culprit on vignetting

[Don Greening]

[Ryan Santos] “When a camera vigenettes, what is the most common culprit?”

The lens, when it’s pulled back full wide.

– Don

[Todd Terry]

There can be some add-on sources of vignetting (as Don said, especially when the lens is at its widest)…

They can include things like a matte box… or stacking on too many screw-on filters so that they stick out too far.

One of the challenges is that viewfinders often overscan a bit and you can’t see the problems until later.

It’s funny, you often see a lot of “clipped corners” video on television commercials. You won’t notice it on a regular tubed television (CRT) because of the slight overscan… but they show up when viewed full-frame on an LCD or plasma television or on a computer monitor (or on a CRT that underscans).

T2

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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com