tbirdparis
Member
Hi all,
I'm planning to do some low light shooting for a music video with a GH13. I've only got the kit lens and the tests I've done are (not surprisingly) pretty unimpressive in low light.
A friend can lend me a Canon EF 50mm 1.8 lens, which to my (limited) understanding, should work far better than the kit lens. I've found an adapter via a dealer in Hong Kong which seems too cheap to be possible:
http://litooc.com/product.php?id_product=72
I wonder if anyone knows about this product, has used it or can at least suggest whether it's worth the risk or not? At 25 bucks it seems worth a punt.
I'm not at all a pro, just a musician experimenting with making some video. To give you an idea of the shot I want to get: It's to be shot in studio, in total darkness with black backdrop. Actors faces are in close up, the light source is a roman candle (the small fireworks you put on birthday cakes). It's placed off to the side (between the camera and the actor) but framed so that you only see a column of burning white light at the edge of frame, with the light casting onto the face for a shimmering light effect. I've tested this already with the kit lens and it looked pretty decent. But I also want to be able to do similar shots with a much less intense light source, for example, an array of sparklers - yes I know, sounds lame.. but it looks less ridiculous than it sounds in the context of the shots we've planned). Problem is, with the kit lens, the only config that works is with the roman candle - any other light source is too feeble for a lens as slow as the 14-140 vario. Basically I've realized that when using the roman candles as a light source, it's no longer really a low-light condition because those things generate a pretty strong and very nice white light. It's really only when you try to recreate different versions of the same motif with far less intense light sources that the kit lens won't do.
An example of the kind of lighting I'd like to be able to achieve:
http://vimeo.com/16233233
So basically, for a start is the Canon EF 50mm 1.8 that I can borrow going to be more effective? And is that adapter that I found at what seems to be a too good to be true price worth buying?
Thanks for any advice, please be kind, enthusiastic amateur here.
I'm planning to do some low light shooting for a music video with a GH13. I've only got the kit lens and the tests I've done are (not surprisingly) pretty unimpressive in low light.
A friend can lend me a Canon EF 50mm 1.8 lens, which to my (limited) understanding, should work far better than the kit lens. I've found an adapter via a dealer in Hong Kong which seems too cheap to be possible:
http://litooc.com/product.php?id_product=72
I wonder if anyone knows about this product, has used it or can at least suggest whether it's worth the risk or not? At 25 bucks it seems worth a punt.
I'm not at all a pro, just a musician experimenting with making some video. To give you an idea of the shot I want to get: It's to be shot in studio, in total darkness with black backdrop. Actors faces are in close up, the light source is a roman candle (the small fireworks you put on birthday cakes). It's placed off to the side (between the camera and the actor) but framed so that you only see a column of burning white light at the edge of frame, with the light casting onto the face for a shimmering light effect. I've tested this already with the kit lens and it looked pretty decent. But I also want to be able to do similar shots with a much less intense light source, for example, an array of sparklers - yes I know, sounds lame.. but it looks less ridiculous than it sounds in the context of the shots we've planned). Problem is, with the kit lens, the only config that works is with the roman candle - any other light source is too feeble for a lens as slow as the 14-140 vario. Basically I've realized that when using the roman candles as a light source, it's no longer really a low-light condition because those things generate a pretty strong and very nice white light. It's really only when you try to recreate different versions of the same motif with far less intense light sources that the kit lens won't do.
An example of the kind of lighting I'd like to be able to achieve:
http://vimeo.com/16233233
So basically, for a start is the Canon EF 50mm 1.8 that I can borrow going to be more effective? And is that adapter that I found at what seems to be a too good to be true price worth buying?
Thanks for any advice, please be kind, enthusiastic amateur here.