T stops and F stops are almost interchangeable. It's just that T is a more accurate than F. So a T stop is closer to the actual aperture. T is what professional cinematographers use because they need better accuracy. Clickless aperture means that your audience won't see the "clicks" with a standard lens you would see any time you changed the aperture in terms of the amount of light. You would literally see the amount of light change, and the focus change. A clickless aperture ring especially with a rack (or otherwise known as follow focus) allows you to "rack" focus. When you're focusing manually if you're good at it, you can shift the focus as you see in professional videos from subject to subject, or alternatively follow someone in and out of a scene. Wide angle lenses are great, except you have to be able to see what I like to call "scenes" in the world rather than frames. The key to ultra wide angles is that they allow you to create more by setting what I like to call the stage... It's more like putting all the pieces on a chess board. Akira Kurosowa is a good person to study, as is Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan that has expansive scenes where you're putting everything you need for the scene out on the table... There is a fancy name for it called Mise en Scène... But whatever... The purpose of the wide angle is really "you set em up, I'll knock it down." It's an approach that is meant to frame everything you need and then you use your close up for your knock down shot. One creates the story, the other sells the message. I like movies like Philadelphia, with Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington in it. The movie really shows the use of close ups, or even dutch angles for creating drama and visual expression. But in essence the close up is the framing shot. You use your wide angle to set the stage, you use your close up to express what you want that frame to eventually say. The opening scene of Christopher Nolan and Wally Pfister's Dark Knight is probably the best example I can think of off the top of my head, so I use it often, it starts with a wide street, people milling around in the background, but the back of a person, focused on a mask. It creates the narrative, we all can be Jokers in some way, opens up to an even wider scene, before closing in on the robbery and using the close ups for the various robbers, and the bank manager to express the fear and insanity of it all. I wouldn't say resources are the issue. As with everything, study the grand masters of cinema and see what you like from it then develop your own style. As to getting "everything" in. It's the wrong way to think about it. You really have to use your framing guides to start with like your leading lines, rule of thirds and Fibonacci principles about spirals. If you use your rules correctly you will get better frames. You can also use your framing markers that draws up the rectangles on your DSLRs screen for the rule of thirds, but just remember it's a guide not the rules. Rules are meant to be broken, create statements, oddities, absurdities, that have funny technical names like juxtaposition... But hey whatever, it's not about burying people in technical terms.
I know less than nothing about video, but There’s a great YT channel by Mark Holtze featuring vintage lenses adapted and used for video. He’s had many (like the Helios 44-2) rehoused for video. He’s also a Takumar fan as well. If you don’t already know of him it’s worth checking out.
Thanks Molly! I haven’t seen this channel I don’t think 🤔 but I would guess that Lux has as he has been going down quite rabbit hole in that area lately. Thank you and hope you had a great Xmas and are enjoying time with your fam! Xx
Bravo. I loved the BW photos and the videos on the beach. I used an old Zuiko from the 70's on my ex canon 5D and now I just bought this 12mm for my fuji XT4.
This lens work so well with my Panasonic S5. I just jump into aps-c mode, and I have an 18mm amazing lens that was so reasonably priced. I'm shooting a feature film right now, and I needed a wider lens for some shots that I'm capturing of bridges all over the New York City area, and I've been so happy with this choice. And YES and AMEN to doing more narrative work on RUclips, I totally agree, and I look forward to seeing what you guys do. I'm doing the same thing at my channel. Thanks so much for sharing.
There’s a super interesting crossover between film photography and cinematography, since many cinematographers swear by using vintage photography lenses for video! There are countless sets of vintage photography primes that have been rehoused into cine lens housings with standard focus gearing and de-clicked apertures. I do a good bit of video and of all the lenses in my kit my Nikkor 50mm 1.4 pre-ai easily gets the most use, even more than my modern cine-specific glass.
Hey Ben, thanks for watching and for sharing this info. As i'm sure you can tell im a total novice with cine/video stuff so this si really helpful and cool. Vintage glass looks amazing and def fits in with our film photography vibe way more. This cine lens has been a good gate way to getting more into video though. Thanks for watching lovely appreciate it :)
Really inspirational words Lucy. mentioning that about the connection with the audience I think that was really on point. Your channel and work are great and very appreciated. Many thanks.
