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Sony RX100 IV
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Exactly. Can’t imagine why.
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Sony RX100 IV
In: Cameras
Hello guys, I'm coming back to this subject.
I have the RX100 IV camera. There's 1 thing that I'd love to find a solution for. For some weird reason this camera not only doesn't have a single shot focus mode in video mode but it doesn't have it at all whenever you press the REC button. Anyone know the solution?
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Sony RX100 4
In: Cameras
On 8/11/2018 at 10:50 AM, Orangenz said:Yup, that's what I did too. And another one for exposure lock.
Thanks guy. I'll probably stay in M-mode to at least lock aperture and shutter without pressing anything.
UGHH
We are sorry to learn that you are unable to find a certain focus mode to suit video shooting.
With reference to your enquiry regarding the various focus modes, we would like to clarify that if you shoot movies when Focus Mode is set to Single-shot AF or DMF, the Focus Mode will automatically change to (Continuous AF) and then continue to focus.
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Sony RX100 4
In: Cameras
Hello, can anyone help me with focusing please.
I'm looking for a basic feature I haven't found on my SONY RX100m4. It's the single shot autofocus for video. You know that basic autofocus when you press a button > camera focuses > you press recording. Just like all the cameras have. I can only see AFC and MF in video mode.
Okay, I go to M-mode. There are 4 options. AFS, AFC, DMF, MF. AFS behaves just like AFC and keeps focusing all the time. Weird. DMF actually does what I'm looking for. But what about video mode?
Thank you
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On 12/7/2015 at 1:41 PM, DBounce said:
So here is the long and short of it. The Beholder DS1 is heavy. It can get some very smooth shots, but you will be challenged to keep the shot on target for more than a very short while due to the weight. Additionally, I noticed something unexpected, certain movements can cause the unit to freak out. This results in a type of fast micro-jitters, that will appear as jerky image artifacting.
I wanted this unit to work smoothly. I do not know if this behavior is normal or if the unit is defective. But I can tell you normal handheld seems more pleasing to my eyes, despite being less smooth. Normal handheld just seems more organic.
Mine freaks out quite often and ruins longer shots.
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Agreed. Fantastic lens!
The focus ring itself has a certain travel between its hard stops, it makes pulling focus from subject A to subject B easy, should you need to. It's just additional information for you. Hasn't got to do with zoom. If want to zoom in on subject A, and want subject A to be in focus during the zoom, with a parfocal lens you don't need any focus pulling of course. So yes, should work exactly like you want.
I can only find constant 2.8 lens not 2.6-2.8. do you know if it has the same characteristics?
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I have the old Tokina/Angineux ATX Pro 28-70 f/2.6-2.8 and its parfocal. Even though it's an AF lens, you pull the focus ring toward the camera to engage MF and it has hard stops, so pulls are repeatable. Best part - it's an amazing lens and I paid $300. It's even usable wide open, best bargain in a zoom IMO. There are a few different versions, Google the lens for a rundown on which version to look for, they pop up on eBay all the time.
this is very useful. i might buy it. not expensive and since it's parfocal sounds like a option for me. Thank you
Does it have to be used on speedbooster? I'm under the strong impression that the angenieux 17-68 2.2 is parfocal and it almost covers the gh4 4k crop. With minimal cropping in post it should be roughly 50-200 FF equivalent.
doesn't have to. thank you
I have the old Tokina/Angineux ATX Pro 28-70 f/2.6-2.8 and its parfocal. Even though it's an AF lens, you pull the focus ring toward the camera to engage MF and it has hard stops, so pulls are repeatable. Best part - it's an amazing lens and I paid $300. It's even usable wide open, best bargain in a zoom IMO. There are a few different versions, Google the lens for a rundown on which version to look for, they pop up on eBay all the time.
do you mean hard stops for zoom? how is that? i'd need to pull the zoom smoothly from 28 to 70 and keep the focus? will this lens do it?
