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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ŚĂƉƚĞƌϬϭ /ŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ Ϭϲ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϬϮ ĂƐŝĐŝŶĞŵĂƚŽŐƌĂƉŚǇŽŶĐĞƉƚƐ ϭϬ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϬϯ ŚŽŽƐŝŶŐ^>Z ϮϮ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϬϰ ^ĂǀŝŶŐDŽŶĞǇ ϯϬ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϬϱ ^ƚƵĐŬWŝǆĞůƐ ϯϯ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϬϲ ůŝĂƐŝŶŐŶĚDŽŝƌĠ ϯϱ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϬϳ ZŽůůŝŶŐ^ŚƵƩĞƌ ϯϳ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϬϴ KǀĞƌŚĞĂƟŶŐ ϯϵ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϬϵ >ĞŶƐĞƐ͗hƐŝŶŐWƌŝŵĞƐ͕ŚŽŽƐŝŶŐƌĂŶĚ ϰϭ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϭϬ >ĞŶƐĞƐ͗ĚĂƉƟŶŐ͕WƵƌĐŚĂƐŝŶŐ ϰϴ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϭϭ >ĞŶƐĞƐ͗&ŽĐĂů>ĞŶŐƚŚƐ͕ĞƉƚŚKĨ&ŝĞůĚ ϱϯ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϭϮ >ĞŶƐĞƐ͗ZĞŶƟŶŐ͕ŽŶǀĞƌƟŶŐ ϱϴ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϭϯ ^ƚŽƌĂŐĞ;&ŽƌdŚĞ^ŚŽŽƚͿ ϲϮ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϭϰ ^ƵƉƉŽƌƚ^ǇƐƚĞŵ ϲϰ

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ŚĂƉƚĞƌϭϱ WŽǁĞƌ ϲϴ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϭϲ ƵĚŝŽ ϳϭ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϭϳ DĂŐŝĐ>ĂŶƚĞƌŶ&ŝƌŵǁĂƌĞ ϳϲ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϭϴ ',ϭ&ŝƌŵǁĂƌĞ ϳϵ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϭϵ DĂƩĞŽǆ ϴϭ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϮϬ &ŝůƚƌĂƟŽŶ͕sĂƌŝĂďůĞE ϴϯ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϮϭ >sŝĞǁĮŶĚĞƌ ϴϳ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϮϮ &ŝĞůĚDŽŶŝƚŽƌ ϵϭ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϮϯ WŝĐƚƵƌĞ^ƚǇůĞĚŝƚŽƌ ϵϰ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϮϰ WŽƐƚͲWƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶKǀĞƌǀŝĞǁ ϵϳ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϮϱ ^ƚŽƌĂŐĞ;&ŽƌdŚĞĚŝƚͿ ϵϴ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϮϲ dƌĂŶƐĨĞƌƌŝŶŐ͕sŝĞǁŝŶŐ͕dƌĂŶƐĐŽĚŝŶŐ ϭϬϭ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϮϳ ƵĚŝŽ^ǇŶĐ͕ƌŝŌ ϭϬϰ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϮϴ EŽŝƐĞZĞĚƵĐƟŽŶ ϭϬϲ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϮϵ ŽůŽƌ'ƌĂĚŝŶŐ ϭϬϵ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϯϬ dŚĂŶŬƐ&ŽƌZĞĂĚŝŶŐ ϭϭϭ

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INTRODUCTION Why are DSLRs so important?

dŚĂƚ͞ŵŽǀŝĞŵŽĚĞ͟ŚŝĚĚĞŶŝŶƚŚĞŵĞŶƵƐǇƐƚĞŵŽĨǇŽƵƌŶĞǁ^>Z͍/ƚ͛ƐŶŽƚũƵƐƚĂŶŽǀĞůƚǇ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ͘dŽŐĞƚŚĞƌǁŝƚŚƚŚĞĞŵĞƌŐĞŶĐĞŽĨůĂƌŐĞDK^ŝŵĂŐĞƌƐ͕,^>ZƐĂƌĞŶŽƚŚŝŶŐƐŚŽƌƚ ŽĨĂƌĞǀŽůƵƟŽŶĂƌǇ͕ĚĞŵŽĐƌĂƟǌŝŶŐ͕ĚŝƐƌƵƉƟǀĞŵŽǀŝĞŵĂŬŝŶŐƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐǇ͕ĂƐŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚĂƐƚŚĞ ŝŶǀĞŶƟŽŶŽĨĐŽůŽƌĮůŵ͕ϭϲŵŵ͕Žƌ,ds͘EŽƚĐŽŶǀŝŶĐĞĚ͍/͛ǀĞǁƌŝƩĞŶŵŽƌĞĂďŽƵƚŚŽǁƚŚĞ ^>ZŝƐĂīĞĐƟŶŐƚŚĞĨƵƚƵƌĞŽĨŶŽƚŽŶůǇĐŝŶĞŵĂƚŽŐƌĂƉŚǇďƵƚĂůƐŽƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚǇ͕ĂƐǁĞůůĂƐŚŽǁ ƚŚĞŝƌůŽǁͲůŝŐŚƚƐĞŶƐŝƟǀŝƚǇĞŶĂďůĞƐĂǁŚŽůĞŶĞǁŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶŽĨŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂůĮůŵŵĂŬĞƌƐƚŽƚĞůů ƚŚĞŝƌƐƚŽƌǇ͘,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ƚŚĞƉƌŽŽĨŝƐŝŶƚŚĞƉƵĚĚŝŶŐ͕ƐŽŚĞƌĞĂƌĞƚĞŶĞǆĂŵƉůĞƐŽĨƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ^>Z ĐŝŶĞŵĂƚŽŐƌĂƉŚǇ͘ĂĐƵƚŽ͛Ɛ'ƌĞĂƚĂŵĞƌĂ^ŚŽŽƚŽƵƚϮϬϭϬŝƐĂŶŽƚŚĞƌŐƌĞĂƚĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ^>ZƐĂƌĞĐĂƉĂďůĞŽĨǁŚĞŶĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚƚŽ;ŵƵĐŚŵŽƌĞĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞͿϯϱŵŵĮůŵĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ͘

