4. Canon 7D Nikon lens adaptor – Interactive tutorial
Mar.08, 2010 in
Nikon lens
Part of the tutorial explaining that you can use manual nikon lenses with the 7D. Experience with the $10 ebay kawa adaptor and L brackets with the 7D.
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March 8th, 2010 at 7:32 am
brill thanks for the info
March 8th, 2010 at 8:23 am
Great series of videos – my friends in Melbourne are amazed by this camera and I would have to say it’s the camera I’ve been waiting for my whole life, to shoot films with the same image quality I used to enjoy years ago when taking 35mm stills in Photography – but I’ll also add it was cool to see Bruce Campbell’s book and the poster for Corbucci’s THE MERCENARY in the background, you are obviously a dude with taste. I’ll be buying this sucker later this year for sure…
March 8th, 2010 at 8:46 am
ebay is the best place. just search for kawa adapter.
March 8th, 2010 at 9:23 am
@eyepatchentertainmen
Been looking everywhere for the kowa adapter and have even contacted “authorized dealers” and kowa reps. Do you know who sells it? Thanks.
March 8th, 2010 at 9:58 am
please cover your camera…
but then again it your camera…
March 8th, 2010 at 10:31 am
Where can you buy this Canon 7D Nikon lens adaptor??
March 8th, 2010 at 11:31 am
1:10
pentax adapers excist.
i have one and it works really nice with old 50mm 1:1.4 lenses
March 8th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
@apdsm, days later I had erased everything on that card and it still did it after the card was half full. I ended up returning it, the guy at Calumet said it must have been a bad layer on the CF card (Calumet 305x 16gb). I haven’t had this issue with any other cards.
@constantgamer247, you can use that L Bracket on any device that has a tripod mount.
March 8th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
t2nolan, how should you work with the CF then, about deleting the files insides?
March 8th, 2010 at 12:46 pm
is that handle available for nikons?
March 8th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
absolutely correct!
March 8th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Very informative thank you! I looked online and you can pick up some pretty fast primes for cheap and the cheap Nikon adaptor. The only thing is I would only use these lenses in video mode and have no need for AI or AIS right?
March 8th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
I actually have UDMA 305x (60mbp/s) CF cards… I found that the issue was happening because I had filled the particular card a few times, protected images / video, and then erased all…. Leaving scattered (fragmented in computer HD terms) data on the card. Then, when trying to record 720p 60fps, it gets the buffer error (vertical battery)… I proved this by trying a new card on my camera, 720p works fine… I put the fragmented card in a brand new 7D, it gets the buffer error.
March 8th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
This means your CF card is not fast enough to keep up with the video. I had the same problem until I bought a new CF card. I bought a 16GB UDMA ready 60mbp/s and have no problems now.
March 8th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
Can you get a lense mount so you can put canon lenses on a nikon?
If yes, where?
March 8th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Have you encountered any issues with the 7D displaying a vertical battery icon then stopping while videoing? This is different than the overheat icon… This has been happening to me recently when shooting in 720p 60fps… I’ve read a lot of people talking about overheating, but that’s a different icon (red temp guage) and happens after 30 minutes of videoing…
This is happening to me after maybe an hour of stills and maybe 5 or 6 video 2 – 3 minute video clips. Just curious!
March 8th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
I’ve a number of manual lenses adapted to EF, Nikon, Tamron Adaptall, Olympus OM, Pentax K, Yashica/ Contax, and M42. Biggest problems with shooting this way are: Most viewfinders (I now have 40D, live view) are too small, focus screen not optimal for manual focus, and of course you must manually stop down. Nevertheless if you can get a good enough lens cheap enough, it is sometimes worth it.
March 8th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
@t2nolan
Try downloading VLC, should fix the stuttering playback problem, for ediitng, it will be choppy unless you render the footage to a different codec like cineform
March 8th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Nevermind on the L Bracket, I see one on Amazon (Bower Folding L Grip Flash Bracket) … what about the quicktime .MOV’s though, should I be able to view them on dual core PCs with 2GB plus? I’m hoping you say I need a new codec
March 8th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
Great video series! I recently picked up the 7D and have learned a lot from these. I’m having a hard time finding the L Bracket you show in the video, do you have a make or a link to it? All the ones I see online are $125+…
Also, will the 1080p and 720p .MOV’s play on dual core machines with 2GB of ram? I’ve tried this on 3 dual core PCs they’re all choppy so far.
March 8th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
Hi! i have a CANON EOS 7D and also have Sandisk Extreme III 16gb with 30MB/s. Can u tell me if this card is ok for video, i know its not UDMA. Should i go for the EXTREME IV 8gb with 45MB/sec. Please help me out!
March 8th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
no autofocus, there are adaptors with AF confirm, but for taking lots of stills it would get annoying.
March 8th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
cool for 10 pounds i might go for canon now and use my nikon lenses, but no auto focus right? damn!
March 8th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Sure, if you look at the 300fps video I posted, I shot that handheld with this grip.
March 8th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
can you put up sample footage of you using the grip thing you bought?