How can a 35 mm lens enhance my video.?

I own a Prosumer Canon XH A1 HD Camcorder.

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  1. Paul R says:
    May 29, 2010 at 6:06 am

    Some people use these adaptors to use a wide aperture prime lens which helps create an illusion of shallow depth of field not possible on a camera with small sensors such as the XHa1.

    There are a few problems:

    The image is recorded inverted and upside down, you need to fix this in post and it makes monitoring a pain unless you have a mirror on your LCD.

    You are subject to the quality of the lens you put on, and have to control this lens manually, that is focus and aperture. It also limits the amount of zoom you can use as you will lose focus very quickly (your camcorder is basically in macro mode)

    Its all for this sought after cinematic effect. However if you had money for cinema shooting you would have decent lighting, proper on screen talent, a hot script, a producer with a leash in one hand and a big bag of money in the other and you wouldn’t be using an HDV camcorder.

    If I were you I would make the most of what you’ve got, if you want shallow dpeth of field set the aperture at f2.8 or faster (use the ND filter if required) move back, zoom in.

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