Example Interview Style with Shallow DOF Filmed on a Canon 7D and Bower 85mm 1.4

This is a quick segment of an interview I filmed using the Canon 7D and a Bower manual 85mm 1.4 Lens. The Bower is only about 350 bucks giving you some very fast glass for very little money.

This was shot at F2.0. The lens has a relatively long minimal focal distance at 1 meter. This becomes a little bit of a problem in tight spaces. On the positive side, the rotation of the focus ring is very long compared to many of the Canon lenses. This makes pulling focus a lot easier.

The sound was not great as I did not have my normal sound or lights for this video. While the lighting worked out Ok, I was not happy with the sound.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Interview
• style
• shallow
• DOF
• Bower
• 85mm
• F1.4
• manual
• lens

[Jesusnesha]

nice lighting..what did you use?

[markinmaine2]

@Jesusnesha Hi, Actually I was upset about the lighting at the time. I was hired to shoot still photos so I brought only two White Lighting flash units. Shortly after I arrived I was told that I would be video taping the primary interview with the owner of the business. Luckily I just happen to have a rode video mic with me for sound, but for lighting all I had was the modeling lamps in the White Lighting flash units. These were 250 watt incandescents inside of large soft boxes.

[bodytemple]

Beautiful,  im looking at buying this lens ...thanks for posting ...I love the 85 lenses

[markinmaine2]

@bodytemple If you like the 85 you will like the 35mm even more. Give you a much wider field of view of course while still allow a shallow dof to disconnect from the background. Depending on your frame of the 35mm you I have had to shoot wide open but no worries it is wicked sharp.

[bodytemple]

@markinmaine2 yes I do agree about the 35mm I have two already 1 fd mount at 1.4f and the other is a eos mount at 1.8f But to me theres something really sexy about a 85mm. The power of emotion comes from the close up and the 85mm being a single person lens its perfect for that mid-cu / cu emotion ...to me the 85mm at 1.4 or 1.8 is where thats at

[patracompany]

Nice lighting. Audio is bit hollow though. Guessing it's a shotgun on a boom just a little too far from her mouth.

[adey7569]

NIce Lens you have there Mark.