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Today, I was totally in the mood to see what other people are doing with Minolta lenses on Canon EOS DSLR cameras with a Minolta to EOS adapter.

Here’s a high contrast shot of a glass being filled with apple juice. Wow. 5D mark 2 and a modified Minolta 50mm f.2:

The applejuice 5D mark 2 first test from Michael Johansson on Vimeo.

HVX w/ Redrock Micro + Minolta Rokkor lenses
Canon 5D w/ Minolta Rokkor lenses:

The Loft Series from Eric Giovon on Vimeo.

Here’s some nice footage with a Canon T1i / EOS 500d and a Minolta 50/1.4:

Mixed with Ambient (500D) from Stedanko on Vimeo.

Here’s some on a Canon EOS 7D with a Minolta 50/1.4:

MINOLTA LENS ON CANON 7D from ANTHONY JACKSON on Vimeo.

Easter kids video shot with Canon 5DmkII with Rokkor 58mm f1.2 lens. Sachtler FSB8 tripod and Redrock Eyespy handheld rig. That 58 1.2 is converted to EOS instead of using an adapter. If you don’t want a 58/1.2 after viewing this, you have no pulse:

The Easter Kids from doubledrop on Vimeo.

The good people at Zacuto put together this year’s DSLR shootout comparing Kodak and Fuji movie films with video footage shot on some top DSLR cameras.

This year’s shootout used the Canon 7D, Canon 5D Mk II, Canon T2i, Canon 1D Mk IV, Nikon D3s, and Panasonic GH1.

They compared the same footage shot with each camera. To take away as much variability as they could, they used Zeiss lenses on all the cameras.

The commentary about each was provided by top film industry people. The Zacuto site says “The test results were projected in a 2K theatrical environment at three screening locations: Stag Theater at Skywalker Ranch, LucasFilms Ltd., AFI (American Film Institute) Theater in Hollywood and the FilmWorkers Astro Color Timing Theater in Chicago. Hear commentary from the screenings by top ASC, Hollywood, Indie Film and Event & Convergence Photographers.”

I have to say that I generally hate film and digital comparisons. I love them both. I have an admitted bias towards film, but I think digital is very cool. I loved this comparison though. Not so much to see if digital beat film. (So far, it didn’t, but it’s pretty darn close.) I really liked seeing the kinds of tests that top notch people in the industry performed, the observations they made, and the awesome video they shot. I’m looking forward to more episodes of this.

My only regret is that I would have liked to have seen as many Nikon models as Canon, but other than that, this was very good.

Click here to see the Zacuto DSLR Shootout

To see products made by Zacuto, click here
Some examples are the Zacuto Z-Grip and the Zacuto Z-Finder

Digital SLRs have been gaining a huge following in the last few years for their ability to record video. The capabilities of these cameras is now outstanding with some even having 24P capability and nice audio. The beauty of these is that they have interchangeable lenses so they have a great range of lenses and full control of depth of field.

Don’t forget if you do want to shoot audio with these that on-board microphones are sub optimal and stability can be an issue.

Here are today’s sample videos shot with a Nikon D300s and a Canon 7D:

“Perya” – a Canon 7D Short

Nikon D300s Movie

Canon 7D movie – Another night in Beijing

Nikon D300s samples from Havana Cuba

Girl with the Flaxen Hair: Canon 7d

Nikon D300S – by photojournalist Ami Vitale