Awesome video Lucy! This lens is so cool, both stills and video have so little distortion at such a wide angle. Enjoy and can’t wait to see how you and Lux use it in 2023!
T/stop is the same concept as f/stop but caters for glass transmission. Two lenses with the same f/stop might theoretically have similar brightness but one of them might more or thicker glass elements and just be a little darker when actually transmitting light. For stills we adjust for that in post when switching lenses - in movies, it's more cumbersome to do that. HTH
Hey! Thank you so much this is great info and much appreciated as I really don't know too much about video stuff. Thanks for watching happy new year! :)
I have the 25mm, 35mm, & 50mm T1.05 Vision lenses & LOVE them for video work when I want a vintage look with modern glass & housing. I too prefer to shoot longer lenses with more compression so the 12mm will also be a welcome challenge to shoot once I acquire one.
I've been eyeing up cine lenses, but not sure they're really the most practical when it's just me making videos. However the most tempting reason for me would be for the manual focus, as I'm still not used to focus by wire lenses.
With its distortion control it’s the lens I’ve bee searching for to film my cottage renovation. A fast lens suitable for the interiors will be great to work with.
Hey Rodger! Thanks so much for watching and for this lovely comment too! Lux did a great job I thought I am lucky to have him as my audio visuals guy :) Happy new eyar to you and thanks for watching the video
Hey lovely! Haha thank you that makes me so happy! I love my accessories and these Dubble film camera bags they are so cute and colourful. This hung supply bag is also really handy and practical! Happy new year to you Kathreen and thank you for all your support this year. Xx
I'm uploading my first ever video tonight with music. Even after over 300 uploads I still find the whole editing process overwhelming, I haven't even started colour correcting stuff yet.... This stuff takes forever to learn It seems.
I have both the 7 Artisans 12mm cine lens and a classic, vintage Carl Zeiss 18mm F/4.0 Contax Full Frame Distagon. The latter costs around $5-600 for a 50 year old lens. They offer the same angle of view when the Zeiss is adapted to APSC/Super 35 via a Speed Booster. Is there a noticable difference? Maybe but I can't see it. The T2.9 cinema lens has a front element that does not rotate - essential for my matte box - and built in focus gears - essential for my follow focus wheel so bottom line is, these lenses offer exceptional value for money.
That was fun. I look forward to following the evolution your cinematography exploration. (I’m slowly beginning to dabble as well, as time/money permit.) Love that Fujifilm gear. Enjoy your XT-4.
Thank you! That’s exciting you are also dabbling, it’s not a cheap hobby though haha 😂 excited for you too and hope 2023 offers you a bit more time to experiment with it all. Thanks for watching happy new year 🥳
Hey Tony! Thanks so much for this lovely comment I really appreciate it. Excited to get into the new year and create more videos for you to enjoy. Have a safe and happy new year and thanks for the kind words :)
Great video as always! Vintage lenses that I highly recommend for cinema use are Canon FD lenses. They give quite a dreamy look when used for cinematography.
I plan to buy (7artisans 12mm t2.9 cine lens) from their official 7artisans online store. It says payment option (paypal and credit card) in two ways, which I have to use one of them, as I am ordering this product from India will the product arrive safely? There is only email facility to contact them so is it safe for me to buy?
I think that these are amazing steps in the right direction, the footage looks great. When your son grows up, he could hold the reflector 😁. Also personally happy to hear about Martin Parr. He had a great exhibition in Tokyo back in 2008~09 (Common Sense), and at his vernissage we watched his little speech with scones and tea. Good times.
Haha scones and tea and Martin Parr sounds like the most British affair ever! Amazing, I love his photography and use of color and flash as well. I'm glad you liked the footage I thought it was really cool and Lux did so well considering he was on a tight time frame and hadn't used this rig set up before! Thanks for watching my friend hope you have a great new years eve with the fam :)
Think I’m gonna get this lense, I’ve got a content creating course coming up which runs over 3 days which I’ve heard really good reviews about, hope it goes well as I am trying to get into content creating & eventually get myself a drone too! Great video btw
Love your channel. Excited to see where it goes in 2023. I need to just start turning out videos for my channel, thanks for the inspiration. Do you go to any photography trade shows like Imaging USA or WPPI? It's great for networking. btw, I LOVE vintage lenses. I have a handful of them. I've been wanting to make a video about them.
