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« 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/



« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2009, 09:49 »
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looks interesting.

michealo

« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2009, 10:04 »
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I am pretty sure a Nightmare Before Christmas was shot on Canon DSLRs with Nikon lenses albeit stop motion animation

« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2009, 10:08 »
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Why would they use Nikon lenses on a Canon body?

« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2009, 10:09 »
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yeah, there's been a number of stop motion films shot with DSLRs

Corpse Bride and that new 3D one Coraline

« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2009, 10:11 »
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yeah, there's been a number of stop motion films shot with DSLRs

Corpse Bride and that new 3D one Coraline


Maybe they meant the first live action feature film.

« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2009, 10:15 »
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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.

« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2009, 10:21 »
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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.

alias

« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2009, 10:27 »
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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

tan510jomast

« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2009, 08:03 »
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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?

« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2009, 02:04 »
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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.

« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2009, 02:12 »
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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.


 

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