Redrock Lens mount; Which is better?

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RyanMKincaid

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I'm a nob so pardon my ignorance as I've only recently gotten into filmmaking.

I have a Redrock M2 set up and while I'm becoming increasingly aware that it's not the ideal DOF adapter to use, I don't see myself changing set ups anytime soon due to monetary restraints.

I do have a Canon FD Mount, Minolta Mount and Nikon Mount for my M2 and now I'm wondering which lens mount would be the ideal to use. I was going to go with the Canon as I have quite a few FD lenses from my old Canon AL-1 35 mm camera (circa 1983) but I recently got a Nikor lense and it looks like you can adjust the iris directly on the lens. With light lose being issue, what's the ideal lens mount to use? BTW I never looked at a Minolta so I'm completely ignorant of those lenses too.
 
You'll probably always shoot with the iris wide open because light loss is such a problem. That feature doesn't really matter.

Just as you said you probably wouldn't upgrade anytime soon, you probably won't be changing lens mounts very often. Use your canon because you've already got the lenses. BUT to answer your question, most people on this forum would probably say the Nikon lenses are the best for what we are trying to achieve.

But honestly it doesn't really matter until your at the top of your game. And in your own words your a noob so go with whats easy and climb the ladder.
 
FD lenses are great, they do have iris ring but with the RR mount they have to be slightly modified to give you iris control. Not a big deal, can be done in about 20 seconds. They're a lot cheaper than Nikon too but the resale value isn't great since they're now obsolete.
 
--I don't know about shooting wide open most lenses do not perform their best full open aperture not too mention your working room at full wide is really short. I usually stop down a bit to get some safe room. Razor thin focus looks forced to me.

I use Nikons for two reasons. First, because I knew I was gonna build an economical set of used older manual lenses and while I think new/newer Canon glass trumps newer Nikon, back in the day Nikon glass was the king. The second reason is I don't have the to do the aperture tricks; I just stick the lens on and set whatever aperture I want without fiddling around.
 
Zblock said:
You'll probably always shoot with the iris wide open because light loss is such a problem. That feature doesn't really matter.
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It does matter, a lot. Things like sharpness and bokeh renditions are improved dramatically when stopping down.
 
So then, it IS better to go with the Nikon over the Canon lenses. (still weigh in if you feel the need to)

Although I don't want to change my adapter, I don't mind switching up my lenses. I already have 1 nikon lens and don't mind getting rid of the Canon lenses to get more nikon lenses.

I'll look at the stickies to see what nikon lenses work
 
RyanMKincaid said:
So then, it IS better to go with the Nikon over the Canon lenses. (still weigh in if you feel the need to)
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Depends. Nikon lenses is good in that they're usable on multiple platforms, while FD is more limited. But that's precisely why you can get great FD lenses for a fraction of the price of comparable Nikons. I got an 85mm f1.2L lens for $450 and I would put this lens up against anything Nikon has.
 
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