Just bought Canon T2I. Need lenses for primarily Video
- Thread starter Jdaniels
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Samuel H
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those two are great starter options - you may want to check this: http://www.similaar.com/foto/equipment/us_lensc.html
payal_choksi
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can you please specify which nifty fifty lens would you use for interview as i am also planning to get a dslr and would be interested in shooting the interviews.
David W. Jones
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It's all subjective.... How do you want your interview to look?
I generally use a zoom lens when shooting sit-down interviews with a single camera. That gives me the ability to change up the shot on the fly without having to interrupt the flow by moving the camera or changing the lens to get a tight shot.
ROCKMORE
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2 very sharp, useful and good value lenses.
For a longer lens I would add a Tamron 70-200 2.8 to keep in the above 2.8 and constant aperture.
If that's passed your budget limit then a Canon 85mm 1.8 is a great lens at a reasonable price, and also a lens you will most likely never need to upgrade from. (Unless you have an extra $2,199 for an 85mm 1.2 L someday)
I'm not a fan of daily driver lenses without auto focus anymore. These cameras for run and gun footage gathering are difficult to focus using a monitor without a focus magnifier in daylight. In full daylight the best you will get from your screen is framing. I've become hooked on spot target auto focus in quick focus mode between camera rolling and have excellent focus results even when I can't even see what I'm focusing on in the screen.
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Victor Nhat Nguyen
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The 50mm f 1.8 is great if you're under a budget. Optically it's good, but the build quality might be even worse than the kit lens. I recommend 50 1.4 if you have the money.