sunshade and century optics wide angle
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pookie_old
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Re: sunshade and century optics wide angle
For snowboarding, the ultra.
For snowboarding, the ultra.
pookie_old
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Re: sunshade and century optics wide angle
Ahh......decisions......
Ahh......decisions......
Re: sunshade and century optics wide angle
I agree with you on the over use of the fisheye. But, in a way it presents a unique challenge...that is, to use the fisheye in ways people haven't thought of, or to use its effect to hightlight or enhance video in a way that hasn't been done before. When I see a snowboard video, the thing that interests me is just how big everything is. The mountains, the gaps, the drops, the sky, the trees. Everything is just...big. That's why I think a wide angle is the key. Get close to the action, show alot of the environment, but keep everything in perspective. In my opinion, snowboarding moves don't need to be exagerated by a fisheye, because they are already huge. This being said however, I think its cool to see certain shots with a fisheye. Shots that have more of a "behind the scenes" or lifestyle oriented feel can be greatly enhanced by the fisheye. I think for snowboarding, it's more important to use things such as long lenses, and wide angles to give the viewer a sense of depth and size that is so often associated with the environment of snowboarding. Darcy Wittenburg of Alterna Action Films does and awsome job of this. He uses alot of zip lines to track motion, sometimes travelling 300+ feet with the rider, at heights of up to 50 feet. Its pretty amazing. You should check out their film "reflection", it's got alot of these shots in it, and represents some pretty good action sports cinematography.
I agree with you on the over use of the fisheye. But, in a way it presents a unique challenge...that is, to use the fisheye in ways people haven't thought of, or to use its effect to hightlight or enhance video in a way that hasn't been done before. When I see a snowboard video, the thing that interests me is just how big everything is. The mountains, the gaps, the drops, the sky, the trees. Everything is just...big. That's why I think a wide angle is the key. Get close to the action, show alot of the environment, but keep everything in perspective. In my opinion, snowboarding moves don't need to be exagerated by a fisheye, because they are already huge. This being said however, I think its cool to see certain shots with a fisheye. Shots that have more of a "behind the scenes" or lifestyle oriented feel can be greatly enhanced by the fisheye. I think for snowboarding, it's more important to use things such as long lenses, and wide angles to give the viewer a sense of depth and size that is so often associated with the environment of snowboarding. Darcy Wittenburg of Alterna Action Films does and awsome job of this. He uses alot of zip lines to track motion, sometimes travelling 300+ feet with the rider, at heights of up to 50 feet. Its pretty amazing. You should check out their film "reflection", it's got alot of these shots in it, and represents some pretty good action sports cinematography.
GenJerDan
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Re: sunshade and century optics wide angle
What I did for my .6 WA is this:
That's the piece of corrugated cardboard that comes in Amazon.com boxes...
Draw a 5"x7" rectangle in the middle, cut a 9.5cm hole in the middle, cut notches from the corners, fold, tape, and paint.
Works fine, lasts a long...well...maybe not a long time, but since construction only takes 5 minutes longer than the paint to dry...
;D
Dan
What I did for my .6 WA is this:
That's the piece of corrugated cardboard that comes in Amazon.com boxes...
Draw a 5"x7" rectangle in the middle, cut a 9.5cm hole in the middle, cut notches from the corners, fold, tape, and paint.
Works fine, lasts a long...well...maybe not a long time, but since construction only takes 5 minutes longer than the paint to dry...
;D
Dan