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr 7 ƐĨŽƌŵǇŽǁŶ^>ZƋƵĂůŝĮĐĂƟŽŶƐ͕/ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇƐŚŽƚƚǁŽĞƉŝƐŽĚĞƐŽĨƚŚĞtW>ĂďƐͬ ĂďĞůŐƵŵƐŚŽǁZZŽŶĂEŝŬŽŶϵϬ͖ƐĞǀĞƌĂůďĞŚŝŶĚͲƚŚĞͲƐĐĞŶĞƐǀŝĚĞŽƐĨŽƌ&ŽĐƵƐ &ĞĂƚƵƌĞƐŽŶĂĂŶŽŶϱĚDĂƌŬ//͖ƐŽŵĞŽƚŚĞƌ^>ZĨŽŽƚĂŐĞ/ĐĂŶ͛ƚǇĞƚƚĂůŬĂďŽƵƚƉƵďůŝĐůǇ͖ ĂŶĚ/͛ǀĞůĞŶƐĞĚƉůĞŶƚǇŽĨƉƌĞͲ^>ZƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ;Ğ͘Ő͘dŚĞtĞƐƚ^ŝĚĞ͕ŽƌĂŵƵƐŝĐǀŝĚĞŽ/ƐŚŽƚ ǁŚĞŶ/ǁĂƐϭϵͿ͘

ŝŐŝƚĂůĐŝŶĞŵĂƚŽŐƌĂƉŚǇŝƐ ĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐƐŽƌĂƉŝĚůǇƚŚĞƐĞĚĂǇƐ ƚŚĂƚĂƉƌŝŶƚĞĚďŽŽŬŽŶƚŚĞ ƐƵďũĞĐƚǁŝůůůŝŬĞůǇďĞŽƵƚĚĂƚĞĚ ďǇƚŚĞƟŵĞŝƚƌĞĂĐŚĞƐƐƚŽƌĞ ƐŚĞůǀĞƐ͖ƚŚŝƐŝƐĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇƚƌƵĞ ǁŚĞŶŝƚĐŽŵĞƐƚŽƚŚĞƌĂƉŝĚ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĐǇĐůĞŽĨ^>ZƐ͘hƉͲƚŽͲ ĚĂƚĞŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶĐĂŶďĞĨŽƵŶĚ ŽŶŽŶůŝŶĞĨŽƌƵŵƐ͕ďƵƚĨŽƌƵŵƐ ůĂĐŬƚŚĞŽƌŐĂŶŝǌŝŶŐƉƌŝŶĐŝƉůĞƐ ŽĨĂďŽŽŬ͕ĂŶĚĂƐĂƌĞƐƵůƚŝƚ ĐĂŶƚĂŬĞĂůƵĚŝĐƌŽƵƐůǇůŽŶŐƟŵĞƚŽƉŝĞĐĞƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌƌĞůŝĂďůĞŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ;/ƐƉĞŶƚŵŽŶƚŚƐ ĨŽƌƵŵͲƐƵƌĮŶŐƚŽĂƐƐĞŵďůĞŵǇŽǁŶĐĂŵĞƌĂƉĂĐŬĂŐĞͿ͘dŚƵƐ͕ƚŚŝƐŐƵŝĚĞ͗/ŚŽƉĞŝƚƐĂǀĞƐ DSLRs are a ƌĞĂĚĞƌƐŵŽŶĞǇƚŚĞǇǁŽƵůĚ͛ǀĞŽƚŚĞƌǁŝƐĞƐƉĞŶƚŽŶĂŶŽƵƚͲŽĨͲĚĂƚĞďŽŽŬ͕ĂŶĚ/ŚŽƉĞŝƚ great enabler on the “no ﬁlm ƐĂǀĞƐĨŽƌƵŵƐĨƌŽŵƐŽŵĂŶǇŶĞǁďŝĞͶƐŽƌƌǇ͕͞ŶϬϬď͟ͶƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ͘ school” front. ^>ZƐ;ŽŌĞŶĐĂůůĞĚ,^>ZƐŽƌs^>ZƐŶŽǁͿĂƌĞĂŐƌĞĂƚĞŶĂďůĞƌŽŶƚŚĞ͞ŶŽĮůŵƐĐŚŽŽů͟ ĨƌŽŶƚ͕ĂƐƚŚĞǇĂƌĞƉƌŝĐĞĚƚŽŽǁŶĂŶĚĂůůŽǁĂƐƉŝƌŝŶŐĮůŵŵĂŬĞƌƐƚŽĨŽůůŽǁƚŚĞ͞ďƵǇĂ

