Rejouer technical consultant, Illya Friedman of Hot Rod Cameras , who invented the first HDSLR PL mount adapter for the Panasonic GH1 has successfully modified a Canon 7D to a permanent PL mount, that should accept nearly every PL mount lens under the sun.

See it in person at Sundance, read on....

ILLYA'S POST BELOW:

I know many of you were waiting for my click in-click out PL to EOS adapter, that project has been put on hold for the time being. The reason is because of a wall I “hit” with the design, really what it was coming down to is that selling that adapter would cost more than buying a custom modified PL mount 7D, and it would have inferior performance.

So I’m planning an announcement for 2-14-2010 (yes ,Valentine’s day) with all the details (including price) for a custom Hot Rod 7D PL. I’m really, really, (really) happy with the quality of this conversion so I’m certain you will too.

Also…. if you are going to be at Sundance 2010 and want a hands-on preview of the 7D PL send me an email here, and I’ll let you know my schedule. If you bring a Compact Flash card you are welcome to take some pics with with the fully functional prototype 7D PL.

I want want to apologizing I couldn’t post this sooner, and for the delay in replying to all the emails that have piled up in the past week or so. I’ve been really busy with this project and hopefully this bit of news was worth the wait.

I.

Illya Friedman