Choosing the Best Camera Lens for your Film

[rayhanurkabir]

Great review

[BadBlackbeard]

Great lesson, Jose. Thanks for sharing your knowledge ;)

[gasgas270]

Spot on. Interesting.

[mtl47]

Love this videos! Thanks Jose!

[ProPhotoHouston02]

Very nice info thank you

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[Ranger7studios]

Great video! I've been looking for a good lesson vid on lenses. Thanks!

[Genixel]

I pretty much already know all this stuff :(

I'm a little lost with anamorphic lenses and interlacing and stuff.

And I wanna know how I can get my actors (*Cough* Well, friends...) to do what I say, because often I'm in a position where I want another angle and they're thinking "We already did that bit" or they're trying to take control.

[Rfocused1]

You're a Saint!!!!! Thank you for this video. VERY HELPFUL.

[GCoda]

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[kiely]

i must take exception with the subtitle claim that wider lenses have more depth of field. this is incorrect. at a given distance and T Stop a wider lens will have greater depth of field than a tighter lens but at a constant T stop and a distance related to the size of the lens ... the depth of field is the same. or let me put it this way ... ask your first AC if (s)he would you rather pull focus on an 18mm at 1' or an 85mm at 6'6"?

[NakedFilmmaker]

@kiely You can most definitely take exception. We are talking generalities, in general (without getting into T-stops, a whole different video), wide lenses DO offer a larger depth of field, like in the case of a fish-eye lens. Yes, T-stops are part of this equation...but shortly we will get deeper into that. This video was intended as a mouth opener.

[NakedFilmmaker]

@NakedFilmmaker I forgot to add. Yes, if I was a foot away from a dude, with an 18mm lens, and wide open, yes, background would be soft. T-stops and distance will be covered later. The point of the video is to introduce lenses in a general way, sort of, here is a 12mm lens, look how deep the focus is. You would be surprised how many filmmakers out there don't understand the basics...this video was meant for them:)

[kiely]

@NakedFilmmaker sorry, didn't mean to confuse things

[Genixel]

@kiely You mean F stop?

I've never heard T stop.

Also the sensor/film size can play a role in the DoF.

[kiely]

@Genixel the "T" in "T Stop" stands for transmission. in film the stops are calculated in increments based on what actually passes thru the glass (transmitted) rather than using an "f" stop which is a mathematical calculation. yup, the film/sensor size (also the circle of confusion) will always be involved in DoF calculations.

[Genixel]

@kiely Oh so basically it's still a variable with the aperture, it's just more universal between lenses? So I could swap a lens and just go to the same figure and it would be letting the same amount of light in?

Would it be written say like t/1.8?

I don't know how I didn't come across this before. I've even done work experience at ARRI!

Thanks!

[kiely]

@Genixel uh, not exactly but it is still aperture. this just a cine lens (T stop) vs. still lens (F stop) convention thing and it a matter of calibration. remember a 50mm T1.3 ARRI cine lens can cost $25,000 while a state of the art Canon 50mm f1.2 still lens may go for $1500. they are slightly different animals but don't worry about this stuff. it doesn't really matter. Mr.Naked Filmmaker is good at explaining all this. i'm sure this series will continue.

[iUbookz]

Thanks for the tutorial!

[NakedFilmmaker]

@mrjohnnyscarface we recorded audio on a Sennheiser shotgun mic right into a Sony Cinealta F-900 camera. On other videos we use the portable Zoom when we shoot with out DSLR.

[RayVizion]

Great info

[roeroe305]

i love this video and i love that guy hes my hero

[mrjohnnyscarface]

LOVE this video! Thanks for the friend invite! You have such an awesome content and the audio on this video is something special! Do you mind me asking what setup you used for this video? It's perfect sound! Thanks for taking my question.

[JulianKaruk]

Great program. Thanks for being a "friend". I'll look through your other films/vids later!

[thomasoragami]

Wow nice page I got a friend request checked your page out loved what I saw I'll be sure to be checking back on a regular!

[Greenjah81]

I agree quite a lot. Director does need to understand lenses. I work in film as well, but on a sound side. But even I have to know lenses, not to get the boom mic in the shot ;) I've seen that happening in big features and I was like what!? 8))) Nice video.

[Greenjah81]

@Greenjah81 Btw Nice lens kit! Arri is awesome.

[pietratrota]

Hi! Thanks for the nice comments, I'm glad to be your subscriber, interesting webisode by the way.

[codebreaker2001]

Funny you should mention Kubrick, Jose. He started off as a photographer, so he learned how to use lenses in storytelling long before he directed any movies.

[mglkk]

Very nice video, Jose! I think, as an independent filmmaker, the good is what we have. I have a 18-55mm, a 28mm and a 50mm for a Canon 60D. So i'm always thinking: "How can i best tell my story trough this lenses?" - "Which one to use, where and why?". With tecnology democratization we have to think with our equipment. "Would be great to have a 100mm for this shot. But hey, since we don't have, how can we get the best results with what's avaliable?" Do you agree? Greeting from Brazil!

[NakedFilmmaker]

Think of what you want, what is on your mind first. The lenses you mention can cover a lot great styles. Yes, if you are looking for a 100mm look, it is hard to get with a 55mm. But there are a lot of old photography stores where you can get older primes (older most of the time does not mean worse, in my book it means better!) for very cheap.

[NakedFilmmaker]

@NakedFilmmaker

In my opinion, if you are looking for a long lens look (100mm) and don't have the lens, then use that 55mm and put "layers" on your shot. Put people or objects in the foreground and way back, behind the actor, and shoot form a relatively long distance. It is not the same as a 100mm, but it is close to a long lens look.

OR you can put your subject closer to your 55m lens, forcing background to go out of focus.

[NakedFilmmaker]

@NakedFilmmaker

I would also be sure I want that 100mm look. Watch a lot of films, preferably from before 2005:). Hope this helps:)