DVX100BE Telephoto Lens

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BenFarrell

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Hi there
I'm from Australia and am about to place an order to purchase a panasonic dvx100BE with the intent of learning cinematography techniques to create noir and action style film.
From the research on various forums/websites i've decided against buying the panasonic anamorphic lens or wide angle lens, and will just stick to the camera's squeeze mode in 25p. I'm interested in the Century Optics 1.6x tele-converter lens but have read reports that you need to be approx 9 feet from your subject to correctly focus?
Can anybody recommend a telephoto lens or equivelant for allowing me to get good headshots of subjects from a reasonably close distance (3 feet or so?)

I've got max around 1k USD for filters and lens at the moment, so this price range is a bonus but others that might be worth saving for plz feel free to mention.

I've got tripod etc under control but am really newbie when it comes to lenses/filters. If people could recommend good combinations that they've found work for them i'd really appreciate it and will research these further to find what sounds best for me.
Thanks to anyone who can help!
Ben Farrell
 
Hey Ben welcome aboard. Where in Australia are you mate?

Sorry cant help with your questions, but hopefully someone will come along soon!
 
Hello, Bill Turner for Century.

Telephoto converters increase the minimum focus distance by their power.

That means that the camera's minimum focus becomes 1.6x normal with a 1.6x attachment. It is the nature of things.

Your solution would be to add a close up diopter. A +1 would move infinity to one meter (40").

The Century 1.6x is 105mm in diameter so a 4 1/2" diopter is the closest standard size.

Bill Turner
Century Division
Schneider Optics, Inc.
 
As far as filters are concerned, I'd happily recommend the arch-classic ProMist by Tiffen (a division of Schneider Optics and a sister-company of Century Optics, if I'm not mistaken), but then again if you intend to do film noir and action, diffusing light is probably not your priority. Instead, you will want to work on high-contrast photography and you might find it useful to tweak the black pedestal (see the "Articles" section) and possibly the chroma settings.

Do buy a UV/Skylight filter to protect the front end of the lens at all times, and maybe consider one or two ND (neutral) filters to kill some of the power of the fabled Australian sun. Also some grad filters to dramatize your wide shots, maybe ?

Filters are expensive, so it would be wise to think about the mattebox/no mattebox approach : don't buy 82 mm filters now, only to find out in a few weeks that you need 4 x 4 ones ! :undecided

Have fun !
 
Bill Turner again,

Just to clarify, Tiffen is not associated with Schneider Optics. We manufacture our own competing line of outstanding filters.

While the Tiffen Pro-Mist is a well accepted filter, we manufacture a Schneider Black Frost that we believe has advantages, especially in video. You can get more information at www.schneideroptics.com

Bill Turner
Schneider Optics, Inc
Century Division
 
thanks for the info keep learning every day that i've been looking at the wrong types of things or find actually want something different haha.

from Brisbane ncje where abouts u?
 
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