From the course: Video Gear: Cameras & Lenses

Unlock this course with a free trial

Join today to access over 22,500 courses taught by industry experts.

Why use lens adapters?

Why use lens adapters?

- Hey there, I'm Robert Carman. - And I'm Rich Harrington. - And Rich, this week we are going to talk about something that's near and dear to my heart, because I have a lot of old lenses, I have a lot of different camera bodies, and I'm always trying to get one lens to work on one camera body, and that is lens adapters. - Now they're not even that they're all old, Rob, I just know you well. You're like "this is awesome" and you buy one platform. Like, you are, when I met you you were a Canon guy. - [Robert] Yeah, now I've sold all my Canon gear, now I'm on the Sony platform with the a7 series, a7S, I have Black Magic cameras, so I have-- - Yeah I was going to say, in between there, there was a Black Magic - Yeah, yeah. - Yeah, Rob, Rob is the type of guy who buys a new car a lot just 'cause he likes it, and me, I get really comfortable with a platform, and I beat it to death. Like I started as a Nikon shooter, and I still have all my Nikons, I use 'em for timelapse sometimes, but I've…

Contents