hpx W/primes, is it worth the extra 3500.00 in rental?

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jasonmusco

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I was just wanted to know if anyone has used the pro 35 and primes with the Hpx500? It is going to cost me 3500.00 more for the rental and I am trying to figure out if the money could be used more effectively?
 
jasonmusco said:
I was just wanted to know if anyone has used the pro 35 and primes with the Hpx500? It is going to cost me 3500.00 more for the rental and I am trying to figure out if the money could be used more effectively?
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I haven't used the Pro35, but having used some of the Canon HDgc lenses I think it's safe to say that you should seriously consider shooting with really good 2/3" lenses instead of renting an adapter and some 35mm glass. Control your exposure using ND filters to keep the iris open, and you'll be more than happy with the DoF that the chips provide.
 
Shoot with 2/3" primes. Won´t be much cheaper, if at all, but DOF will be great and speed and resolution will be superior.
 
Most 2/3" primes are f 1,5 and IMO there is a clear difference to zoom lenses DOFwise. But yes, a 35mm adapter will always provide a more shallow DOF.
 
Yes, if opening up to 1.5 then you could force a slightly shallower DOF that way.

Just trying to point out that using cinema primes will not, in and of themselves, change DOF the way that a 35mm adapter would.
 
I don't know, Barry
I've been shooting with the Sony F900 and the Zeiss Digiprimes and I am getting a very nice shallow depth of field. still would be nicer to have the speed of a zoom lens.
 
eddavid said:
I don't know, Barry
I've been shooting with the Sony F900 and the Zeiss Digiprimes and I am getting a very nice shallow depth of field.
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I have noticed this as well. My theory is that the Digiprimes are so much sharper that you see the subtle difference in critical focus much sooner. It might have something to do with smaller circles of confusion, perhaps.
 
jasonmusco said:
I was just wanted to know if anyone has used the pro 35 and primes with the Hpx500? It is going to cost me 3500.00 more for the rental and I am trying to figure out if the money could be used more effectively?
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To get back to the purpose of you question: What else do you need? Where/how will the footage be viewed. Without more information it is hard to make a recommendation.

I shot a commercial for Target and had to answer the same sort of questions. The director really wanted to rent Diggiprimes to put on my SDX900 for a web spot. I figured, given the parameters, the increase in resolution was not worth the price and would rather put that money into the lighting budget.

I suppose I might have taken the lenses if I thought that was going to be my only chance to experience their beauty but that would have been a disservice to the client.
 
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