Nikon Rumors Forum » Topic: Guy Builds His Own Mirrorless DSLR Video Camera

poster on "Guy Builds His Own Mirrorless DSLR Video Camera"

poster — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:24:21 +0000

Seems like a waste of time seriously. The body is still big and bulky.

please enlighten me as what advantages he has now?

I guess it's more quite now, but so what, the camera body is so huge that people will still notice you taking the picture with that cinderblock up to your face.

PB PM on "Guy Builds His Own Mirrorless DSLR Video Camera"

PB PM — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:13:16 +0000

All he would have to do is solider the CPU contacts in the right place and it would work just fine.

bmxdad on "Guy Builds His Own Mirrorless DSLR Video Camera"

bmxdad — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:05:37 +0000

Yes but the new lens mount would kill that feature also, unless it can be removed and the Canon mount is intact below

Pete

NikoDoby on "Guy Builds His Own Mirrorless DSLR Video Camera"

NikoDoby — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:27:14 +0000

The phase detect AF sensors don't work anymore, but he can still take photos with contrast detect.

bmxdad on "Guy Builds His Own Mirrorless DSLR Video Camera"

bmxdad — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:20:06 +0000

I don't think this one has any AF functions anymore

Pete

PB PM on "Guy Builds His Own Mirrorless DSLR Video Camera"

PB PM — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:13:25 +0000

Interesting idea, but kind of impractical with modern DSLRs, because liveview AF is too slow, unless all you shoot is video.

NikoDoby on "Guy Builds His Own Mirrorless DSLR Video Camera"

NikoDoby — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:10:39 +0000

I guess he wanted a dedicated full frame HD video camera with a better lens mount and didn't want that stupid mirror in the way.

So who's brave enough to do this with their D90 or D3S?

See how he did it here: (takes a while to load)
http://www.dchome.net/viewthread.php?tid=854905&extra=&page=1