ENG lens options for FS100/FS700?

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Ryan-Guy

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I'm doing research for a friend trying to find some solutions for a run-n-gun style setup for the FS100/FS700 line. What lenses are available or have there been frankenstein work arounds for this yet? Thanks!
 
Probably the best solution is the kit lens....well at a reasonable cost anyways.....if there is a big budget there is
always the new 38 thousand dollar Fuji lens.
 
The kit lens is good for ENG style shooting. It has the zoom range you'll need. But I highly recommend adding a variable ND filter to the lens, or it's almost useless in bright daylight.
 
vanvideo said:
The kit lens is good for ENG style shooting. It has the zoom range you'll need. But I highly recommend adding a variable ND filter to the lens, or it's almost useless in bright daylight.
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Well, to be fair, the OP did say the FS100 OR the FS700. If you get the FS700 with kit lens, you will not need
a variable ND as it has built in ND filters. However the variable ND is nice in that you can get EXACTLY
the F stop you want as opposed to 'in the general area'. For the FS100, I HIGHLY recommend the Heliopan
variable ND. As a matter of fact, I have recently shot several ENG projects with this exact setup:
my FS100, kit lens, and Heliopan and it works absolutely great, close as you are going to get
(in this budget range) to having a Super 35 camera with the ability to throw on a fast prime for
shallow DOF, but still retain the ability to have the zoom range that you need for ENG.
That's why to me, the kit lens is a good buy. You really make your FS100 into a kind of a
'Swiss Army Knife' of cameras. Build it up into a studio cam, strip it down for a unobtrusive
field cam, use a fast prime to do an interview, use the kit zoom for some B-Roll, maybe a fisheye
lens for a dramatic WS, I mean, it can do a little of everything!
 
alaskacameradude said:
Well, to be fair, the OP did say the FS100 OR the FS700. If you get the FS700 with kit lens, you will not need
a variable ND as it has built in ND filters. However the variable ND is nice in that you can get EXACTLY
the F stop you want as opposed to 'in the general area'. For the FS100, I HIGHLY recommend the Heliopan
variable ND. As a matter of fact, I have recently shot several ENG projects with this exact setup:
my FS100, kit lens, and Heliopan and it works absolutely great, close as you are going to get
(in this budget range) to having a Super 35 camera with the ability to throw on a fast prime for
shallow DOF, but still retain the ability to have the zoom range that you need for ENG.
That's why to me, the kit lens is a good buy. You really make your FS100 into a kind of a
'Swiss Army Knife' of cameras. Build it up into a studio cam, strip it down for a unobtrusive
field cam, use a fast prime to do an interview, use the kit zoom for some B-Roll, maybe a fisheye
lens for a dramatic WS, I mean, it can do a little of everything!
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Good to know thanks! And his intention is to get two fs700 for docu-series sizzle reels and maybe a couple fs100s as b-cams.
 
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