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr 8 ĐĂŵĞƌĂĂŶĚůĞĂƌŶ͟ůĞƐƐŽŶƉůĂŶ͘ƵƚĂƐǁŝƚŚĂŶǇĐƌĞĂƟǀĞƚŽŽů͕Ă^>ZŝƐŽŶůǇĂƐŐŽŽĚ ĂƐƚŚĞƉĞƌƐŽŶƵƐŝŶŐŝƚͶďĞĐĂƵƐĞ͕ǁŚŝůĞƚŚĞƐĞĐĂŵĞƌĂƐŽīĞƌĂǁŽƌůĚŽĨĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞǇĂůƐŽĐŽŵĞǁŝƚŚĂĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĂďůĞƐĞƚŽĨĚƌĂǁďĂĐŬƐ͘,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ƚŚĞƐĞĚƌĂǁďĂĐŬƐĂƌĞ ǁŽƌƚŚĚĞĂůŝŶŐǁŝƚŚŝŶŽƌĚĞƌƚŽŐĞƚƚŚĞŬŝŶĚŽĨĂŵĂǌŝŶŐŝŵĂŐĞƐƉŽƐƐŝďůĞǁŝƚŚĂŶŝŵĂŐŝŶŐ ƐĞŶƐŽƌƚŚĂƚŚĂƐƚǁĞŶƚǇƚŽƚŚŝƌƚǇƟŵĞƐŵŽƌĞƐƵƌĨĂĐĞĂƌĞĂƚŚĂŶƚŚĂƚŽĨĂƐŝŵŝůĂƌůǇƉƌŝĐĞĚ͕ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚǀŝĚĞŽĐĂŵĞƌĂ͘dŽĞŵƉŚĂƐŝǌĞ͗these cameras are not designed to shoot movies͘dŚĞŝƌƉƌŝŵĂƌǇĨƵŶĐƟŽŶƌĞŵĂŝŶƐƚŽƐŚŽŽƚƐƟůůƉŚŽƚŽƐ͕ďƵƚit just so happens that they shoot amazing video very inexpensively͕ĂŶĚĨŽƌƚŚĂƚƚŚĞǇĂƌĞǁŽƌƚŚƟŶŬĞƌŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ͕ŚĂĐŬŝŶŐ͕ĂŶĚũƵŵƉŝŶŐƚŚƌŽƵŐŚĂŶƵŵďĞƌŽĨŚŽŽƉƐƚŽƵƐĞ͘ŶĚŵĂŬĞŶŽŵŝƐƚĂŬĞ͗ƚŽ ŵŽĚŝĨǇƚŚĞƐĞƐƟůůĐĂŵĞƌĂƐƚŽďĞŚĂǀĞůŝŬĞ͞ƌĞĂů͟ŵŽǀŝĞĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ͕ƚŚĞƌĞĂƌĞĂlotŽĨŚŽŽƉƐ ƚŽũƵŵƉƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ;ƚŚƵƐƚŚĞůĞŶŐƚŚŽĨƚŚŝƐŐƵŝĚĞͿ͕ďƵƚǇŽƵǁŝůůďĞƌĞǁĂƌĚĞĚďǇƵƐŝŶŐĂ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƚŚĂƚŵĂŶǇŽĨƵƐĐŽƵůĚŽŶůǇĚƌĞĂŵŽĨĂĨĞǁǇĞĂƌƐĂŐŽ͕ĨŽƌĐŚĞĂƉĞƌƚŚĂŶĂŶǇŽĨƵƐ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĞĚ͘

dŚŝƐŐƵŝĚĞĂƐƐƵŵĞƐƐŽŵĞďĂƐŝĐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨŵŽǀŝŶŐŝŵĂŐĞƐ͕ƐƵĐŚĂƐĞǆƉŽƐƵƌĞ͕ƐŚƵƩĞƌ ƐƉĞĞĚ͕ĨŽĐĂůůĞŶŐƚŚ͕ĂŶĚĨƌĂŵĞƌĂƚĞ͘/ƚĨŽĐƵƐĞƐŽŶƚŚĞƚĞĐŚŶŝĐĂůĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞƐƵŶŝƋƵĞ ƚŽ^>ZĐŝŶĞŵĂƚŽŐƌĂƉŚǇͶŝƚǁŽŶ͛ƚƚĞĂĐŚǇŽƵŚŽǁƚŽůŝŐŚƚƐĐĞŶĞƐ͕ƐƚĂŐĞĐĂŵĞƌĂ As with any ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƐ͕ŽƌĐŽŽŬĂĨƵůůŶŐůŝƐŚďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ͘/ƚǁŝůů͕ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ŐŝǀĞǇŽƵĂŚƵŐĞũƵŵƉƐƚĂƌƚ creative tool, a DSLR is only ŝŶĮŐƵƌŝŶŐŽƵƚŚŽǁƚŽŵĂŬĞďĞĂƵƟĨƵů͕ŝŶĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞŵŽǀŝĞƐƵƐŝŶŐĂ^>Z͘ as good as the person using it. /ĐĂŶŽŶůǇƚĂŬĞĐƌĞĚŝƚĨŽƌĂƐŵĂůůƉĞƌĐĞŶƚĂŐĞŽĨƚŚĞŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŚĞƌĞ͘dŚĞǀĂƐƚŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ŽĨŝƚĐŽŵĞƐĨƌŽŵƚĞƌƌŝĮĐƵƐĞƌĨŽƌƵŵƐůŝŬĞs/ŶĨŽ͕ŝŶĞŵĂϱĚ͕syƵƐĞƌ͕ZƵƐĞƌ͕ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂƟǀĞKt͖ŶĞǁƐƐŝƚĞƐůŝŬĞ&ƌĞƐŚsĂŶĚWƌŽsŝĚĞŽŽĂůŝƟŽŶ͖ĂŶĚŶŽƚĞĚ^>ZƵƐĞƌƐ ůŝŬĞWŚŝůŝƉůŽŽŵ͕ĂŶŚƵŶŐ͕sŝŶĐĞŶƚ>Ă&ŽƌĞƚ͕:ŽŶ&ĂŝƌŚƵƌƐƚ͕^ƚƵDĂƐĐŚǁŝƚǌ͕ĂŶĚ^ŚĂŶĞ ,ƵƌůďƵƚ;ŶŽƚƚŽŵĞŶƟŽŶĮƌŵǁĂƌĞůƵŵŝŶĂƌǇdƌĂŵŵ,ƵĚƐŽŶͿ͘/͛ǀĞƚƌŝĞĚƚŽĐƌĞĚŝƚĂŶĚ

