AF100 Settings and Lens Suggestion for Indie Feature Film

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chatrapal

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I will be shooting a indie horror/thriller film in Central Indian Jungle in November-December. The jungles will be lush green, but it situated well above sea height so i will be getting good skyline. Sun Light will be harsher compared to western world. But most of the shoot is exterior/interior night. I am going with AF 100 with Nanoflash. Can anybody suggest me advanced AF100 and Nanoflash settings for such conditions ?

Also we will be shooting with following lens combo
Tokina 11-16 f2.8
Voigtlander Nokton 25mm f0.95 (please suggest any alternative as it is difficult to source this lens in India)
Rokinon/Samyang 35mm f.14
Nikon 50mm f1.2
Rokinon/Samyang 85mm f1.4
All Nikon Mount with Novoflex Adpater Also we are sourcing Canon 70-200 L f2.8 for no money. We are not able to afford Zeiss glass due budget constraint.
Any thoughts on these lenses in given conditions? I am thinking Rokinon 85mm 1.4 due to low light conditions but given that we have canon 70-200L f2.8. Is it really a necessity?
Any comment thought and suggestion are welcome
 
I'm getting what I consider to be "cinematic" settings with

CineD
Detail and V detail at -4
Chroma at -4
Pedestal -2
Matrix Norm1

These are very subjective settings so i would suggest you go and do some field tests with lights, cast, makeup etc to fiddle around with the camera looks.
 
@jmarkham thanx for suggestion. But I am on budget. Is Panny 7 14 f4 worth dropping Tokina 11 16 f2.8 specially when it is mostly exterior/interior night.
@Papa thanx ... I will go to location and try out this settings. Are there any "post safe" thing ... what i mean "any kind of setting should not be touched when it comes to theatrical projection"
 
I would drop the Rokinon 85mm 1.4 - I have been getting horrible/large highlight flares with this lens (the 35mm is great)
 
chatrapal said:
@jmarkham thanx for suggestion. But I am on budget. Is Panny 7 14 f4 worth dropping Tokina 11 16 f2.8 specially when it is mostly exterior/interior night.
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Perhaps having the faster glass of the Tokina is better.. I was just thinking of wide shots in the jungle settings if the 11 ( equiv 22mm ) is going to be wide enough..
 
@Rowy thanx for suggestion Any thought on Nikon 85 mm f1.4 or Sigma 85mm 1.4 ? I am thinking of increasing the budget if the lens is worth that cost.

@jmarkham I think i will have to make compromise on panaromic shots And i am thinking of Fotodiox adapter ... But real problem is canon 70 200mm don't have aperture ring ... and i dont know any EOS to MFT adapter which has manual aperture ring. Producers owe canon 7D and the lens 70 200mm lens ... But i am not very keen on 7d as B camera ... But in case, creatively we need more than 85mm(160mm) perspective I am thinking either af100+fotodiox+canon 70-200 and ofcourse wide open or canon 7D+ canon 70 -200.
 
PaPa said:
These are very subjective settings so i would suggest you go and do some field tests with lights, cast, makeup etc to fiddle around with the camera looks.
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I haven't used a recorder with an AF100 yet, but may have a extended documentary coming up that requires higher bit rate, & am considering using a few Nanoflash(s) due to the simplicity of powering off the cam's battery. There would be a lot of travel involved, so not carrying another type of battery, & charger, has strong allure.

I'd likely tweak this setup for use with the Nano, but whenever in doubt I resort to Abel Cine Tech's "Range" scene file.

http://blog.abelcine.com/2011/04/06/af100-scene-files-created-by-abelcine/
 
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