How Easy To Make The Switch From Nikon To Canon While On The Job?

[imagemaker46]

It shouldn't take long to adapt to a different system. I switch between using Canon and Nikon regularly, it's just a matter of sitting with the manual and the camera.

 

[teribithia]

Useful advice to new . Lol

 

[greybeard33 5]

Like switching from a Ford to a Chevy

 

[desertrattm2r12]

I was told once that a person could not possibly use a Nikon SLR and a Leica RF at the same shoot because they focused to infinity in different directions. So I opened the trunk of my car, checked my Nikon and my Leica, and found out they did focus differently. I had been doing it for years without realizing they focused in different directions. When I picked up either camera I knew by instinct which way to focus. No big thing.

 

[3bayjunkie]

I switches from nikon to canon just recently. I never even noticed the focus ring change until you mentioned it. The only thing i don't like about canon is they don't have two similar dials like the nikon. Instead the rear dial is the SS dial and the top dial is the aperture dial. No big deal! I love canon lenses!

 

[DiskoJoe]

For studio work there really wont be much challenge. In the studio they will probably have most stuff set up for you already. Or you could just practice with their gear. Its just a camera and not rocket science.

 

[manaheim]

It's easy to switch to a Canon... except for the horrible burning on your hands and eyes.

 

[amolitor]

It's easy to switch to a Canon... except for the horrible burning on your hands and eyes.

Pfft. HTFU. You'll develop calluses soon enough, wuss.

 

[skieur]

One gets familiar with the methods and results from a particular camera to such an extent that they become second nature and you don't even think about them. Switching camera gear from home to work or job to job requires a lot more concentration and adapting different approaches to getting the photographic results that you want.

It can also lead to some spectacular boo boos when you push a button on a Nikon and the button in the same location on the Canon does something completely different.

skieur

 

[fjrabon]

Really hasn't been a big deal at all, other than sometimes I turn a dial the wrong way for a second.

 

[unpopular]

Nikons have this strange tendency of not sucking as much.

 

[manaheim]

Nikons have this strange tendency of not sucking as much.

Wait, let me don my fire retardant suit...

 

[Vautrin]

can i ask why people think the focus ring direction is a big deal?

if youre on autofocus (which i believeis a large percent) its a non issue

and if you try to manual focus its difficult to know where on the focus ring they are -- i usually find myself using both directions on the ring to fine tune. unless you mean manual focusing to infinity?

 

[fjrabon]

can i ask why people think the focus ring direction is a big deal?

if youre on autofocus (which i believeis a large percent) its a non issue

and if you try to manual focus its difficult to know where on the focus ring they are -- i usually find myself using both directions on the ring to fine tune. unless you mean manual focusing to infinity?

Yeah, I haven't had an issue with that. sometimes I look at the light meter in the range finder and the way I read it, I turn the dial the wrong way for a split second. That's about it.

And yeah, I still hate the thumb scroll wheel.

"Hey guys, let's design something where you either have to lock it down, meaning that changing settings are a two step process of unlocking and then adjusting, or you can run the risk of constantly bumping it and changing your settings without realizing it! This seems like a fantastic design choice to me!"

But otherwise the 7D is a heck of a camera. Not a huge fan of the 5DII for anything other than portraits. The 5DIII is just amazing. Not a big fan of the 60D at all.

 

[Primoz]

Nikon reads right to left, going from dark to light.

Or, it can be reversed in the Nikon menus so it goes the other way.

I've done that on my Nikon... Seems more logical to me that way, eventhough I'm entirely a Nikon guy... =P