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ƐƉĞĐƚZĂƟŽƵƐĞĚƚŽďĞĂŵŽƌĞƉƌŽŵŝŶĞŶƚŝƐƐƵĞĨŽƌĚŝŐŝƚĂůĐŝŶĞŵĂƚŽŐƌĂƉŚĞƌƐƚŚĂŶŝƚ ŝƐƚŽĚĂǇ͗ďĞĨŽƌĞƚŚĞĂĚǀĞŶƚŽĨŚŝŐŚͲĚĞĮŶŝƟŽŶĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ͕ƚŚĞƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚϰ͗ϯĂƐƉĞĐƚƌĂƟŽ ŽĨƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚͲĚĞĮŶŝƟŽŶdsǁĂƐŐĞŶĞƌĂůůǇƐĞĞŶĂƐƵŶĚĞƐŝƌĂďůĞĨŽƌĂŶǇŽŶĞůŽŽŬŝŶŐĨŽƌĂ ͞ĐŝŶĞŵĂƟĐ͟ůŽŽŬ͕ďĞĐĂƵƐĞϰ͗ϯ;Žƌϭ͘ϯϯ͗ϭͿĐŽŶƚĞŶƚǁĂƐĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƚĞĚǁŝƚŚďƌŽĂĚĐĂƐƚds͕ ǁŚŝůĞǁŝĚĞƐĐƌĞĞŶĐŽŵƉŽƐŝƟŽŶƐǁĞƌĞǁŚĂƚƉĞŽƉůĞĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚƚŽƐĞĞŝŶƚŚĞƚŚĞĂƚĞƌ͘tŚĞŶ ǁĞƐĂǇ͞ϰ͗ϯ͕͟ǁĞŵĞĂŶƚŚĞŝŵĂŐĞŝƐĨŽƵƌƵŶŝƚƐǁŝĚĞĂŶĚƚŚƌĞĞƵŶŝƚƐŚŝŐŚ͘tŚĞŶǁĞ ͞ϭ͘ϯϯ͗ϭ͕͟ǁĞŵĞĂŶ͙ǁĞůů͕ǇŽƵŐĞƚŝƚͶƚŚĞƐĂŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ͘DĂŶǇƟŵĞƐƚŚĞ͗͞ϭ͟ŝƐƌĞŵŽǀĞĚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞŝƚŝƐŝŵƉůŝĞĚʹƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐǁŝůůƐŝŵƉůǇƐĂǇ͞ϭ͘ϴϱ͟ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚŽĨ͞ϭ͘ϴϱ͗ϭ͘͟

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Ϯ͘ϯϱ͗ϭĮůŵƐĂƌĞƚǇƉŝĐĂůůǇƐŚŽƚǁŝƚŚ ĂŶĂŵŽƌƉŚŝĐĐŝŶĞůĞŶƐĞƐ͘Anamorphic lensesĂƌĞŶŽƚƐƉŚĞƌŝĐĂůŝŶƚŚĞƐĞŶƐĞƚŚĂƚƚŚĞǇ ƐƋƵĞĞǌĞĂŶŝŵĂŐĞƚŽĮůůƚŚĞŶĞŐĂƟǀĞŽƌƐĞŶƐŽƌ͕ǁŝƚŚĂŶĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂůƐƚĞƉŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌǇĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƉƌŽũĞĐƟŽŶƚŽƌĞͲƐƚƌĞƚĐŚƚŚĞŝŵĂŐĞƚŽƚŚĞŝŶƚĞŶĚĞĚƐŝǌĞ͘dŚĞŽĚĚͲůŽŽŬŝŶŐŝŵĂŐĞŚĞƌĞŽĨ ĂůĞŶƐǁŝƚŚĂŶŽǀĂůĂƉĞƌƚƵƌĞĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞƐƚŚĞŶŽŶͲƐƉŚĞƌŝĐĂůŶĂƚƵƌĞŽĨĂŶĂŶĂŵŽƌƉŚŝĐ ůĞŶƐ;ƚŚĞĂƉĞƌƚƵƌĞŝƐƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇƌŽƵŶĚ͕ďƵƚƚŚĞůĞŶƐŝƐĚŝƐƚŽƌƟŶŐŽƵƌǀŝĞǁŽĨŝƚͿ͘tŚŝůĞŝƚ ŝƐƉŽƐƐŝďůĞƚŽĂƩĂĐŚĂŶĂŶĂŵŽƌƉŚŝĐůĞŶƐƚŽĂ^>Z͕ŵŽƐƚŽĨƵƐǁŝůůƐŝŵƉůǇƐŚŽŽƚĂƚƚŚĞ ŶĂƟǀĞǁŝĚĞƐĐƌĞĞŶĂƐƉĞĐƚƌĂƟŽŽĨϭϲ͗ϵ͘

