Brad Fugere
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Use a follow focus system. Or, don’t zoom, it’s an outdated look in my personal opinion, unless of course you need to zoom for a reason that is crucial to the video and there’s no way around it. A cheap option for a one time fix is using a thick rubber band that will wrap around your zoom ring and the lens, giving you some extra friction that will make the zoom smooth(ish) with some practice.
Brad Fugere
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Use your insurance company! Like, whatever company you insure your car with, they can do it. My insurance company calls it an Inland Marine and I insure all of my cinema gear and anything expensive (computers, my wife’s engagement and wedding ring, etc.). It costs me like $500
for the year and everything is insured.Brad Fugere
Brad Fugere Media LLC
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I wouldn’t buy in a kit because more than likely some part of that kit is crappy equipment and not worth your money, even if it does look like you’re saving money (just my personal experience). LEDs are the way to go for sure! Westcott has an awesome LED fixture called the SkyLux (5600K daylight balanced, 50,000 hour bulb life). You can get rapid box light shaping tools. I think one fixture is around $1000. 2 of those, a few rapid boxes, a few flags and a foam core board to bounce light and your set! Maybe even a small cheap LED for a hair light and you’d have a quality 3 point lighting setup.
Brad Fugere
Brad Fugere Media LLC
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Erin,
On your cropped sensor, the best all around lens (and I love it for interviews) is the Canon 35mm 1.4L. And it makes a huge difference! This was the first L series I had ever bought and it became my go to lens for my 60D, which is cropped as well. Depending on your distance to the subject, you can make it a wide shot or moderately tight interview shot (it’s not a tight shot by any means, but as far as a tight interview shot, it is just perfect!) The math here is that a 35mm on a 1.6x crop, which is what a 70D is, would actually be 56mm. This is why my opinion is not to rent anything tighter than a 35mm for an interview shot on a cropped frame.
LensProToGo price (4 days) = $66.00 + tax
Brad Fugere
Brad Fugere Media LLC
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I’ve never shot on the t3i so I am unsure exactly how great it is, but in my opinion the lens upgrades (especially in the beginning) make the biggest difference. I started with a 60D and kit lens (18-135mm f/3.5-5.6), then bought the 50mm 1.8 for the aperture, then I bought the 35mm 1.4L. I can’t tell you what a difference it made going from the 50mm 1.8 to the 35 L series. And on the 1.6 crop factor body, the 35mm is more like a 56mm, so it’s right in the middle of tight and wide(ish). It was definitely the best decision for me at the time.
Brad Fugere
Brad Fugere Media LLC
https://www.centralarkansasvideography.com