rokinon/bower 35mm/1.4-which mount for fs100?

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robfilms

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as an fs100 owner who does mostly talking head interviews, because of the controlled lighting situations i have been using the kit lens and legacy glass mounted to the sony e-mount via cheap dumb adapters.

several upcoming projects will now force me off the tripod and into the ghastly and scary world of handheld.

i'm interested in the rokinon/bower 35mm/1.4 as a starting point in fast primes.

i know it is manual focus and read others suggest it's performance is poor wide open but decent from f2 and on.

my question has to do with what mount?

i believe an e-mount is not available.

(and that opens a pandora's box of whether i should invest in glass in the e-mount flavor at all)

what adapters are needed for the rokinon/bower 35mm/1.4 if i chose the canon or nikon mount?

i'm open to any and all thoughts as to mounts or what initial glass and mount combo i should be looking at.

thanks in advance to those who care to share.

be well.

rob
smalltalk productions
nyc
 
I would say Nikon mount because it's the most universal. You can use Nikon on Canon, but not the other way around. Nikon mount is the most future proof. I would avoid E-Mount just because you probably can only use it on NEX cameras since the flange length is so short.
 
if i went the nikon route is their opinion about whether the mtf or novoflex is "best"?

thanks in advance.

be well.

rob
smalltalk productions
nyc
 
nirv-

thanks for sharing your thoughts.

dollars aside. mtf and novoflex same quality?

be well.

rob
smalltalk productions
nyc
 
The Novoflex is excellent quality and I can't imagine how an adapter could be any better. It's a superb fit into the fs100 (better than my kit lens which has a slight movement) and lenses mate smoothly and firmly.

I can't imagine how the MTF could warrant the premium over this adapter.
 
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I have zeiss ZF lens ,and I am looking for cheap adapter like [TABLE="class: li rsittlref"]
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http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=Fotga+Nikon+G+to+Sony+NEX-5N

I am wonder is it gonna work ? It says G nikon mount
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If the adapter says G Mount the implication is that has its own aperture ring so it works with Nikon G lenses that lack a manual aperture.

There are plenty of very cheap Chinese made adapters on ebay. Some work some don't, I've seen people struggle to get their lenses off some of these cheapies. There are sometime issues with light leak from the release lever. You pays your money and takes your choice.

There is a fotodiox adapter that people seem to be using well enough.

But if you're in the market for an adapter that is at least as good as your lenses and camera deserve and don't want to pay silly money then the Novoflex fits the bill.
 
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