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Microstock Photography Forum - General => Off Topic => Topic started by: Pixart on May 12, 2009, 21:07
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Thought you might find this interesting.
Have you ever heard of Andrew Disney? He is working on the first feature film shot entirely on DSLR, a Canon 5D Mark II - but with Nikon Lenses. For recording sound they used HVX200 (whatever that is).
There's some little teasers on their website, but no synopsis or much else.
Movie Website http://searchingforsonny.com/ (http://searchingforsonny.com/)
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looks interesting.
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I am pretty sure a Nightmare Before Christmas was shot on Canon DSLRs with Nikon lenses albeit stop motion animation
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Why would they use Nikon lenses on a Canon body?
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yeah, there's been a number of stop motion films shot with DSLRs
Corpse Bride (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121164/) and that new 3D one Coraline (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327597/)
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yeah, there's been a number of stop motion films shot with DSLRs
Corpse Bride ([url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121164/[/url]) and that new 3D one Coraline ([url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327597/[/url])
Maybe they meant the first live action feature film.
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Why would they use Nikon lenses on a Canon body?
this was discussed in another thread. In a nutshell because Canon doesn't allow aperture control in video; and autofocus is virtually not there - so any lens with manual aperture ring would do the work; and often Nikon is chosen.
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Why would they use Nikon lenses on a Canon body?
this was discussed in another thread. In a nutshell because Canon doesn't allow aperture control in video; and autofocus is virtually not there - so any lens with manual aperture ring would do the work; and often Nikon is chosen.
Thanks for the info. Good to know.
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Why would they use Nikon lenses on a Canon body?
Because by using older manual Nikon lenses they will be able to adjust the aperture ring and focus during a single take. This would not be possible using modern Canon EF lenses or 3rd party equivalents which are locked during recording.
But they are being a bit uncool talking about the geek technology before the film is made. Afterwards, if it is great, then that should be part of the story.
EDIT: I see someone else posted the answer as I was finding the words
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Why would they use Nikon lenses on a Canon body?
Because by using older manual Nikon lenses they will be able to adjust the aperture ring and focus during a single take. This would not be possible using modern Canon EF lenses or 3rd party equivalents which are locked during recording.
But they are being a bit uncool talking about the geek technology before the film is made. Afterwards, if it is great, then that should be part of the story.
EDIT: I see someone else posted the answer as I was finding the words
Good to know. One more question, how do they managed to put in on a Canon with Nikon mount? That would be customized , I s'pose?
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In the case of Corpse Bride (not Nightmare, that was a 93 movie, Pre 1D), it's because the production company already had a bunch of Nikon lenses.
I've also heard some shots on the new Harry Potter movie are being done on 5D II. It's spurring the rumor there's a beta firmware giving more manual controls floating around.
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Good to know. One more question, how do they managed to put in on a Canon with Nikon mount? That would be customized , I s'pose?
Adapters for that are available from many sources. Since the flange to sensor distance is much shorter on a Canon than on a Nikon, no glass is needed in the adapter.