ride focus electronically on several Canon L lenses. Another consideration is that I can use the EF version on Canon C300's- a camera that I am often hired to operate by owners of the C300.

If I am not mistaken the Sigma EF zoom direction is "wrong way" from video and film zooms. Opposite of Canon L glass.
 
On novoflex there are no markings of F stop, except fully opened and closed. How can you calculate on what F-stop you are? (to for example calculate depth of field).
 
My Sigma 18-35 zoom direction is opposite of my Canons... but for some reason, I can deal with this much easier than I can the focus going the opposite way.... too much muscle memory to overcome....
 
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