I am a stills photog slowly transitioning to video. in my country, since covid, many have left and there is a demand for videographers.
using d780- having a HUGE issue with tamron 15-30 2.8 lens. I have only ever shot video in 1 event, ever. was not paid. it was last week. it was a bar mitzvah. so, first time using my gimbal (weebill S) . something happened that had me panic badly. shooting on the gimbal it would just cut out and stop recording.
I checked at home the next day. at first I just put it on the gimbal, pressed record/stop multiple times and I was perplexed what it can be. it didnt cut out. would let it FAF (full af), so then put my hand close to the lens till it focused, then moved it away to let it focus on background. did this a few times and it cut out. I was able to recreate the issue. screen went black and it posted "recording interrupted" on it and closed live view. now what? I tried my other lenses. 40mm art 1.4, tried 85 1.8g both good.
I thought it may have been the gimbal causing the issue with the cable connected to the camera. I took the connection cable out and it kept doing this. it kept cutting out after a few times. I configured the AF and sensitivity lower in the menu, then tested over and over, it would cut out, so then again, kept lowering the settings, till I was at the lowest setting. it kept cutting when it would focus back and forth on something close to something far, specifically, when I took my hand away. so when it went from close focus to far.
im not planning to shoot as a paid video guy anytime soon, because I want to make sure im at a good level and feel I know what im doing. so only plan to get into it, next year. till then, learn, practice research and hone down my skills. so I just join my friend as a video help. shooting from monopod candid or gimbal on the dance floor. but right now, im not sure what to do. maybe the AF speed is too snappy for the camera to keep up. it does have good af speed that lens.
what Im thinking of doing, is first contacting the importer of tamron lenses here in my country and explain my issue. ask him if theres a place I could test another 15-30. be it the g1 or g2. for stills, the lens is phenomenal. and im guessing this duo dont work well together. and if I need to get a new lens, im not sure which. options
-tokina 16-28 2.8
-sigma 20/24 art 1.4
-sigma art 24-35 f/2 but I lose wide angle-ness and its needed at times. 20mm or so.
-sigma 14-24 art 2.8
any insight help appreciated. cheers
using d780- having a HUGE issue with tamron 15-30 2.8 lens. I have only ever shot video in 1 event, ever. was not paid. it was last week. it was a bar mitzvah. so, first time using my gimbal (weebill S) . something happened that had me panic badly. shooting on the gimbal it would just cut out and stop recording.
I checked at home the next day. at first I just put it on the gimbal, pressed record/stop multiple times and I was perplexed what it can be. it didnt cut out. would let it FAF (full af), so then put my hand close to the lens till it focused, then moved it away to let it focus on background. did this a few times and it cut out. I was able to recreate the issue. screen went black and it posted "recording interrupted" on it and closed live view. now what? I tried my other lenses. 40mm art 1.4, tried 85 1.8g both good.
I thought it may have been the gimbal causing the issue with the cable connected to the camera. I took the connection cable out and it kept doing this. it kept cutting out after a few times. I configured the AF and sensitivity lower in the menu, then tested over and over, it would cut out, so then again, kept lowering the settings, till I was at the lowest setting. it kept cutting when it would focus back and forth on something close to something far, specifically, when I took my hand away. so when it went from close focus to far.
im not planning to shoot as a paid video guy anytime soon, because I want to make sure im at a good level and feel I know what im doing. so only plan to get into it, next year. till then, learn, practice research and hone down my skills. so I just join my friend as a video help. shooting from monopod candid or gimbal on the dance floor. but right now, im not sure what to do. maybe the AF speed is too snappy for the camera to keep up. it does have good af speed that lens.
what Im thinking of doing, is first contacting the importer of tamron lenses here in my country and explain my issue. ask him if theres a place I could test another 15-30. be it the g1 or g2. for stills, the lens is phenomenal. and im guessing this duo dont work well together. and if I need to get a new lens, im not sure which. options
-tokina 16-28 2.8
-sigma 20/24 art 1.4
-sigma art 24-35 f/2 but I lose wide angle-ness and its needed at times. 20mm or so.
-sigma 14-24 art 2.8
any insight help appreciated. cheers
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