Hey Alexis. Thanks for the kind words I appreciate you taking the time to comment. Yes get those videos out consistency is key on the platform for sure :) We don't have any trade shows like that here in Australia or not that I know of anyway. I would love to go to something like that though. I am trying to make RUclips my full time job in the next few years and hopefully retire my partner from his day job too haha big goal but I'm really driven to make it happen! All the best in 2023 and thanks for watching :)
@@LucyLumen You're certainly on the right track to make this full-time. Excited for you guys. btw, can you please post links to the RUclips channels you mentioned? I never heard of them.
Personally, I’m not one for eye candy style RUclips videos. I prefer to listen to artists describe their processes and thoughts and stories behind their iconic images. If you want to get more serious into the cinematography aspect, I would recommend watching videos on directors and DPs regarding how they create films, scripting, story boarding, blocking, lighting, camera movements, and color grading.
Great video. I prefer something closer to a 35 to 50mm field of view, but it's good to know your thoughts. Also thank you for listing your video rig details. I also have the X-T4 and want to make it my main video camera.
Love the way the colours pop. As a colourblind black and white photographer, colour has always been a challenge for me, but your work is kinda making me want to experiment, which at my age is more exciting than I thought. - Question, how do you know what film gives what kind of colour pop, or is it all about the way it's developed?
How frickin' cool to see you on my side of the imaging aisle ! Video is a different animal entirely, but the soul is identical. Since your footage is coming along really well, let me suggest the FilmUnlimited film emulation powergrade by Juan Melara. It's ridiculously good and would fit quite well with your channel's aesthetic. If you do, let me know and I'll hook you up with some tweaks to get your footage closer to the Ektachrome you were shooting a while back, if that's the type of thing you might dig. Cheers!
Hey Joe! Thanks for this we will look into it. I find the color grading part of video really interesting and love seeing how others do it. Such an endless amount of things to learn with video!! Hope you had a great Xmas and you enjoy new years! Thanks for watching
A F-Stop is only calculated and only on paper. The reality never matches the theory on paper. A T-Stop is measured and there is proof of physics. 100% light goes into one end and you will get at the mount end a T-Stop of 1.5 for instance. This is just very simple explained.
Follow focus rig or not, what would really help your videos is any kind of crane or glide cam. Or tripod for static shots. While IBIS in your X-T4 might help, it's not the holly cow, course you still have visible jitter in the footage. Even in slow mo shots. Just saying...
Thanks for the tips! Like I said in the video it was the first time we used the rig and we have no prior Video experience so just trying it all out and having fun. I think my partner nailed it!! Can’t wait to share some footage with vintage lenses this year.
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T stops and F stops are almost interchangeable. It's just that T is a more accurate than F. So a T stop is closer to the actual aperture. T is what professional cinematographers use because they need better accuracy.
Clickless aperture means that your audience won't see the "clicks" with a standard lens you would see any time you changed the aperture in terms of the amount of light. You would literally see the amount of light change, and the focus change. A clickless aperture ring especially with a rack (or otherwise known as follow focus) allows you to "rack" focus. When you're focusing manually if you're good at it, you can shift the focus as you see in professional videos from subject to subject, or alternatively follow someone in and out of a scene.
Wide angle lenses are great, except you have to be able to see what I like to call "scenes" in the world rather than frames. The key to ultra wide angles is that they allow you to create more by setting what I like to call the stage... It's more like putting all the pieces on a chess board. Akira Kurosowa is a good person to study, as is Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan that has expansive scenes where you're putting everything you need for the scene out on the table... There is a fancy name for it called Mise en Scène... But whatever...
The purpose of the wide angle is really "you set em up, I'll knock it down." It's an approach that is meant to frame everything you need and then you use your close up for your knock down shot. One creates the story, the other sells the message. I like movies like Philadelphia, with Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington in it. The movie really shows the use of close ups, or even dutch angles for creating drama and visual expression. But in essence the close up is the framing shot.
You use your wide angle to set the stage, you use your close up to express what you want that frame to eventually say. The opening scene of Christopher Nolan and Wally Pfister's Dark Knight is probably the best example I can think of off the top of my head, so I use it often, it starts with a wide street, people milling around in the background, but the back of a person, focused on a mask. It creates the narrative, we all can be Jokers in some way, opens up to an even wider scene, before closing in on the robbery and using the close ups for the various robbers, and the bank manager to express the fear and insanity of it all.
