Gary Huff
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Then you shouldn’t be zooming in a shot.
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You shouldn’t use a snap zoom, or any zoom. Instead, you should concentrate on filming your scenes on tripod and not have the camera wavering.
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[ryan elder] “Well it’s a zoom lens, not a prime though.”
A 300mm lens is not a zoom lens, it’s a prime lens. A 70-300mm would be a zoom lens.
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[Mark Suszko] “Unmotivated zooms are an affectation.”
Exactly, until you start delivering content with steady shots that are wavering all over the place, you should instead concentrate on using a tripod with no zooming.
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[ryan elder] “so isn’t good to develop new ways?”
Only if you the basics down. I want to see that first.
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[ryan elder] “Okay sure, should I post it here, or another part of the site?”
You can post it here.
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[ryan elder] “I’ve already delivered finished products with finished stories already though, and want to try new things when filmmaking.”
Then you should post one of those.
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You don’t need any gimbal to show the sequence you are describing. Concentrate instead on delivering a finished project with steady shots and a story that makes sense.
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You should not use any zooming at all, and instead concentrate on delivering a finished project with steady shots that has story and dialogue that works.
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[ryan elder] “However, gimbals are selling like hotcakes over tripod dollies. So why are filmmakers are more interested in considerably more expensive gimbals instead?”
That are not more interested. Don’t worry about purchasing a gimbal or a tripod dolly, you don’t need either of those. Worry instead about getting basic, steady shots.