2. Bokeh

Bokeh;ƉƌŽŶŽƵŶĐĞĚůŝŬĞ͞ďŽ͟ĨƌŽŵ͞ďŽĂƚ͟ĂŶĚ͞ŬĞ͟ĨƌŽŵ͞<ĞŶƚƵĐŬǇ͟ͿŝƐŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞ ĐŚŝĞĨƌĞĂƐŽŶƐŵĂŶǇƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐŚĂǀĞƐǁŝƚĐŚĞĚƚŽ^>ZƐ͘ŽŬĞŚŝƐĂƚĞƌŵĚĞƌŝǀĞĚĨƌŽŵ

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr 13 ƚŚĞ:ĂƉĂŶĞƐĞǁŽƌĚ ͞ďŽŬĞ͟ǁŚŝĐŚ͕ƌŽƵŐŚůǇ ƚƌĂŶƐůĂƚĞĚ͕ŵĞĂŶƐ͞ďůƵƌ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ͘͟ŽŬĞŚƌĞĨĞƌƐƚŽ ƚŚĞƉŽƌƟŽŶƐŽĨĂŶŝŵĂŐĞ ƚŚĂƚĂƌĞĚĞĨŽĐƵƐĞĚŽƌ ďůƵƌƌǇ͘/ŶƚŚĞĮůŵŵĂŬĞƌ͛Ɛ ƚŽŽůŬŝƚ͕ďŽŬĞŚŝƐŶŽƚŽŶůǇ ĂŶĂĞƐƚŚĞƟĐĂůůǇƉůĞĂƐŝŶŐ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ͕ďƵƚŝƚĂůƐŽĂůůŽǁƐ ƚŚĞĮůŵŵĂŬĞƌƚŽĨŽĐƵƐƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁĞƌ͛ƐĞǇĞŽŶĂŶŽďũĞĐƚ ŽƌĂƌĞĂŽĨŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚŝŶƚŚĞ ĨƌĂŵĞ͘ŽŬĞŚŝƐĂĨƵŶĐƟŽŶŽĨƐŚĂůůŽǁĚĞƉƚŚͲŽĨͲĮĞůĚ;ƐĞĞďĞůŽǁͿ͘

3. Compression & Bit Rate Lossy codecs are the reason CompressionƌĞĨĞƌƐƚŽĂŵĞƚŚŽĚĨŽƌƌĞĚƵĐŝŶŐƚŚĞĂŵŽƵŶƚŽĨĚĂƚĂĂ^>ZƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƐ͖ we can record ŝŶƚŚĞĐĂƐĞŽĨǀŝĚĞŽͲƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ^>ZƐ͕ĂůůĐĂŵĞƌĂƐĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇĞŵƉůŽǇƐŽŵĞŵĞƚŚŽĚŽĨ hours of footage ĐŽŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ͘/ĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞƵƐĞĚƚŽƐŚŽŽƟŶŐƉŚŽƚŽƐŝŶ:W'ĨŽƌŵĂƚ͕ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞƵƐĞĚƚŽĐĂƉƚƵƌŝŶŐ to inexpensive ĐŽŵƉƌĞƐƐĞĚŝŵĂŐĞƐ͖ǁŚŝůĞZtĐĂŶĂůƐŽĞŵƉůŽǇĐŽŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ͕ŝƚŝƐŐĞŶĞƌĂůůǇƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ﬂash memory devices like CF ŽĨĂƐ͞ƵŶĐŽŵƉƌĞƐƐĞĚ͘͟dŚŝƐŝƐďĞĐĂƵƐĞ͕ĂƐĨĂƌĂƐƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐĂƌĞĐŽŶĐĞƌŶĞĚ͕ǁŚĞŶǁĞ͛ƌĞ and SD cards. ƚĂůŬŝŶŐĂďŽƵƚĐŽŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶǁĞ͛ƌĞƚĂůŬŝŶŐĂďŽƵƚůŽƐƐǇĐŽŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶͶŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ͕ĂĐŽĚĞĐ ;ĐŽŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůŐŽƌŝƚŚŵͿƚŚĂƚƚŚƌŽǁƐŽƵƚĚĂƚĂŝŶŽƌĚĞƌƚŽƌĞĚƵĐĞĮůĞƐŝǌĞ͘ƐǇŽƵĐĂŶ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĞ͕ƚŽƐƐŝŶŐƉŽƌƟŽŶƐŽĨĂŶŝŵĂŐĞŚĂƐŶĞŐĂƟǀĞƐŝĚĞĞīĞĐƚƐ͕ĂŶĚǁŚŝůĞŵĂŶǇĐŽĚĞĐƐ