I wouldn't say resources are the issue. As with everything, study the grand masters of cinema and see what you like from it then develop your own style.
As to getting "everything" in. It's the wrong way to think about it. You really have to use your framing guides to start with like your leading lines, rule of thirds and Fibonacci principles about spirals. If you use your rules correctly you will get better frames. You can also use your framing markers that draws up the rectangles on your DSLRs screen for the rule of thirds, but just remember it's a guide not the rules. Rules are meant to be broken, create statements, oddities, absurdities, that have funny technical names like juxtaposition... But hey whatever, it's not about burying people in technical terms.
You, Faizal, and Paulie B are my 3 favorite photography channels. Can't wait to see what else you guys do in 2023 and beyond!
Thank you so much! That is lovely to hear - I love those channels too especially Faizal his photography is amazing!
Changing up your style by trying out new lenses is something I like doing quite a bit. And I might try out this lens.
From the this hobbyist's perspective, the footage looks fantastic! The colors, focus, visual texture, it all worked really well for my brain.
Thank you so much Chad! I’m pleased you enjoyed it! 🙋🏻♀️👍🏻🙏🏻
Love the Music for this video.
Can't wait to see what you do in 2023.
Thank you Alex! I hope you had a great Xmas 🎄 I’m excited for 2023!! 🙋🏻♀️📸
@@LucyLumen Thank you so much,same wishes for you Lucy
I know less than nothing about video, but There’s a great YT channel by Mark Holtze featuring vintage lenses adapted and used for video. He’s had many (like the Helios 44-2) rehoused for video. He’s also a Takumar fan as well. If you don’t already know of him it’s worth checking out.
Thanks Molly! I haven’t seen this channel I don’t think 🤔 but I would guess that Lux has as he has been going down quite rabbit hole in that area lately. Thank you and hope you had a great Xmas and are enjoying time with your fam! Xx
Plus, he's hot
Whoa, digging those 1970s creepy synthesizer vibes in the music!
Bravo. I loved the BW photos and the videos on the beach. I used an old Zuiko from the 70's on my ex canon 5D and now I just bought this 12mm for my fuji XT4.
This lens work so well with my Panasonic S5. I just jump into aps-c mode, and I have an 18mm amazing lens that was so reasonably priced. I'm shooting a feature film right now, and I needed a wider lens for some shots that I'm capturing of bridges all over the New York City area, and I've been so happy with this choice. And YES and AMEN to doing more narrative work on RUclips, I totally agree, and I look forward to seeing what you guys do. I'm doing the same thing at my channel. Thanks so much for sharing.
There’s a super interesting crossover between film photography and cinematography, since many cinematographers swear by using vintage photography lenses for video! There are countless sets of vintage photography primes that have been rehoused into cine lens housings with standard focus gearing and de-clicked apertures. I do a good bit of video and of all the lenses in my kit my Nikkor 50mm 1.4 pre-ai easily gets the most use, even more than my modern cine-specific glass.
Hey Ben, thanks for watching and for sharing this info. As i'm sure you can tell im a total novice with cine/video stuff so this si really helpful and cool. Vintage glass looks amazing and def fits in with our film photography vibe way more. This cine lens has been a good gate way to getting more into video though. Thanks for watching lovely appreciate it :)
Really inspirational words Lucy. mentioning that about the connection with the audience I think that was really on point. Your channel and work are great and very appreciated. Many thanks.
Ohhh thank you so much this is such nice feedback - I appreciate your words and support! Thank you 🙏🏻
Awesome video Lucy! This lens is so cool, both stills and video have so little distortion at such a wide angle. Enjoy and can’t wait to see how you and Lux use it in 2023!
Thanks Matt! It's a really cool lens we are excited to film with it more in the new year! :)
T/stop is the same concept as f/stop but caters for glass transmission. Two lenses with the same f/stop might theoretically have similar brightness but one of them might more or thicker glass elements and just be a little darker when actually transmitting light. For stills we adjust for that in post when switching lenses - in movies, it's more cumbersome to do that. HTH
Hey! Thank you so much this is great info and much appreciated as I really don't know too much about video stuff. Thanks for watching happy new year! :)
F stops measure the aperture opening. T stops measure the light that ultimately makes it to the back of the lens and into the film or sensor.
