Z7 with a Nikkor 70-300mm fitted at DVinfo.net

Gary Nattrass · May 24th, 2008, 05:47 AM

Here is a pic of my Z7 with a nikkor 70-300mm lens fitted via the Mike Tapa mount:

The Moon shot here: http://www.vimeo.com/1034579 Was done with this set-up

Laurence Kingston · May 24th, 2008, 06:43 AM

With that setup, is your only control of the camera transport through the lanc controller?

Gary Nattrass · May 24th, 2008, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Laurence Kingston

With that setup, is your only control of the camera transport through the lanc controller?

Yes but just for start stop of recording all zoom, apperture and focusing is done manual.

Tim Dashwood · May 24th, 2008, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Laurence Kingston

With that setup, is your only control of the camera transport through the lanc controller?

There is always a REC button on the top of the handle. I wish Sony had added one more REC button on the side. The one on the top becomes hard to reach when the camera is mounted upside down.

Gary Nattrass · May 24th, 2008, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Tim Dashwood

There is always a REC button on the top of the handle. I wish Sony had added one more REC button on the side. The one on the top becomes hard to reach when the camera is mounted upside down.

Doh! of course I forgot to mention that the top of the camera has a rec switch as the lens one has been removed.

Kevin Li · May 24th, 2008, 09:33 PM

great shot

Sherif Choudhry · May 25th, 2008, 12:42 PM

are u saying u dont need an expensive and bulky adapter like letus or red rock?? just fit the 35mm lens onto the tapa?

where and how much for the Tapa adapter??

Gary Nattrass · May 25th, 2008, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Sherif Choudhry

are u saying u dont need an expensive and bulky adapter like letus or red rock?? just fit the 35mm lens onto the tapa?

where and how much for the Tapa adapter??

Yes just put the tapa mount on and fit your Nikkor lens.

Around £220 inc vat and delivery and I got mine from e-bay:

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/mtf_lenses

Zach Love · May 26th, 2008, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Sherif Choudhry

are u saying u dont need an expensive and bulky adapter like letus or red rock?? just fit the 35mm lens onto the tapa?

where and how much for the Tapa adapter??

the big difference for the Red, Letus, etc. etc. is that those use 35mm lenses & keep the FOV (field of view) the same as 35mm. the stock lens on the Z7/S270 is a 4.4mm to 52.8mm.

on 1/3" chips (ie Z1/Z7/S270 plus many many more cameras), 52.8mm is a telephoto lens (read FOV). 50mm on a "35mm chip" (35mm negative) is a normal lens (FOV).

more or less you'll be 7x more zoomed in on your subject if you put a 100mm lens on the MTF (Tapa) adapter than if you put that same lens onto the Red/Letus

ALSO check out http://www.mtfservices.com/ for the home page of the Tapa adapter

May 24th, 2008, 05:47 AM	#1
Gary Nattrass Trustee Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Cornsay Durham UK Posts: 1,992	Z7 with a Nikkor 70-300mm fitted Here is a pic of my Z7 with a nikkor 70-300mm lens fitted via the Mike Tapa mount: The Moon shot here: http://www.vimeo.com/1034579 Was done with this set-up __________________ Over 15 minutes in Broadcast Film and TV production: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1044352/

May 25th, 2008, 12:42 PM	#7
Sherif Choudhry Major Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: London Posts: 222	Woah.... are u saying u dont need an expensive and bulky adapter like letus or red rock?? just fit the 35mm lens onto the tapa? where and how much for the Tapa adapter??

May 24th, 2008, 06:43 AM	#2
Laurence Kingston Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Clermont, FL. Posts: 941	With that setup, is your only control of the camera transport through the lanc controller?

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Kevin Li Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 35	great shot