35mm adapter rant.....
- Thread starter cecil995
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if youre a photographer you know how to controll it for aesthetic effect. if youre an idiot it will look like crap. LEarn study work. thats all that will help you.
I kinda just asked that in the Cinematography forum lol.
Luis Caffesse
Admin
Yeah Kholi - but you didn't ask "how can I get good dof" - you asked how you could control your DOF.
That's the difference between not learning enough to ask the right questions - and knowing enough to know what question to ask.
BIG difference.
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Brandon Rice
Distributed Producer
Not true... a lot of times I need more things in focus.
Luis Caffesse
Admin
Yeah brice - but you know what you're doing...so you would never ask us how you can get "good" Depth of Field.
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Brandon Rice
Distributed Producer
Ah, I didn't read the whole thread... there is no "good" depth of field. Depth of field is just a term that means how far the focus goes... I'm sure that's not the exact scientific meaning, but that's basically it...
HorseFilms
Look ma no hands
Just think, years ago people would've killed for cameras that shot deep focus right out of the box.
cecil995
Well-known member
Thanks for clarifying that, as well as continuing this :furious3: thread.
I think the whole depth of field theory is more than adequatly explained in the BG dvx book that comes WITH the camera. I know for me, five minutes after reading that I never had to ask such silly questions on dvxuser
Batutta
Major Contributor
Yeah, funnily enough, I saw a Soderbergh interview once where he actually said the wider DOF on HD cameras was a plus, as he's lost one too many film shots to poor focus.
Ryan Patrick O'Hara
Veteran
That's not a creative decision, he just needs to fire his first ac
yea fater watching the insane focus pulling on "Eternal sunshine" there is not reason for a film to be out of focus. pay attention tot he first 10 minutes of that film. the Puller is a genius.