Suggestions for lens on shoot
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Nate Haustein
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Tokina 11-16mm F2.8 Nikon Version with adapter. You'll need the wide angle. Also get about a 28 or 30mm prime F1.8 or faster so you can do details and close ups with some DOF.
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Oliver Rush
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When I did the car scene in Miss D, I shot the whole thing with my Nikon 24mm 2.8 (along with a little Z-96 LED for fill) and was very happy about how it turned out (especially as we only had about an hour or so to shoot it). I agree with everyone that the Tokina is a great wide angle, but you dont always need or want to go super wide.
If you want to take a look, the car scene starts at 9 min and 36 seconds (9:36):
https://vimeo.com/36352319 (PASSWORD: Rush)
If you want to take a look, the car scene starts at 9 min and 36 seconds (9:36):
https://vimeo.com/36352319 (PASSWORD: Rush)
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Nate Haustein
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I also agree with Oliver. It really depends on what you're shooting and how you want it to look. For example, in a comedy, wider shots may help the scene, but for an action flick, you might want to stay tight. It all depends of your personal preference and style. Still, you should be able to cover your bases with a couple lenses and just get closer with the prime when necessary.
How does your AC130 match up with the AF100?
Have you tried the color matching facility within FCP X?
Nate Haustein
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I set the cameras up as close as possible with the Picture Profiles - they're pretty close, the AF just needs a little bit of a hue adjustment and some tweaks to the highs and lows and saturation. As far as the color match in FCPX, it's a gimmick that degrades the picture too much for my liking. I do everything by hand.
David W. Jones
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I would do a little testing now while you have the chance.... Use the zoom you have now and see which focal lengths work for the framing you need for each shot. You will be able to tell right away if you are going to need something wider than 14mm and longer than 42mm. If you knew someone with the 14-140 that would let you run down all those focal lengths up to 140mm. Aside from testing before hand, you have a number of options depending on budget. On the wide end a Tokina 11-16 f2.8 zoom is about best bang for buck. I would then likely fill out above 16mm with fast primes in something like 20mm, 25mm or 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm. That would be a good basic starting point for a lens kit. You could also add a couple of zooms to the Tokina 11-16mm f2.8, like a 16-50mm f2.8, and a 70-200mm f2.8. You might also think about testing any grad or polarizer filters needed for your day shots if shooting around sun and front windshield issues. I see now that you want to rent instead of purchase. You might consider investing in an app like pCAM. I have it on my iPhone and it is worth the money. You can visualize your shot framing for the given distance and focal length for just about any camera.
Good Luck!
Dave
Good Luck!
Dave
I shoot in cars a lot, and personally I like using a 20mm prime with this camera (I use the f2.8 Canon FD). It is just wide enough but still has a nice selective focus - which is, after all, why you'd be using an AF100 in the first place. Zooms are long from mount to front element which can eliminate valuable inches of space. Also they tend to "swing" when you move in tight places, because the nodal point is so far from the front element. With the small battery and prime lens the camera is very light so I can rest it on the palm of my hand against the dash with the LCD folded flat against the body for viewing.