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

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True Mikko!

I want that EF-S 10-22mm for my 10D. It's a sweet lens...

Sidenote: Jim Jannard owns one of those Canon 1200mm primes
 
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Sidenote: Jim Jannard owns one of those Canon 1200mm primes
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Now THERE is a test shot I'd like to see.

How about the moon? - Or at least part of it. :cheesy:

- Mikko ... envies Jim
 
mikkowilson said:
It's not the size that matters, but how you use it mate...

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Canon EF-S 10-22mm

... is wider than...

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Nikon 17-35mm Nikkor


- Mikko
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Its all about the girth...or wideness.
 
RED has said they will be making an optional Canon mount, but the RED camera is manual, and the Canon lenses you use on it will need to be manual, or have manual use capability. The Canon 10-22mm zoom can be operated manually, but it has an EF-S lens mount, so it probably wouldn't seat on RED's Canon mount, and if it did, none of its electronic features would work with RED. The 10-22 is designed for APS-C sized sensor DSLR cameras (20D, etc.), so perhaps it would cover a S35 sensor like RED's CMOS, but even if it did, you'd have no way to use the electronic features of the lens. Focus on the 10-22 can be manual, and you can manually set exposure, but it has an electronic diaphragm.

Close, but no cigar...(sorry for using the cigar analogy Jim!)
 
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Canon EF workaround, if you're desperate

Canon EF workaround, if you're desperate

If you are absolutely desperate to use a Canon EF lens, and you want to use one fixed f-stop, there is a workaround.
1) put the lens on a Canon EF-mount body (film or digital).
2) set the aperture you want and a long exposure time
3) trigger the shutter
4) while the shutter is still open, unmount the lens (!)
5) The EF lens will now be fixed at the selected aperture. No battery needed.

I don't know how "solid" the power-off aperture setting is. If the lens gets bumped, etc. I can imagine the aperture may change.
 
Yup, I know the problem, and the work around, and I still want a mount with an appature control for EOS lens, and I know I'm not likely to get it.... :-(

I know I can go for Canon or Nikon manuals and get nice glass, but when I already have the 10-22, and a nice 28-70 f2.8 sitting here ....... ah well ;-)
 
E-bay my friend. It's never too late to switch to Nikon. Then you get the best of both worlds, great AF and manual lenses that work on your DSLR and your Red. The D80 and D200 IQ is indistinguishable from the 20/30D and the D2x (My choice) has the best AF system ever designed. Not to mention gives the 1DsMII a serious run for the money considering it's $3K cheaper and has about 90% of it's resolution.

Here, I just got back from East Africa...
Center crop from a D2x with the amazing 18-200VR
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A 200% crop that will make a georgous 22"x44" print
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Haha :)

Well, I'm happy enough where I am just now, but could of course use either of the Nikon or Canon manual lenses on the EOS body too, just a shame to let good EF-S glass go to waste.

On the other hand I thought some more and started to realise the full range of problems that would come with trying to make an EOS Red mount..... so maybe I'll just have to try and get over it ;-)

Nice shot though.
It's the dslr / raw workflow matching capabilities of Red that excite me the most.
 
Notice that the one side of the lens is written in Arabic. Which means a rich-ass prince had that lens commissioned. Considering that each glass element of that lens is the cost of a Mercedes.
 
Jim you made my day with the Nikon mount. I've always felt angenieux doesn't make the best glass, but I was going to have to compromise until the 18-85 came out. I've filled my BH shopping cart as soon as I got the news.

And I can have new toys for my D2x until Red comes out!

John, MD
Red#613
www.myspace.com/ShootRed

If only this was out while I was in filmschool...
 
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I've always felt angenieux doesn't make the best glass, John, MD
Red#613
www.myspace.com/ShootRed
If only this was out while I was in filmschool...
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Hi John,

The latest Zooms from Angenieux are very good & cut well with Cooke S4 primes. Remember 40 years ago zooms ,were not good (in todays terms) from any vendor.

Stephen
 
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