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ushere wrote on 7/10/2012, 5:26 AM
thanks - most useful in my decision making....
Arthur.S wrote on 7/10/2012, 8:13 AM
I'm not into DSLR's but read the article while I've a bit of time on my hands. Probably the best I've read!
Laurence wrote on 7/10/2012, 2:40 PM
What I find really frustrating is that we are a couple of years into DSLRs and while both Canon and Nikon have fixed the moiré and aliasing problems with their 4D mark 3 and D800 respectively, neither one has put these improvements into a less expensive APS sensor camera. For shooting video, I don't need a full frame sensor. An APS sensor camera gives you depth of field comparable to 35mm film, and that is as shallow as I want to get. The moiré and aliasing are driving me nuts though. Everything else I can work around but this is just a major problem. I am really surprised that neither the D3200 nor the T4i fixes this. It should be just a software fix and both of these cameras have processors that could handle a proper downrez. We'll see what happens with the D5200.
stevengotts wrote on 7/11/2012, 2:11 PM
Thanks for sharing. some good tips.
stevengotts wrote on 7/11/2012, 2:21 PM
BTW The new warp stablizer in cs6 works miracles for motion and the jelly effect. So I pre render my footage with warp stablizer, then I edit in vegas or premier. its stablization like ive never seen before.And I do have a 5100. Does anyone know what file type I should output this stabliesation to be to edit best in vegas?
Laurence wrote on 7/11/2012, 4:18 PM
I really, really want to get this lens:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/845350-REG/Tamron_SP_24_70mm_f_2_8_DI.html

I posted this recently in another thread, but in this video, I went back to do a reshoot in a dark bar. Because there was so little light, I thought I would use my 35mm and 50mm primes on a tripod and drop the saturation so that the noise would look like film grain. Because of the 1.8 aperture however, there was no noise, even in the dimly lit bar. I shot a couple of outside shots in color and they are noise-free as well.

In this video, all the black and white shots were my 1.8 primes, and the outside night establishing shots are the primes in color. The other bar shots in color were shot with the kit lens which is way slower. Doing this video has sort of hit me over the head like a hammer. The shots with the 1.8 primes look what I want my video to look like. The kit lens shots look absolutely terrible in comparison.

https://vimeo.com/45084221

I've done some tests, and while the 2.8 of the Tamron lens won't be quite as fast as the primes, it is as fast as I'm going to get in a walk-around zoom lens. The 24-70 is a nice useable range and the Tamron has image stabilization (which I really need). I have a feeling that a lens like this will do more for end quality than any other any thing I could do.

I routinely remove noise from from my HDV and kit lens Nikon footage. With a fast lens, I don't have to, even in the dark!

They also make this lens for Canons and it works on both full frame and APS sensor cameras.