Red Camera.. first test with Still Lens ( Nikon )

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Major Breakthrough today..

Me and Jim put the proto Red-Nikon mount on Franky, mounted a DSLR Nikon Prime, and took some test shots. We were very pleased with the results.

All of you praying that you could use Nikon Still lenses on Red, your day just got alot better.

Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.4 D Manual aperture at f4.0 ( Some Nikon glass, including new models, allow for manual aperture changes.)

here is a still.. 4.9k downrezed to 2k and turned into a medium quality 8 bit JPG.

http://www.24puser.com/nikon.jpg

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Thats Brian BTW :)
 
Great news! :)

As I've been posting this is what confirms this dvxuser.com as the best indie forum tool allover internet.

:dankk2: Jarred and Jim!
 
Viewed at 100% and larger this still appears more sharp than the 4k stills I've seen to date- is it just the downsampling, or was additional sharpening applied? There is a hint of a darker edge around the "Gretag macbeth" chart text but it's about half a pixel wide so it's hard to say if it's a sharpening halo or just the JPEG compression.
 
Wow...

Wow...

That's incredible. Way better than I was hoping for.

Is there any way we could get this at 4k? I'm very interested in how that lens resolves the chart.
 
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Interesting. Is it possible to mount Canon L series lenses on that thing? I don't own any of these yet, so I don't know about manual aperature.

You know, this RED camera could really see some action with the wildlife National Geographic types who shoot lion kills and nature stuff in Africa.
 
Could (theoretically) RED drive the Aperature on SLR lenses?

The mechanical interface is there on the lenses, how about build a motorized other half into the lens mount? Because, all manual (the right way) settings aside, Auto-iris, or better yet, programmable/remote-iris would be one hell of a cool feature to have in the toolbox!

- Mikko
 
I just love the look of the scaled 2K made from this sensor, very sharp without enhancement... and fun seeing that all my misc. Nikon glass won't go to waste.
 
"this still appears more sharp than the 4k stills I've seen to date- is it just the downsampling, or was additional sharpening applied?"

should i dare say it ..
maybe it's the NIKOR lens ???
 
I am very happy with this test. Thanks RED Team...

ps. Jim Arthurs, are those RED brass knuckles or am I "projecting" my intentions? hahaha
pps. Jim, thanks for posting the larger pic... Very, very nice! haha
 
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Image looks great! Good option to have when shooting minor stuff. I'd still use my money on the Red zoom, though, and hoping for some Red primes to go with it at a later time. Kicking myself for not putting in a reservation on the zoom... arrggghhh!
 
ha ha ha nice work Jim :)

BTW.. just to make clear, this wasnt shot 2k scaled, this was shot at 4+k and scaled in post. Almost all DSLR lenses, even the ones that are APS-C sized will be able to shoot 4k, as Super 35mm and APS-C are relatively the same size.

One thing though, still lenses were not designed for motion, so alot of SLR lenses will breath pretty heavily during focus etc.
 
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