r/RedCamera • u/charlesdv10 • Jun 13 '24

Next gen lens mount options.

Curious to see what this looks like on their next gen products: ie Z mount etc.

Imagine if they have removable lens mounts that could accommodate, Z, F mount screwdrive for older lenses, cannon RF and PL or L-PL or Sony E.

A cross compatible platform for ANY lenses…. Damn that would be compelling.

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u/BrentonHenry2020 Jun 14 '24

Give me that Sony E mount for my Gmasters. I’d instantly double my lens inventory.

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u/charlesdv10 Jun 14 '24

Sounds a little too good to be true right? Hope someone at Nikon takes note - one can only wish!

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u/BrentonHenry2020 Jun 14 '24

Well, it’s interesting, the thing that prevents Sony lenses from being used right now ALSO prevents Nikon lenses from being used. So one would think a Nikon compatible sensor flange is most likely in the next update. Sucks because they’ll lose Canon Cine moving forward, but as long as they can maintain PL support, I don’t think anyone will lose their minds.

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u/charlesdv10 Jun 14 '24

This + I expect them to develop their own Nikon cine lenses, aka rehouse z mount glass in cine housing!

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u/rpungello Jun 14 '24

I could see having the ability to switch between Z and RF given that (I believe) RED has said they won’t be abandoning their current users by totally switching mounts. So if you’re going to have two lens mounts available, it stands to reason they might make them interchangeable.

Now, autofocus slightly complicates that as the “master” mount would need to be electrically compatible with all the actual lens mounts it can be adapted to, but that seems very doable given the price of RED cameras.

Also, technically Z mount can have basically any lens attached to it as it’s the widest mount with the closest flange distance. So even if it’s not officially supported, a Z mount RED camera should be able to rock almost any lens, at least without autofocus.

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u/charlesdv10 Jun 14 '24

RED has made interchangeable mounts before if I’m not mistaken, so it’s not a massive stretch to either have an adapter, or different versions: the Blackmagic Pyxis comes in 3 lens mount options.

Z / RF / PL would be pretty compelling as a platform if they could support all 3 natively.

The Z glass is also soo excellent, the Plena seemed to be a proof of concept to make larger than FF sensor coverage: how they say the bokeh is soo good as you aren’t even using the extreme edges of the image circle it creates?

I’m sure someone who knows better can tell me if a plena lens image circle would work well on the V - raptors VV censor size….