Fast affordable 28mm/35mm prime?

I wouldn't worry too much about the CA unless you plan to be shooting a lot of stills with it.
Aren't you planning to use it for a movie? Nobody's gonna be looking at the corners of the screen, they will be watching
your actors (most probably mid frame) for however many seconds and then cut to MCU or whatever.

Locating the Tokina 11-16 is the next task, they can be as elusive as a GH1.
And then you need to think carefully about whether to get canon or nikon mount,
as you may not always be shooting with the 7D.
If you go Nikon like I did then you will not be able to measure f stop accurately.
 
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mhood said:
I did notice while shooting a person at his desk in a typical office with my D90 and a 50mm prime, that there wasn't enough room in the office for me to get far enough away from the subject for a MS. Not very normal to me. I suspect the 28mm prime would have been closer to normal but where does "wide" actually begin (in mm) on APS-C cameras?
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For me when shooting with the GH1 (4/3rds is smaller than APS-C) I was using 28mm for normal then went to FD 24/1.4L for my main normal indoor lens when low light and AIS 24/2.8 when I didn't need low light.

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And why the Nikon mount for the 7D? Don't want AF and the adapters are plenty good? Also, did the reported lateral CA bug in the Tokina 116 bother you?
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I went Nikon mount because at the time I was shooting GH1 and I had FD and Nikon adapters. Nikon works best for me at this stage since the market is changing rapidly. I look forward to shooting with the 7D but I am being very realistic about how long I may stay with it. After all this is my scarlet money I'm using to flip these DSLR's.
 
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I am actually very concerned with stills ATM. I will be shooting quite a bit of people here in LA to earn some bread, develop my eye, and further develop a few of the "intangibles" that carry onto directing.

Video is never secondary of course, but I wouldn't consider a 7D due to the skew if I were shooting motion for money.

Now, let's not have an argument about that, if anyone is itching to jump at me for saying that. But, I am of the opinion that you shouldn't get a tool that has any sort of effect on your camera movement to avoid an issue with the image.

I had to sell my HVX to get a good stills camera, and I'll just try to ignore the skew for my personal stuff... and rent when other people are paying and expect something the 7D can't deliver without diagonals and jello. Of course, there are things that work with what the 5D can do, and then it shines.

Davis, I am definitely going Canon. It mightbe worth to mention a small added bonus of being able to send it in to Duclos for PL transformation, if they didn't strike that as an option. I know for a fact though that they are only transforming Canon versions.
 
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sorry I just re-read you post properly, ferget what I said it made no sense!

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That's quite a chunk of change to get the lens converted, good for you though. Is duclos conversion the Ruby? or are there two different crowds converting them?
I never read through all of those threads completely.
 
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I wish I could afford a lot of things. :) But we are tied up with other things right now.

I am not a shooter by profession. I am not trying to become a DP either. So my ability and justification to get expensive gear is limited AND forgiving.

The 7D won't deliver motion across the frame flawlessly, but it should allow me to continue working on my cinematography if I can ignore the skew and jello. I can afford to have image issues, and it would be plenty good for casting, scouting, headshots, BTS, and flight hours.

It might make me develop some bad habits, but at least they will be different ones, again broadening my cinematography experience and understanding.
 
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