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Greg Clark · September 3rd, 2008, 04:45 PM

People talk about using a wide angle with the XH-A1 for close ups but would a Century wide angle help with close ups from fifty feet plus? Any advice?

Annie Haycock · September 4th, 2008, 03:03 AM

Wide-angle, close-ups and fifty-feet-distant don't quite add up. What is it you are trying to achieve? The wide angle might help in getting the whole stage into the frame if you can only shoot from close-up to the stage, but if you've got fifty feet available then you can probably get the whole stage in anyway.

Greg Clark · September 4th, 2008, 04:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Annie Haycock

if you've got fifty feet available then you can probably get the whole stage in anyway.

True I can frame the complete stage from left to right in the video but wouldn't a wide angle with zoom through allow me to zoom even closer without losing the dancers on far left and right?

Annie Haycock · September 4th, 2008, 05:39 AM

As you zoom in, you are altering the field of view. The wide angle converter gives you a wider field of view, but by the time you've zoomed about half way in, you've got the same field of view as you would have without the converter.

Bo Sundvall · September 4th, 2008, 07:51 AM

Hi

As long as you can zoom in to cover the field of view you don't need a wide angle adaptor.

Regards,

/Bo

September 3rd, 2008, 04:45 PM	#1
Greg Clark Major Player Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Surprise Arizona Posts: 297	Dance Video and Wide Angle Lens People talk about using a wide angle with the XH-A1 for close ups but would a Century wide angle help with close ups from fifty feet plus? Any advice?

September 4th, 2008, 03:03 AM	#2
Annie Haycock Major Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales Posts: 734	Wide-angle, close-ups and fifty-feet-distant don't quite add up. What is it you are trying to achieve? The wide angle might help in getting the whole stage into the frame if you can only shoot from close-up to the stage, but if you've got fifty feet available then you can probably get the whole stage in anyway. __________________ Canon XH A1; Canon XF100; Nikon D800

September 4th, 2008, 05:39 AM	#4
Annie Haycock Major Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales Posts: 734	As you zoom in, you are altering the field of view. The wide angle converter gives you a wider field of view, but by the time you've zoomed about half way in, you've got the same field of view as you would have without the converter. __________________ Canon XH A1; Canon XF100; Nikon D800

September 4th, 2008, 07:51 AM	#5
Bo Sundvall Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 244	Hi As long as you can zoom in to cover the field of view you don't need a wide angle adaptor. Regards, /Bo