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr 14 ĚĞĂůǁŝƚŚŝŵĂŐĞƐƉĞƌĐĞƉƚƵĂůůǇŝŶŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽŵŝŶŝŵŝǌĞƚŚĞŝƌƉĞƌĐĞŝǀĞĚŝŵƉĂĐƚ͕ƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞŝƐƚŚĞƌĞ͘&ŽƌĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ŝĨǇŽƵ ƵƉůŽĂĚĂǀŝĚĞŽƚŽzŽƵdƵďĞ͕ƚŚĞƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƌĞͲ ĐŽŵƉƌĞƐƐĞƐǇŽƵƌǀŝĚĞŽŝŶŽƌĚĞƌƚŽŽƉƟŵŝǌĞ ŝƚĨŽƌŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚĚĞůŝǀĞƌǇ͖ǇŽƵŵŝŐŚƚŶŽƚŶŽƟĐĞ ƚŚŝƐĐŽŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ͕ďƵƚĐŚĞĐŬŽƵƚƚŚŝƐǀŝĚĞŽ ƚŚĂƚ͛ƐďĞĞŶƌĞĐŽŵƉƌĞƐƐĞĚĂƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƟŵĞƐ DSLRs exploded ĂŶĚǇŽƵĐĂŶƐĞĞƚŚĂƚĞǀĞƌǇĐŽŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ in popularity ƐƚĞƉƚŚƌŽǁƐŽƵƚĚĂƚĂĂůŽŶŐƚŚĞǁĂǇ͘KŶƚŚĞ almost ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞƐŝĚĞ͕ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ůŽƐƐǇĐŽĚĞĐƐĂƌĞĂůƐŽƚŚĞƌĞĂƐŽŶǁĞĐĂŶƌĞĐŽƌĚŚŽƵƌƐŽĨĨŽŽƚĂŐĞ singlehandedly ƚŽŝŶĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞŇĂƐŚŵĞŵŽƌǇĚĞǀŝĐĞƐůŝŬĞ&ĂŶĚ^ĐĂƌĚƐ͘ because of their ability to render images with a dŚĞŵŽƐƚĐŽŵŵŽŶĐŽŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶĨŽƌŵĂƚƐŝŶ^>ZƐĂƌĞŚ͘ϮϲϰĂŶĚD:W'͕ĂŶĚǁŚŝůĞďŽƚŚ shallow depth ĂƌĞůŽƐƐǇ͕Ś͘ϮϲϰŝƐŐĞŶĞƌĂůůǇŵƵĐŚŵŽƌĞĞĸĐŝĞŶƚ;ŝƚŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞƐůĞƐƐĂƌƟĨĂĐƚƐĂƚƚŚĞƐĂŵĞ of ﬁeld. ďŝƚƌĂƚĞĂƐDW:'Ϳ͘Bit rateŝƐƚŚĞĂŵŽƵŶƚŽĨĚĂƚĂƉĞƌƟŵĞƚŚĂƚĂŐŝǀĞŶĐŽĚĞĐĂĚŚĞƌĞƐ ƚŽ͖ŚŝŐŚĞƌďŝƚƌĂƚĞƐĂƌĞĂůŵŽƐƚĂůǁĂǇƐďĞƩĞƌďĞĐĂƵƐĞƚŚĞǇƵƐĞůĞƐƐĐŽŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ͘ƚƉƌĞƐƐ ƟŵĞƚŚĞƌĞĂƌĞŶŽ^>ZƐƚŚĂƚƐŚŽŽƚƵŶĐŽŵƉƌĞƐƐĞĚǀŝĚĞŽ͘

4. Depth of Field

dŚĞĂŵŽƵŶƚƚŽǁŚŝĐŚŽďũĞĐƚƐŝŶƚŚĞĨŽƌĞŐƌŽƵŶĚ͕ŵŝĚͲŐƌŽƵŶĚĂŶĚďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚĂƌĞĂůů ŝŶĨŽĐƵƐĂƚŽŶĐĞŝƐĂĨƵŶĐƟŽŶŽĨĚĞƉƚŚŽĨĮĞůĚ͘ƐŚĂůůŽǁĚĞƉƚŚŽĨĮĞůĚǁŽƵůĚŵĞĂŶ ƚŚĂƚŽŶůǇŽŶĞƉůĂŶĞǁĂƐŝŶĨŽĐƵƐ͖ĂǁŝĚĞ;ŽƌĚĞĞƉͿĚĞƉƚŚŽĨĮĞůĚǁŽƵůĚŵĞĂŶƚŚĂƚ ĂůůƉůĂŶĞƐĂƌĞŝŶĨŽĐƵƐĂƚŽŶĐĞ͘ĞƉƚŚŽĨĮĞůĚŝƐĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞĚďǇƚŚĞĨŽĐĂůĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞĂŶĚ

