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Title: Canon video tricks
Post by: Diamond Hell on 28 October 2011, 13:27

I'm off to do some shooting tomorrow and one of the things I wanted to do was figure out how to shoot the cool low DoF stuff you often see in tricked out video.

So I searched and came up with this:

http://vimeo.com/groups/canoneos500d/forumthread:8176

Which is an outstanding bodge which should work really well with the 50mm prime, for some moody pre-race footage.  :cool:

Just tried it out and it works like a charm, too.

Another thing worth noting is that on the Canon IS stabilised lenses where you have Mode 1 and Mode 2 you need to switch to Mode 2 if you're panning, as it stabilises in one direction, so you won't get the slight jerkiness I got on my Salisbury Plain video.

Post anything else you pick up in here.

Title: Re: Canon video tricks
Post by: shepgti on 28 October 2011, 15:24

so all you really need is lenses with fixed apeture rings? :undecided:

Title: Re: Canon video tricks
Post by: Ridg on 28 October 2011, 19:06

Quote from: shepgti on 28 October 2011, 15:24

so all you really need is lenses with fixed apeture rings? :undecided:

old primes  :wink:

Title: Re: Canon video tricks
Post by: shepgti on 28 October 2011, 23:49

Quote from: Ridg on 28 October 2011, 19:06

Quote from: shepgti on 28 October 2011, 15:24

so all you really need is lenses with fixed apeture rings? :undecided:

old primes  :wink:

.. or new, the nikon 50mm f1.8 has an aperture ring :tongue: