Comments on: Lens Adapter Reviews for My Canon 7D

By: will

will — Sat, 01 May 2010 12:33:12 +0000

dang sweet stuff dude.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 06:11:04 +0000

Yes, not having a full frame sensor can be a little annoying at times. Thanks for all the info on the wide lenses, I’ll definitely be looking into those Vivitar lenses. I’m interested, and would love for you to send me the serial numbers. You can email me a list at

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:13:11 +0000

Ah I’m sorry when I said built in I was referring to the H4n’s built in microphones, as apposed to using a mic with the h4n’s XLR inputs. The sound on the Canon is really only good as reference audio.

yes 1700 is a lot for me as well, you should browse around eBay a little more, I purchased my camera brand new for $1450. Watch out for scams!

I really love the 35mm 2.0, that’s my primary lens right now. I’m looking for some good wide lenses at an affordable price. Also make sure the lenses say SMC before you purchase them, otherwise they will end up with a yellow tent to the lens. Although I’ve been told you can fix this by either laying them out in the sun or setting them up under a UV light for a week or so.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:55:28 +0000

Mike, thanks again for the reply…very helpful stuff! I have been doing a ton of research on the 7D because $1700 is a lot of money for a guy w/ no money! I have also looked at the Zoom H4n as an option for a mic, but its good to know that the Canon has a good built in. I have been purchasing some similar lenses on ebay. I hear the 35mm 2.0 Tak is very sharp…I have the 35mm 3.5 SMC Tak and like you the 135mm 3.5 Tak.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:59:58 +0000

Hey Bill, I appriciate the comment,
When I went out to film this, I really wanted to try out all of my recent lens purchases(since I hadn’t used them). The lenses I used were; Pentax 35mm 2.0, Pentax 135mm 3.5, Olympus 50mm 1.8, Olympus 65mm – 200mm Zoom, and for the really close up Macro shots of the bugs I used a friends cheapo Sigma lens.

MOST of the short film was shot on the 35mm. The interview at the end was shot on the 135mm, and the slow motion fight training was on the 135mm. Nothing in the final edit was from the Olympus 65 – 200.

As far as the audio I used the Zoom H4n. It has two XLR inputs which would allow me to use shotgun mic, but honestly the built in microphones worked perfect for the run and gun type scenario. That was my first time using the Zoom and I was very impressed. We would lay it on the ground or tree stump and hit record.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:04:38 +0000

Not bad for just goofing around…and the video looks great! What lenses did you end up using on this shoot? What are you using for a mic? (Thanks for taking the time to tell us about the adapters!)