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dcrin3

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I am seeing dozen using nikon glass on their 7d. What is the advantage of this instead of canon glass?
 
a lot of nikon glass is very fast with minimal breathing... I like nikon glass but then again the 28-135mmkit lens is the first canon I have owned ant it is a pretty good run and gun goto lens...
 
Perry Wilson said:
a lot of nikon glass is very fast with minimal breathing... I like nikon glass but then again the 28-135mmkit lens is the first canon I have owned ant it is a pretty good run and gun goto lens...
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when you say "very fast" you mean what exactly? Because I thought it was all manual control no motor utilizing....
 
Fast refers to the aperture setting. a lens rated at f1.4 is fast, an f4 or higher is not.
 
Fast refers to the apeture, the "faster" a lens the more light it can let in by stepping down the aperature.

EDIT: Sorry for the Double post
 
yes but you could use a canon 1.4 or a carl zeiss T* 1.4....

oh and also, is an adapter required or does it just fit?
 
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You certainly could. I think many will use Nikon lenses with adapters because they already own the Nikon lens. If you're buying new...well, I went with Canon lenses and one Tamron with a Canon mount.
 
Because Nikon has kept a consistent mount over the history of their lenses. Canon has abandoned 3 lens systems so they are not interchangeable.

When I was a pro photographer my first SLR was a Canon AE1-Program. Canon abandoned that lens mount. I next owned a Canon T-70. Canon abandoned that lens mount. I next owned a Canon EOS-10s. Canon abandoned that lens mount. I'd had enough, so I jumped to a Nikon F4S on which I could put every 35mm lens Nikon had ever made. Well, except for a 2-3 special lenses.

So it's simple. Nikon mount means you can buy ANY Nikon lens no matter how old and it will fit and work. Canon, not so much. And I'll never buy another Canon again for precisely that reason.
 
PerroneFord said:
Because Nikon has kept a consistent mount over the history of their lenses. Canon has abandoned 3 lens systems so they are not interchangeable.

When I was a pro photographer my first SLR was a Canon AE1-Program. Canon abandoned that lens mount. I next owned a Canon T-70. Canon abandoned that lens mount. I next owned a Canon EOS-10s. Canon abandoned that lens mount. I'd had enough, so I jumped to a Nikon F4S on which I could put every 35mm lens Nikon had ever made. Well, except for a 2-3 special lenses.

So it's simple. Nikon mount means you can buy ANY Nikon lens no matter how old and it will fit and work. Canon, not so much. And I'll never buy another Canon again for precisely that reason.
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so on nikon lens you can manually adjust the iris while on canon you have to trick the system to stay open full/etc? also because canon has just abandoned many generations of lens systems....?
 
dcrin3 said:
so on nikon lens you can manually adjust the iris while on canon you have to trick the system to stay open full/etc? also because canon has just abandoned many generations of lens systems....?
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That is correct. Though on older canon lenses (like every Canon I ever owned) you could manually adjust the iris. I guess Canon doesn't think operators are smart enough to adjust their own irises. Nikon seems to have a bit more faith in it's users.
 
Some of these people are probably long time Nikon users that just didn't want to have to go through all the trouble to sell their Nikon lenses for Canon ones when and adapter will fix the problem.

PerroneFord said:
That is correct. Though on older canon lenses (like every Canon I ever owned) you could manually adjust the iris. I guess Canon doesn't think operators are smart enough to adjust their own irises. Nikon seems to have a bit more faith in it's users.
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Isn't this less of a problem now that the 7D allows manual iris control (although, not with an actual iris ring/dial)? Last time I checked, the 7D was a "full manual" camera. Or am I totally delusional?
 
PerroneFord said:
That is correct. Though on older canon lenses (like every Canon I ever owned) you could manually adjust the iris. I guess Canon doesn't think operators are smart enough to adjust their own irises. Nikon seems to have a bit more faith in it's users.
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I am starting to like the nikon idea already because of those few lines only.

Does the adapter make the lens loose any light/quality whatsoever?
 
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