Camera SLR Lenses

www.dslrfilmnoob.com I often get questions from people asking why their footage looks grainy, or why the motion in their video appears "jumpy" and "jagged." Many of these problems can be corrected by using the proper settings on your camera while filming. Grain in your video footage is often caused by using high ISO settings on your camera. Even though these HDSLR cameras can preform well in low light they still have there weaknesses. The canon 7d, t2i and 60d all share the same sensor and there for preform similarly in low light settings. I don't recommend shooting above ISO 1600. At ISO 1600 grain starts to show up noticeable but could still be removed using programs like Neat Video, and Magic Bullet Denoiser software programs (note: that both of these soften your footage slightly). At ISO 1000 and under video grain begins to fall off and becomes much less noticeable. So if you can try to keep your camera between ISO 100 and 1600 you should be problem free. Motion flicker can be caused by your exposure time. 1/30th, 1/60th, and 1/125th seem to work fine, but if you go above that, motion in your video will begin to seem choppy. If you have to much light in your scene and need to correct for it, the best option is to use either ND filters or a variable ND filter. I recommend buying a larger size filter if you can and using reducer rings to cover your smaller lenses (reducers are much cheaper then ND filters). One other Item to keep in mind is that your camera should be in ...

www.dslrfilmnoob.com I don't recommend using zoom lenses for filming unless the zoom covers a focal length that is hard to find or not available. Two such focal lengths are covered by the Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 and the canon 16-35mm f2.8. I've already done a review on the tokina 11-16mm, but i thought it might be nice to compare the Canon 16-35mm f2.8 and the Tamron 17-50mm f2.8. The Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 is a budget zoom that you can pick up for around 0. http The Canon 16-35mm f2.8 is a ruffly twice that price: rcm.amazon.com The benefits of using a nicer Zoom can be seen in the full time manual focus, the longer travel of the focus ring, the stationary barrel, and the smooth operation of the zoom. These are all very nice to have but 0 in your pocket might help you forget about many of these short comings. Other zooms in my collection include the Tamron 28-75mm f2.8: rcm.amazon.com And the canon 24-70mm f2.8: rcm.amazon.com Although i don't generally use these last 2 lenses for filming, they are great for photography. If you must use a Zoom lens for filming make sure it is a constant F-stop across all focal lengths or your lens will automatically stop down as you zoom causing unwanted color changes and dimming of your video image. Equipment used in this video: Canon 7d & t2i Canon 16-35mm f2.8 Canon 35mm f1.4 Tamron 17-50mm F2.8 CPM film tools mounting parts Sennhieser G2 Wireless mic system