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3 scenarios here:
1) Your zoom lens is perfectly parfocal, meaning the two endpoints and all points in-between focus to the same plane. Adding a properly adjusted Speed Booster to such a lens will have no effect on its parfocality. If the Speed Booster has a small adjustment error you can loosen the set-screw on the side of the lens mount and then thread the optical cell in or out to achieve perfect parfocality.
2) Your zoom lens is parfocal at the end points (wide and tele), but drifts in-between. This is a non-linear condition that is normally cured by re-machining the cam in really expensive cine zooms. If your lens cost less than ~$20k then this non-linear error is ignored. A Speed Booster has no effect on it.
3) Your zoom is not quite parfocal at the end points. The Speed Booster can be used just like a set of precision shims to fix this condition. However, the Speed Booster will likely not be properly adjusted for your other lenses. So either you need a dedicated Speed Booster for this particular lens, or else consider the parfocality adjustment to be temporary.
Thank you Brian. This is a helpful info. I think before adjusting my speedbooster i'd need to decide on the more or less parfocal lens to rent. I don't own anything but canon ef 24-105 3.5-5.6 stm so would need to rent some.
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based by the video you linked it looks like it zooms in to around 200-300mm from around 80. so a 70-200 will probably be good but you are the one to choose.
Absolutely agree. I should have clarified this. 70-200 is too long for my project. Looking into 25-100 lenses.
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I'm 99% sure that the 70-200 f/2.8 Non-IS is parfocal, i used to have one back when i shot canon. Tarantinos crash zoom often end with a very long focal length so 200mm (300mm FF equiv.) will be perfect for what you are doing.
yeah, but on GH4 this will be only good to film the moon in details. i'm looking into 24-70, 24-105 focal length to shoot portraits almost like in the reference i attached.
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Hello everyone,
I'm using GH4/G7 with Speedbooster XL an looking for a lens that won't lose focus when i zoom in. Basically i'm trying to achieve this zoom effect:
What would be the best EF lens for that? Or even a panasonic lens that can do it? I've seen a lot of arguing about 24-105 f4 lens that some people mention works well some say it loses focus.
Also, i heard that speedboster ruins it while the lens may keep focus on full frame.
Please help. Thank you
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Can somebody help me to figure out how to make autofocus work on G7 with Speedbooster and 24-105 3.5-5.6 STM canon lens.
I've seen autofocus being mentioned on metabones website but my camera shows MF on the screen all the time whatever setting i make.
Can somebody help me to figure out how to make autofocus work on G7 with Speedbooster and 24-105 3.5-5.6 STM canon lens.
I've seen autofocus being mentioned on metabones website but my camera shows MF on the screen all the time whatever setting i make.
i'm not actually in need of Auto focus much but was interested if it's a working feature at all
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I have a new Panasonic G7 with Metabones speed booster and 28-135 (3.5-5.6) Canon lens.
I'm not happy with Canon's IS. I'm suspecting it's only in 4K. The shots look good when i switch to 1080/60p. I'll do some tests this week but i'm not happy with stabilization at all. Many shots look like the stabilization was off. The IS is actually working but just doesn't deliver well. It's nothing compares to Nikon's VR.
Can anyone share experience of using Canon IS lenses with GH4 or G7?
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I had sold my Nikon lenses and bought the G7 with 14-140 lens. Nikon was great and steady but old enough.
I liked the new Panny G7 but I noticed the jitter right away.
I sold the lens on Ebay and bought the Metabones speed booster with a 28-135 Canon lens.
It's better but Canon's stabilizer doesn't seem to work great. I'm guessing only in 4K. But it's nothing compares to Nikon's VR.
I'll do some tests this week but i'm not happy with stabilization at all.
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4k to 1080
In: Cameras
Hello,
i use the new Panny G7 for couple of weeks and wanted to know the best way to downscale 4k to 1080 with quality/colour gain (422, 444 whatever works) mentioned so many times on web.
Please advise the best way to convert.
X-T4 unwanted exposure compensation
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My X-T4 visually adjusts the exposure in video mode although the ISO, shutter and exposure are set to specific numbers. Anyone know the solution? Brushed the while menu and got no idea