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr 15 ĂƉĞƌƚƵƌĞƐŝǌĞ;ƐĞĞďĞůŽǁĨŽƌ ŵŽƌĞŽŶƉĞƌƚƵƌĞͿ͘^>ZƐ ĞǆƉůŽĚĞĚŝŶƉŽƉƵůĂƌŝƚǇĂůŵŽƐƚ ƐŝŶŐůĞŚĂŶĚĞĚůǇďĞĐĂƵƐĞŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌĂďŝůŝƚǇƚŽƌĞŶĚĞƌŝŵĂŐĞƐ ǁŝƚŚĂƐŚĂůůŽǁĚĞƉƚŚŽĨĮĞůĚ͘ dŚŝƐŝƐĐŚŝĞŇǇĚƵĞƚŽƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞƐĞŶƐŽƌƐŝǌĞƐ;ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞŶĞǆƚĐŚĂƉƚĞƌ͕͞ŚŽŽƐŝŶŐ Ă^>Z͕͟ĨŽƌĂŶĞǆĂŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨƐĞŶƐŽƌƐŝǌĞƐͿ͕ǁŚŝĐŚĂƌĞ ĞǆƉŽŶĞŶƟĂůůǇůĂƌŐĞƌƚŚĂŶ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐǀŝĚĞŽĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ͘KŶĂďĂƐŝĐůĞǀĞů͕ƐŚĂůůŽǁĚĞƉƚŚŽĨĮĞůĚ;K&ͿĂůůŽǁƐĮůŵŵĂŬĞƌƐ ƚŽďůƵƌŽƵƚĂƌĞĂƐŽĨƚŚĞŝŵĂŐĞƚŚĞǇĚĞĞŵƚŽďĞƵŶŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚŽƌƵŶĚĞƐŝƌĞĚ͘

5. Exposure & Aperture

ExposureƌĞĨĞƌƐƚŽƚŚĞĂŵŽƵŶƚŽĨůŝŐŚƚĂůůŽǁĞĚƚŽĞŶƚĞƌƚŚĞ^>ZƐĞŶƐŽƌ;ŽƌĂŶǇŝŵĂŐŝŶŐ ƐƵƌĨĂĐĞͿ͘tŚĞŶƐŚŽŽƟŶŐƐƟůůƐ͕^>ZƐƵƐĞĂŵĞĐŚĂŶŝĐĂůƐŚƵƩĞƌƚŽƌĞŐƵůĂƚĞĞǆƉŽƐƵƌĞďǇ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐĨŽƌƚŚĞĚĞƐŝƌĞĚĂŵŽƵŶƚŽĨƟŵĞ;ϭͬϲϬƚŚŽƌϭͬϭϬϬϬƚŚŽĨĂƐĞĐŽŶĚ͕ĨŽƌĞǆĂŵƉůĞͿ In video mode, ĂŶĚƚŚĞŶĐůŽƐŝŶŐ͘^>ZƐĂƌĞŐĞŶĞƌĂůůǇƌĂƚĞĚƚŽůĂƐƚĨŽƌŚƵŶĚƌĞĚƐŽĨƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐŽĨƐŚƵƩĞƌ DSLRs use ĐǇĐůĞƐ͕ďƵƚĂƚϮϰĨƌĂŵĞƐƉĞƌƐĞĐŽŶĚ͕ĐŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚǇŽƵƌ^>ZƌĞĂĐŚƚŚĂƚůŝŵŝƚǀĞƌǇƋƵŝĐŬůǇ͍EŽ͕ an electronic shutter. ďĞĐĂƵƐĞŝŶǀŝĚĞŽŵŽĚĞ͕^>ZƐƵƐĞĂŶĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐƐŚƵƩĞƌͶƚŚĞƐĞŶƐŽƌďĂƐŝĐĂůůǇƚƵƌŶƐŽŶ ĂŶĚŽīƚŽƌĞŐƵůĂƚĞĞǆƉŽƐƵƌĞ͕ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚŽĨƌĞůǇŝŶŐŽŶĂƉŚǇƐŝĐĂůďĂƌƌŝĞƌ;ŝ͘Ğ͕͘ƚŚĞŵĞĐŚĂŶŝĐĂů ƐŚƵƩĞƌͿƚŽƌĞŐƵůĂƚĞůŝŐŚƚ͘ApertureƌĞĨĞƌƐƚŽƚŚĞĂĚũƵƐƚĂďůĞŽƉĞŶŝŶŐŶĞĂƌƚŚĞƌĞĂƌŽĨ

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr 16 ƚŚĞůĞŶƐƚŚĂƚůĞƚƐůŝŐŚƚƚŚƌŽƵŐŚͶ ƚŚĞĂŵŽƵŶƚŽĨůŝŐŚƚŝƚƚƌĂŶƐŵŝƚƐŝƐ ŐĞŶĞƌĂůůǇƌĞĨĞƌƌĞĚƚŽĂƐƚŚĞ&ͲƐƚŽƉ ;dͲƐƚŽƉŝƐǀĞƌǇƐŝŵŝůĂƌ͕ĞǆĐĞƉƚŝƚ͛Ɛ measuredŝŶƐƚĞĂĚŽĨcalculatedͿ͘ tĞ͛ůůŐŽŵŽƌĞŝŶƚŽĚĞƉƚŚŽŶ ĂƉĞƌƚƵƌĞŝŶƚŚĞ͞>ĞŶƐĞƐ͟ƐĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨƚŚĞŐƵŝĚĞ͕ďƵƚŬĞĞƉŝŶŵŝŶĚƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƐŝǌĞŽĨƚŚĞĂƉĞƌƚƵƌĞĚŽĞƐŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇĂīĞĐƚƚŚĞamountŽĨůŝŐŚƚ͕ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽƚŚĞĂŶŐůĞŽĨůŝŐŚƚƌĂǇƐŚŝƫŶŐ ƚŚĞƐĞŶƐŽƌͶĂŶĂƌƌŽǁĂƉĞƌƚƵƌĞ ĐƌĞĂƚĞƐĂŶŝŵĂŐĞǁŝƚŚĂǁŝĚĞĚĞƉƚŚŽĨĮĞůĚ͕ǁŚĞƌĞĂƐĂůĂƌŐĞĂƉĞƌƚƵƌĞĐƌĞĂƚĞƐĂŶŝŵĂŐĞ ǁŝƚŚĂƐŚĂůůŽǁĞƌĚĞƉƚŚŽĨĮĞůĚ͘

