A Random Evening in Bournemouth

Canon EOS 550d (RebelT2i)
Canon 50mm f1.8 Lens

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Entertainment

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• bournemouth
• rebel t2i
• eos 550d
• canon
• sam salek
• a random life
• video sample
• video test

[deniskaru]

Did you use follow focus? If not, how long did it take you to learn to change focus manually so smoothly and precisly?

[samsalek]

@deniskaru No it was all done manually - I have had filming experience for many years but I think what made it really easy to do the focus was using a bigger monitor; I had a 10" LCD monitor mounted on top of the camera which gave me a big enough image to see what i was doing very clearly.

[matthewblessssss]

hello,nice video!!i'm gonna buy 550d with 50mm 1.8 lens!!could you suggest me a second lens with good image quality,a little zoom and good for videos between 250-400 euros?i like canon 10-22mm and 17-40mm but they are so expensive!!sigma has good lenses??how about 10-22mm?

[samsalek]

@matthewblessssss

your second lens really depends on how you wanna use it - generally a zoom lens would be ideal so it can cover pretty much everything (e.g. 70-200) - but seems you are more interested in wide angle lenses - then i suggest you look into tamron lenses - sigma is ok too - i think tamron has better wide lenses - quality wise they are not that much different from canon, it's just harder to sell them

[matthewblessssss]

@samsalek one more question.between tamron 17-50mm and 28-75mm,which one do you think would be better for both videos and shots??thanks!! :)

[samsalek]

@matthewblessssss

since you are planning to a buy a 50mm lens - 28-75 seems more logical since it will cover a wider range - you need to see if you'll be happy with a medium wide look or you wanna have the widest look possible.

[samsalek]

@Fantomskillz

tnx - Canon ef 50mm f1.8 mk2 is one of the cheapest prime lenses in the market and being f1.8 obviously does a way better job than the kit lens (f3.5) in low light. Considering the price (arround £100) i think it's really great especially for video. (the only downside is 50mm becomes 80mm on a crop sensor so the framing of the close objects could be a bit limited )

[Fantomskillz]

Nice vid. How was working with the 50mm? I only have the kit lens and it doesn't do well in low light

[samsalek]

@ThePixelAddict

glad to hear you liked it :)

it's just normal panning with the tripod! no tricks! (tripod:velbon dv7000)

[ThePixelAddict]

What I really loved about this was the fade outs and the smooth panning...did you use the ole rubber band trick? great stuff !!!