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    "Zoom pulling"

    Does it exist in the world of DSLRs? Done a search around the forum and haven't come across it. I don't come from a camcorder background but I edit a great deal of weddings that others have shot using proper video cameras and as an editor i appreciate ceremony and reception shots which employ smooth zooming while following the subject/s as opposed to the abrupt zooms I'm used to when I'm shooting on DSLR. I do understand that for narrative work, zooming is an absolute no-no as it's unnatural to the eye. So is there an equivalent of a follow-focus made specifically for smooth zooming on DSLR lenses beside THIS ONE?

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    Its is a follow focus. Mounted on the zoom ring. I almost never zoom but if I have to I mount another FF.

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      #3
      Originally posted by jamani View Post
      I do understand that for narrative work, zooming is an absolute no-no as it's unnatural to the eye.
      Zooming is awesome! Even in narratives.

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        #4
        Zooms seem to be coming back a bit as they give an old-school feel. How many movies from the 50's to 80's do you see where the crane shot is just a zoom (and you think, "sheesh, that would look better with a crane/dolly...")

        Watching season 1 of "American Horror Story" and man, do they overdo the little jerky zoom-ins. And they look done in post as well, like the motion blur is off.

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          #5
          Originally posted by jamani View Post
          I do understand that for narrative work, zooming is an absolute no-no as it's unnatural to the eye.
          So it is absolutely natural to the eye to watch little figures in color pixels on a square box known as a television or a computer monitor?

          It's all unnatural, baby! It's just whatever vocabulary or syntax we are used to that counts.
          I bet many folks in the 70's didn't even realize zooming was going on while they were watching, they were so used to it.

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            #6
            Watched "The Exorcist" with the Mrs and kept saying "zoooooommmmm..." She'd cock an eyebrow at me and I'd say "you really don't see it? Look, there's a dolly... look, that's a zoom". She was like "nope, sorry - there is something old-fashioned going on though..." BTW, she's got a PhD, she's a great writer and a pretty fascinating cultural/media critic when she wants to be... but she doesn't "see" a zoom, other than "Oh, this movie's older". But even as comparatively recent as Exorcist, she gets the overall retro-ish vibe, but that's overall production... unrealistic sound mixing and design (those "rats in the attic" sound like they're in your ear, distant conversations are crystal clear)... pre-Ridley Scott lighting (where's the hazer??), etc. So even today, "civilians" don't see the zooms.

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              #7
              I used to be totally against zooming in my wedding films (mostly because if you zoom then it means it wasn't shot using a prime...dumb I know) However, there are certain lenses that I feel zoom very nicely, the Canon 70-200 IS II for example. Something about the feel of the IS and the zoom that I really like.
              Cameras: 2x - Sony FS7, 2x - Sony A6500, Canon 5D IV, DJI Mavic Pro, Canon 5D II, Canon 60D, Canon G16, Canon Rebel XT, GoPro Hero 7, Gopro Hero 6 (RIP), 6x - GoPro Hero 3+ Black Edition, Canon XL2, iPhone 4, iPhone 6, Ricoh KR-10, Fed-2, Fujica Half Frame, Canon ZR-100, Sony DCR-TRV 310.

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