Ryan Elder
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Okay thanks. It’s just that in this project, there are characters running from each other, such as a woman running from a killer, who is after her, cause she knows too much, etc.
So with shots like that I want to track along with the actors, cause I want to keep them in focus while moving along. Or if I keep it static, then they will go out of frame a lot during the running, and I will have to do more shot set ups. Where as if I move with them, I will have to do less shot set ups. So I thought either a gimbal or a dolly would help, when it comes to scenes where the actors have to run from each other, and create a lot of movement therefore.
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But the autoexposure was not turned on and I had it switched to manual. So how can it keep the same exposure throughout the zoom, if the camera is on manual exposure mode then?
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Okay thanks! What do you mean when you say the F & F chart is request so I have a frame reference to post, exactly?
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Okay thanks. I actually wanted to zoom during shooting though. Like just during certain moments, like a push in to a character’s face for emotion or something like that, I was thinking of zooming.
You say that an adapter will not help. But why is it that when I have put an adapter between the lens and the camera before, the aperture was constant? It’s only when I don’t use an adapter that the exposure changes.
Basically when the camera talks to the lens, it makes these clicking sounds during the zooming. Those clicks are changing the exposure. But if I put an adapter in between the camera body and the lens, there is no clicking and the exposure stays the same.
So why is that?
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Well the producer wants me to use footage from other sources, and he gave me a list of some of the sources, but they are not public domain.
Here is a rough edit I did, with some of the sources he wanted, but do you think it looks bad, since it’s not ours?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXaJxkZantI&feature=youtu.be
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The problem I have with renting, is that I have to schedule my shoot days based on the availability of the rental shop’s schedule and this can cause major problems during a shoot if I have to schedule around the equipment availability.
My last short film had a lot of headaches cause we rented and had to shoot based around that, rather than having the equipment available and ready to go, and therefore, can schedule on shoot days that work better for everyone, since rental availability is not an issue.
I don’t know how other people rent and it doesn’t put a damper in their shooting schedule.
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Okay thanks, but I thought I would just use the tools I got. Plus I think that the crane follow focus, actually is made for DSLR lenses, and not cine lenses, isn’t it?
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Okay thanks. I might try it out! I was thinking maybe I should perhaps listen to what you said before and not get all this fancy equipment to move the camera so much.
I was looking for other options, and a possibly cheaper option would be to get a tripod dolly, that can be operated by one person. It’s probably more simple to use than a gimbal I am guessing, since all you have to do is lay down track and roll it along, compared to balancing a gimbal. Plus it would be easier to pull focus on a tripod dolly.
However, gimbals are selling like hotcakes over tripod dollies. So why are filmmakers are more interested in considerably more expensive gimbals instead?
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Okay thanks. The thing I like about putting an adapter between the camera and the lens, is that it causes the lens not to change aperture while zooming, which it will do, if the camera can talk to it. But if I disconnect the talking, then the aperture will not change through zooming. So that’s the plus.
However, the disadvantage is, is that I cannot change the aperture. I found out that there are adapters where you can actually control the aperture on the adapter. But will that cause the aperture to change during zooming though, if I use one of those types of adapters?