Tele-macro at DVinfo.net

Steve Watnet · August 12th, 2005, 03:02 AM

Have any HC1 users experimented with the tele-macro feature yet?

I was very excited when I read some pundit speculating about this feature as being a at-long-last solution to the video depth-of-field problem.

I'm going to have this cam in a few days now, and would be excited even if the tele-macro feature were not part of the deal, but the thought of a shallow depth of field without the "crank open the aperture and haul out the lights" routine is what has me most excited of all.

My second question is--having Googled "tele-macro" extensively--if this technology has been around for a while (and so far as I can tell, it has), why haven't videographers cobbled some aftermarket tele-macro solution prior to the HC1? If they have, it certainly doesn't seem to be in wide use.

Fredrik-Larsson · August 12th, 2005, 03:25 AM

I think the telemacro thingy is for real closeups like a bee on a flower in the 1 metre range. I guess you could build something to get the shallow DOF. I want to have shallow DOF but I think it requires to build some add on lenses. Some said that cameras with smaller lenses wouldn't work good for that kind of project.

Fredrik-Larsson · August 12th, 2005, 04:28 AM

Just tested the telemacro. It does real closeups on objects and stuff around gets blurry. But it zooms in on the chosen object automatically so it doesn't give a shallow DOF effect.

Steve Watnet · August 13th, 2005, 10:29 AM

That's disappointing. No way around this?

Fredrik-Larsson · August 13th, 2005, 11:36 AM

I don't think so. I guess that something similar to those 35 mm adapter on the net can be built. I am too much of a newbie to understand how it works at the moment. But I am gonna look into it and try to understand.

Steve Watnet · August 13th, 2005, 12:39 PM

Please do. I have tried and I don't know where to go to try and understand.

August 12th, 2005, 03:02 AM	#1
Steve Watnet Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: la, ca Posts: 87	Tele-macro Have any HC1 users experimented with the tele-macro feature yet? I was very excited when I read some pundit speculating about this feature as being a at-long-last solution to the video depth-of-field problem. I'm going to have this cam in a few days now, and would be excited even if the tele-macro feature were not part of the deal, but the thought of a shallow depth of field without the "crank open the aperture and haul out the lights" routine is what has me most excited of all. My second question is--having Googled "tele-macro" extensively--if this technology has been around for a while (and so far as I can tell, it has), why haven't videographers cobbled some aftermarket tele-macro solution prior to the HC1? If they have, it certainly doesn't seem to be in wide use.

August 12th, 2005, 03:25 AM	#2
Fredrik-Larsson Major Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: Malmö, Sweden Posts: 395	I think the telemacro thingy is for real closeups like a bee on a flower in the 1 metre range. I guess you could build something to get the shallow DOF. I want to have shallow DOF but I think it requires to build some add on lenses. Some said that cameras with smaller lenses wouldn't work good for that kind of project.

August 12th, 2005, 04:28 AM	#3
Fredrik-Larsson Major Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: Malmö, Sweden Posts: 395	Just tested the telemacro. It does real closeups on objects and stuff around gets blurry. But it zooms in on the chosen object automatically so it doesn't give a shallow DOF effect.

August 13th, 2005, 10:29 AM	#4
Steve Watnet Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: la, ca Posts: 87	That's disappointing. No way around this?

August 13th, 2005, 11:36 AM	#5
Fredrik-Larsson Major Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: Malmö, Sweden Posts: 395	I don't think so. I guess that something similar to those 35 mm adapter on the net can be built. I am too much of a newbie to understand how it works at the moment. But I am gonna look into it and try to understand.

August 13th, 2005, 12:39 PM	#6
Steve Watnet Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: la, ca Posts: 87	Please do. I have tried and I don't know where to go to try and understand.