I need some advice. I am going to be buying myself a full on video filmmaking kit with a budget of approximately £5000 British pounds.
A Canon 5D is at the top of the list. I will be buying other filming and sound equipment, with 3 or 4 or 5 lenses too.
I am really lost in the world of lenses. I have been researching as much as possible. I absolutely LOVE the look that the canon L series lenses seem to capture. However, I simply can't afford those lenses. I imagine I will be spending £1000-£1500 pounds of my budget on lenses. So thats an average of about £300 for each of the 4 or 5 lenses I buy.
The only one i THINK I will be buying for sure is a 50mm. The f1.2 just seems way too much for me so instead I think I will buy a f1.4.
I would love some advice on lenses, especially on what BRANDS of lenses you think I could get hold of for relatively cheap prices.
Someone recommended Nikkor lenses to me?????? Any info/personal experince on these would be appreciated. Someone else also suggested Zeiss lenses?????? Obviously I will need to buy adapters for these???? Is that right???
I have also heard something about the adapter sometimes damaging the internal glass shutter in the camera for some reason (which obviously I don't want to happen) so please advise me on this too.
Although this camera is primarily going to be used for 'video', I do still want to use it for 'still photography' so please bear this in mind too.
Also finally, I am based in the UK but will be moving to Australia in a months time, for about 6 months, maybe even a year. I will be buying most of my kit when I get back to UK after Australia...
BUT...
I will be buying the actual canon 5D first and I am hoping to buy one lens to take with me. Not really for filming video whilst in Australia, but just to take still photographs. So what should be my first lens? Someone else suggested I could buy a zoom lens with the camera, and then sell it once I get back to the UK (without too much of a loss) and start buying my 3 or 4 primes soon after for video. Is this a good idea?
Just any and all advice would be welcome, thanks guys.
A Canon 5D is at the top of the list. I will be buying other filming and sound equipment, with 3 or 4 or 5 lenses too.
I am really lost in the world of lenses. I have been researching as much as possible. I absolutely LOVE the look that the canon L series lenses seem to capture. However, I simply can't afford those lenses. I imagine I will be spending £1000-£1500 pounds of my budget on lenses. So thats an average of about £300 for each of the 4 or 5 lenses I buy.
The only one i THINK I will be buying for sure is a 50mm. The f1.2 just seems way too much for me so instead I think I will buy a f1.4.
I would love some advice on lenses, especially on what BRANDS of lenses you think I could get hold of for relatively cheap prices.
Someone recommended Nikkor lenses to me?????? Any info/personal experince on these would be appreciated. Someone else also suggested Zeiss lenses?????? Obviously I will need to buy adapters for these???? Is that right???
I have also heard something about the adapter sometimes damaging the internal glass shutter in the camera for some reason (which obviously I don't want to happen) so please advise me on this too.
Although this camera is primarily going to be used for 'video', I do still want to use it for 'still photography' so please bear this in mind too.
Also finally, I am based in the UK but will be moving to Australia in a months time, for about 6 months, maybe even a year. I will be buying most of my kit when I get back to UK after Australia...
BUT...
I will be buying the actual canon 5D first and I am hoping to buy one lens to take with me. Not really for filming video whilst in Australia, but just to take still photographs. So what should be my first lens? Someone else suggested I could buy a zoom lens with the camera, and then sell it once I get back to the UK (without too much of a loss) and start buying my 3 or 4 primes soon after for video. Is this a good idea?
Just any and all advice would be welcome, thanks guys.
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