I have the 25mm, 35mm, & 50mm T1.05 Vision lenses & LOVE them for video work when I want a vintage look with modern glass & housing. I too prefer to shoot longer lenses with more compression so the 12mm will also be a welcome challenge to shoot once I acquire one.
I've been eyeing up cine lenses, but not sure they're really the most practical when it's just me making videos. However the most tempting reason for me would be for the manual focus, as I'm still not used to focus by wire lenses.
Fantastic! Love the cinematography
Thank you so much!
With its distortion control it’s the lens I’ve bee searching for to film my cottage renovation. A fast lens suitable for the interiors will be great to work with.
Wow that’s one sweet lens, love the colour and sharpness. Also how it handles flare, very nice. Nice skills from Lux too…
Hey Rodger! Thanks so much for watching and for this lovely comment too! Lux did a great job I thought I am lucky to have him as my audio visuals guy :) Happy new eyar to you and thanks for watching the video
Well, considering it's a cine lens a couple of those stills really grabbed me.
Oh thank you lovely! It’s a great lens I just struggled with the focal length a lot
I see some cool accessories!! Most of my purchases for film photography now has been thru watching your videos!!
Hey lovely! Haha thank you that makes me so happy! I love my accessories and these Dubble film camera bags they are so cute and colourful. This hung supply bag is also really handy and practical! Happy new year to you Kathreen and thank you for all your support this year. Xx
@@LucyLumen hey! Happy New Year! Yea I always like the accessories you have. I am always here to support!!
Awesome video :) I love the B&W photos also.
This is a great video (as usual) 🤤🤤 that lense is luuuushhh
The Olympus Pen F looks fantastic on you.
Thank you! Hope you had a great Christmas with you loved ones!
@@LucyLumen Yes, it was nice. I hope for you too?
I'm uploading my first ever video tonight with music. Even after over 300 uploads I still find the whole editing process overwhelming, I haven't even started colour correcting stuff yet.... This stuff takes forever to learn It seems.
It takes ages to get it right. I absolutely struggle with it!! Keep going though!
I have both the 7 Artisans 12mm cine lens and a classic, vintage Carl Zeiss 18mm F/4.0 Contax Full Frame Distagon. The latter costs around $5-600 for a 50 year old lens. They offer the same angle of view when the Zeiss is adapted to APSC/Super 35 via a Speed Booster. Is there a noticable difference? Maybe but I can't see it. The T2.9 cinema lens has a front element that does not rotate - essential for my matte box - and built in focus gears - essential for my follow focus wheel so bottom line is, these lenses offer exceptional value for money.
That was fun. I look forward to following the evolution your cinematography exploration. (I’m slowly beginning to dabble as well, as time/money permit.) Love that Fujifilm gear. Enjoy your XT-4.
Thank you! That’s exciting you are also dabbling, it’s not a cheap hobby though haha 😂 excited for you too and hope 2023 offers you a bit more time to experiment with it all. Thanks for watching happy new year 🥳
This looks very cool indeed! Giving Hasselblad Xpan kind of a vibe.
Totally enjoy your style of presentation and information. Look forward to you and partner growing in your style.
Kaipara NZ.
Hey Tony! Thanks so much for this lovely comment I really appreciate it. Excited to get into the new year and create more videos for you to enjoy. Have a safe and happy new year and thanks for the kind words :)
Great video as always! Vintage lenses that I highly recommend for cinema use are Canon FD lenses. They give quite a dreamy look when used for cinematography.
I plan to buy (7artisans 12mm t2.9 cine lens) from their official 7artisans online store. It says payment option (paypal and credit card) in two ways, which I have to use one of them, as I am ordering this product from India will the product arrive safely? There is only email facility to contact them so is it safe for me to buy?
I think that these are amazing steps in the right direction, the footage looks great. When your son grows up, he could hold the reflector 😁. Also personally happy to hear about Martin Parr. He had a great exhibition in Tokyo back in 2008~09 (Common Sense), and at his vernissage we watched his little speech with scones and tea. Good times.
Haha scones and tea and Martin Parr sounds like the most British affair ever! Amazing, I love his photography and use of color and flash as well. I'm glad you liked the footage I thought it was really cool and Lux did so well considering he was on a tight time frame and hadn't used this rig set up before! Thanks for watching my friend hope you have a great new years eve with the fam :)
Think I’m gonna get this lense, I’ve got a content creating course coming up which runs over 3 days which I’ve heard really good reviews about, hope it goes well as I am trying to get into content creating & eventually get myself a drone too!
