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June 30th, 2005, 02:43 AM
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New Boot
Join Date: May 2005
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Follow Focus for birds photography?
Hi All
I am about to order my XL2 and with my EF lenses I intend to film birds documentaries. My question is whether the Follow Focus is a MUST for this type of work ..? I would really appreciate some pro's opinions on this one. Thank you. Ido |
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June 30th, 2005, 05:22 AM
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Obstreperous Rex
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I don't know of any follow focus mechanism that has been set up for 35mm photo lenses. Usually a follow focus device incorporates a gear which meshes with a ring of teeth around the lens barrel, but I've never seen a 35mm photo lens that has such a ring.
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June 30th, 2005, 11:41 AM
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Trustee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Ido, I do a lot of bird videoing. For viideoing birds in flight you really should try the stock lens with the 1.6 and the inage stabilizer. I do this and manually focus. You can get some stunning shoots. Last year I videoed condors and albatros' in the Straights of Maghellen. It is so much easier to track the birds hand held than with a tripod. Now that is just my opinion. Bob
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June 30th, 2005, 11:44 AM
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Obstreperous Rex
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I agree completely with Bob. For that type of shooting, the stock 20x lens plus the 1.6x extender is a better solution that trying to use an EF lens with the EF adapter.
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