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Can this type of shot be pulled off with a gimbal?
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As other have said, re-creating what you see in a Hollywood movie can be a challenge. There is a reason blockbuster movies cost a lot of money – they don’t try to do a $50,000 dolly shot for $120.
Try to do what you can do for what you can do it for. In other words, if you have $120 to work with, make the best $120 shot you can, but don’t expect $50,000 of results.
A gimbal might work on a wide lens, but as other have said a longer prime lens is going to be near impossible to keep steady without proper support.
Good luck and let us know what you were able to achieve.
Mike Cohen
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Okay thanks. I met someone who operates the Moza Air gimbal and he said that any lens under 100mm looks pretty smooth on a gymbal. But is he exaggerating then, if that’s not true?
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Any lens can look really smooth but it’s holding focus on the subject as they and the camera move that really difficult with longer lenses.
Robert Olding
Studio Eight | Director of Photography
https://www.studioeightmn.com
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Okay thanks, but what if I shot at a deep enough DOF to hold focus like F11 or something like that?
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More depth of field will help.
Robert Olding
Studio Eight | Director of Photography
https://www.studioeightmn.com
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Oh okay, but are you saying that depth of field will help reduce shaking on a long lens with a gimbal, or what are you saying?
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More depth of field won’t help keep the shot stable but will help hold focus if the camera, the focus puller, or the talent miss their marks.
With a smaller aperture, such as f11, you’ll need one of, or a combination of; more light, slower shutter, higher ISO.
Robert Olding
Studio Eight | Director of Photography
https://www.studioeightmn.com
Minneapolis, MN -
Okay thanks. It’s just very difficult for a DP to light a scene for f11 in my experience, and they hate having to light that bright. They also do not like the look as they feel it looks too ‘homevideo-ish’, but a lot of older movies before the 60s were shot with a deep DOF, so how does one talk a DP into thinking that it can be cinematic like that?
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