Great video btw
Love your channel. Excited to see where it goes in 2023. I need to just start turning out videos for my channel, thanks for the inspiration. Do you go to any photography trade shows like Imaging USA or WPPI? It's great for networking. btw, I LOVE vintage lenses. I have a handful of them. I've been wanting to make a video about them.
Hey Alexis. Thanks for the kind words I appreciate you taking the time to comment. Yes get those videos out consistency is key on the platform for sure :) We don't have any trade shows like that here in Australia or not that I know of anyway. I would love to go to something like that though. I am trying to make RUclips my full time job in the next few years and hopefully retire my partner from his day job too haha big goal but I'm really driven to make it happen! All the best in 2023 and thanks for watching :)
@@LucyLumen You're certainly on the right track to make this full-time. Excited for you guys. btw, can you please post links to the RUclips channels you mentioned? I never heard of them.
Personally, I’m not one for eye candy style RUclips videos. I prefer to listen to artists describe their processes and thoughts and stories behind their iconic images. If you want to get more serious into the cinematography aspect, I would recommend watching videos on directors and DPs regarding how they create films, scripting, story boarding, blocking, lighting, camera movements, and color grading.
Great video. I prefer something closer to a 35 to 50mm field of view, but it's good to know your thoughts. Also thank you for listing your video rig details. I also have the X-T4 and want to make it my main video camera.
Thank you lovely! Good luck with your rig and video/photography in 2023! Thanks for watching 🙋🏻♀️📸
Hey Lucy! That lens look awesome and I think it's great that you're getting more into cinematic videos! Hope all is well :)
Love the way the colours pop. As a colourblind black and white photographer, colour has always been a challenge for me, but your work is kinda making me want to experiment, which at my age is more exciting than I thought. - Question, how do you know what film gives what kind of colour pop, or is it all about the way it's developed?
DO you have an variable ND filter to recommend for that lens ?
We still haven’t gotten an ND for this but I would say buy the best one you can afford the cheaper variable ones can be a bit dodgy
Cool
2.35:1 crop the footage for straight kino
How frickin' cool to see you on my side of the imaging aisle ! Video is a different animal entirely, but the soul is identical. Since your footage is coming along really well, let me suggest the FilmUnlimited film emulation powergrade by Juan Melara. It's ridiculously good and would fit quite well with your channel's aesthetic. If you do, let me know and I'll hook you up with some tweaks to get your footage closer to the Ektachrome you were shooting a while back, if that's the type of thing you might dig. Cheers!
Hey Joe! Thanks for this we will look into it. I find the color grading part of video really interesting and love seeing how others do it. Such an endless amount of things to learn with video!! Hope you had a great Xmas and you enjoy new years! Thanks for watching
whats the strap your using ? ty
Hey 👋🏻 it’s from a company in Spain called dubblefilm they have so many great camera accessories! Thanks for watching
I will be grateful if you answer me. This lens communicates with the Fujifilm X-T3 camera. I'm referring to autofocus
No cine lenses are generally all manual focus only.
@@LucyLumen thanks.
So you mention Martin Parr and I realise I don't have one of his books, what is a man tool do but stop the video and go and buy one :)
Hahaha typical Anthony and I would expect nothing less from you. Which one did you get? Thanks for watching too Anthony :)
@@LucyLumen I bought Martin Parr Beach Therapy hard cover of course :). Great video by the way :)
@@anthonyritchie696 amazing! His beach tourist shots are so great. Love his work. Glad to hear he is joining the collection. Thanks Anthony 🙋🏻♀️📸🙏🏻🧡
A F-Stop is only calculated and only on paper. The reality never matches the theory on paper.
A T-Stop is measured and there is proof of physics. 100% light goes into one end and you will get at the mount end a T-Stop of 1.5 for instance.
This is just very simple explained.
Follow focus rig or not, what would really help your videos is any kind of crane or glide cam. Or tripod for static shots. While IBIS in your X-T4 might help, it's not the holly cow, course you still have visible jitter in the footage. Even in slow mo shots. Just saying...
Thanks for the tips! Like I said in the video it was the first time we used the rig and we have no prior Video experience so just trying it all out and having fun. I think my partner nailed it!! Can’t wait to share some footage with vintage lenses this year.
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