Canon focus and nikon focus directions ..huh?

jambredz

jambredz

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Ok so i'm hoping to buy my 7D in maybe 2 days time and i'm gonna get tonika f 2.8 16mm-50mm...well i wanna get it. I want to get it because its covers a decent range and i dont have any more $ right now for my prime set. However when i go go primes i wan to get nikon old manual primes. Now i;ve seen on the forums in all my reading something about nikon focus direction and canon focus direction...and i dont want to be confused between lenses. Can someone tell me when way canons and nikons focus. And does the Tonika focus in the same direction as nikon old manuals (to keep my head clear).

oh and this is what i will be buying

Tonika 16-50 f2.8
7d body
Lexar Professional Series 16 GB 300x UDMA CompactFlash
Canon LP E6 battery

total : 2360

I'm more inclined to buy these things new because in Jamaica and its a whole bag of issue if something goes wrong.
Afterwhich i will be broke :) But i will get to go on learning the camera as i add more stuff as $$ permits.
 
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Not sure why your getting that lens. First buy the 7D kit that comes with the 17-135mm lens, and your covered if money is the issue plus there is a rebate on the kit right now. I bought that same kit, and I love that lens, then the next lens I bought was the Tokino 11-16mm f2.8 and I had everything covered. Another notes, unless you plan on doing tons of stills, you do not need a 300x CF card. Safe your money and buy the 133X cards. You need the faster cards when shooting raw files, not on video.

As far as Nikor and Canon lenses being different direction. I remember seeing that somewhere before, but I can't remember for the life of me, if its true or not. Tomorrow I have a shoot and I will double check for you. I have 4 Nikor AI lenses. And as far as picking up primes later on. To be honest to besides the Nikor 50mm 1.8, the rest of the AI lenses are going to be pretty expensive to get them real fast, like the Nikor 35mm f2 is about a $400.00 lens. Where is if you buy a Canon 35mm f2 EF lens your paying $300.00 new. And with the crop factor on the 7D I would suggest the Sigma 20mm 1.8, Sigma 30mm 1.8, Canon 50mm 1.4, and Canon 85mm 1.8. And that will give you a perfect selection of really fast primes, without getting into the Canon L glass.

Best Wishes, and good luck with the camera.
 
Thanks for the response underwater. The reason why I'm opting for the tonika over the kit is I need the extra low loght performance and that range is ok for me at the moment.
Also I will be shooting a lot of stills also so I wanted a pretty decent card. At least one. I'll get the cheaper ones later. The old nikons are choice is actually because I am future proofing myself for other cams ( primarly the af100)and I think I read somewhere that if I get canons they are fine for canons but no so adaptable to other cams or something like that. (I'm sure I'm off base with what I said). But u can get old manual primes for goods prices.

I just don't want to get this tonika with canon mount then get my nikons and they focus in different directions. I mean I guess I can get used to it. But if I can avoid it then I'd want to.

I'll look into those lenses u suggested though cuz I have time before I start on primes.
 
Nikon has a backwards focus ring, as well as Tokina and other reverse-engineered glass. Canon's focus ring goes the correct direction (if you consider ENG and cinema lenses to be the standard).


UnderwaterCinematographer said:
Not sure why your getting that lens. First buy the 7D kit that comes with the 17-135mm lens, and your covered if money is the issue plus there is a rebate on the kit right now. I bought that same kit, and I love that lens, then the next lens I bought was the Tokino 11-16mm f2.8 and I had everything covered. Another notes, unless you plan on doing tons of stills, you do not need a 300x CF card. Safe your money and buy the 133X cards. You need the faster cards when shooting raw files, not on video.
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Well, the Tokina is a faster lens. I'll take a constant-aperture lens with limited range over a variable-aperture lens with lots of range any day.

I would also recommend going with a CF card with at least a 30MB/s transfer speed. I tried the whole 133x speed thing and the buffer capped during a SOLID shot for a TLC documentary. The shot was gone by the time I could hit record again. If you're using this for anything other than family videos, do it right. Buy well, buy once (or until technology changes!)


As far as Nikor and Canon lenses being different direction. I remember seeing that somewhere before, but I can't remember for the life of me, if its true or not. Tomorrow I have a shoot and I will double check for you. I have 4 Nikor AI lenses. And as far as picking up primes later on. To be honest to besides the Nikor 50mm 1.8, the rest of the AI lenses are going to be pretty expensive to get them real fast, like the Nikor 35mm f2 is about a $400.00 lens. Where is if you buy a Canon 35mm f2 EF lens your paying $300.00 new. And with the crop factor on the 7D I would suggest the Sigma 20mm 1.8, Sigma 30mm 1.8, Canon 50mm 1.4, and Canon 85mm 1.8. And that will give you a perfect selection of really fast primes, without getting into the Canon L glass.
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I grabbed my Nikon 35mm f/2 on ebay for about $90. My Nikon 50mm f/1.4 was $140 (feel like I got a little hosed on that one). Shop around and find the right deals for you
 
I share and agree with everything u said Taylor. Also thanks for clarifying the focus directions for me.

About the cards also...yeh I think I'll stick to the ones I'm getting cuz they have a good track record...and while they are pricey...losing footage or missing shots is pricier for me. Its better for me to buy good once where I am...cuz shipping and customs is a biatch :)
 
Just made the plunge...even though its just the camera, card, extra battery and lens,..I can start learning this bad boy. hooo...the wait is on :)
 
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