Lens mount opinions

[djkarn105]

So this is a bit of a weird question. I have a set of Zeiss lenses in Nikon Mount. I've been using them on my 5mk2 for the past few years with the click on mount adapters and it's worked ok but I recently found out about the leitax screw on semi permanent mount adapters. The thing is, I'm not going to be using the 5d for much longer. I have a m4/3 BMC on pre-order and I'm going to be getting a Sony FS100 or something like it this year as well. Both of these lens mounts have Nikon adapters available for them so it occured to me that it would probably save me money and be simpler to stick with the native Nikon mount.

BUT

EF is a super common mount and I'm trying to rent my lens kit out more so I'm planning on sending them to Duclos to get ringed and de-clicked. The advantage of having Duclos convert them to EF mount aside from the F mount-ness is that they can be rotated 90 degrees so that the markings are on the side and Duclos will calibrate them so that the distance marks are accurate. I was thinking that I could also just measure and mark the lenses myself if I keep them in Nikon mount though.

Anyway, what would you do?

 

[Gabel]

Having all the marks on the side, together with proper distance is VERY useful. EF is getting more common, of course being huge with the Canon-crowd, plus a lot of RED users have EF-mounts as well plus the BMC having EF-mount. The BMC and FS100 will need adapters anyway. So with EF-mount you have lenses that essentially everybody can use (Canon, RED and BMC users, with adapters for M4/3 and E-mount) so for rental it is the smartest idea. Sure, you'd "lose" the Nikon crowd, but having Canon, RED and BMC is more valuable IMO.