A narrow 6. Focal Length aperture creates an image with a wide depth of dĞĐŚŶŝĐĂůůǇ͕focal lengthƌĞĨĞƌƐƚŽƚŚĞĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞŽǀĞƌǁŚŝĐŚĐŽůůŝŵĂƚĞĚƌĂǇƐĂƌĞďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ﬁeld, whereas a ŝŶƚŽĨŽĐƵƐ͘ŶĞĂƐŝĞƌǁĂǇƚŽƚŚŝŶŬŽĨŝƚ͗ĨŽĐĂůůĞŶŐƚŚƌĞĨĞƌƐƚŽŝŵĂŐĞŵĂŐŶŝĮĐĂƟŽŶ͘ large aperture ůŽŶŐĞƌĨŽĐĂůůĞŶŐƚŚ͕Ğ͘Ő͘ϭϬϬŵŵ͕ŵĂŬĞƐĚŝƐƚĂŶƚŽďũĞĐƚƐĂƉƉĞĂƌůĂƌŐĞƌ͕ǁŚĞƌĞĂƐƚŚŽƐĞ creates an ƐĂŵĞŽďũĞĐƚƐǁŝůůĂƉƉĞĂƌƐŵĂůůĞƌǁŝƚŚĂƐŚŽƌƚĞƌĨŽĐĂůůĞŶŐƚŚ͕Ğ͘Ő͘ϯϱŵŵ͘&ŽĐĂůůĞŶŐƚŚ image with a ĂůƐŽƌĞĨĞƌƐƚŽĂŶŐůĞŽĨǀŝĞǁ͖ůŽŶŐĞƌĨŽĐĂůůĞŶŐƚŚƐŚĂǀĞĂŶĂƌƌŽǁĞƌĂŶŐůĞŽĨǀŝĞǁ͕ǁŚĞƌĞĂƐ shallower depth of ﬁeld. ƐŚŽƌƚĞƌĨŽĐĂůůĞŶŐƚŚƐŚĂǀĞĂďƌŽĂĚĞƌĂŶŐůĞŽĨǀŝĞǁ͘tŚĞŶŝƚĐŽŵĞƐƚŽĨŽĐĂůůĞŶŐƚŚ͕Ă ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞŝƐǁŽƌƚŚĂƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚǁŽƌĚƐ͕ƐŽŚĞƌĞĂƌĞŝŵĂŐĞƐƚĂŬĞŶǁŝƚŚƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂŝŶƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞƉůĂĐĞ͕ďƵƚǁŝƚŚůĞŶƐĞƐŽĨĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚĨŽĐĂůůĞŶŐƚŚƐĂƩĂĐŚĞĚ͗

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Ϯϴŵŵ ϱϬŵŵ

Being able to shoot in 24p is essential if ϳϬŵŵ ϮϭϬŵŵ you’re planning on shooting 7. Frame Rate narrative material. Frame rateŝƐƚŚĞĨƌĞƋƵĞŶĐǇǁŝƚŚǁŚŝĐŚǇŽƵƌ^>ZĐĂƉƚƵƌĞƐĐŽŶƐĞĐƵƟǀĞŝŵĂŐĞƐ͘dŚŝƐ ƚǇƉŝĐĂůůǇĐŽƌƌĞƐƉŽŶĚƐƚŽƚŚĞŶƵŵďĞƌƌŝŐŚƚďĞĨŽƌĞĂ͞W͟ŝŶƚŚĞĐĂƐĞŽĨƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐŝǀĞŝŵĂŐĞƐ͕

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr 18 ƐŽƚŚĂƚϮϰƉŝƐϮϰĨƌĂŵĞƐƉĞƌƐĞĐŽŶĚ͕ϯϬƉŝƐϯϬĨƌĂŵĞƐƉĞƌƐĞĐŽŶĚ͕ĂŶĚϲϬƉŝƐϲ͕ϬϬϬ͕ϬϬϬ ĨƌĂŵĞƐƉĞƌƐĞĐŽŶĚ͘:ƵƐƚŬŝĚĚŝŶŐ͘ŝīĞƌĞŶƚĨƌĂŵĞƌĂƚĞƐŚĂǀĞǀĞƌǇĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚŵŽƟŽŶ ƌĞŶĚĞƌŝŶŐĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝƐƟĐƐ͕ǁŚŝĐŚ͕ĐŽŵďŝŶĞĚǁŝƚŚĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚƐŚƵƩĞƌƐƉĞĞĚƐ͕ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ ŝŵĂŐĞƐƚŚĂƚďĞŚĂǀĞǀĞƌǇĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚůǇ͘DŽƟŽŶƉŝĐƚƵƌĞƐŚĂǀĞŚĂĚĂƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚĨƌĂŵĞƌĂƚĞŽĨ ϮϰĨƌĂŵĞƐƉĞƌƐĞĐŽŶĚƐŝŶĐĞƚŚĞϭϵϮϬƐ͕ĂŶĚĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐŚĂǀĞĐŽŵĞƚŽĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƚĞƚŚŝƐĨƌĂŵĞ ƌĂƚĞǁŝƚŚĐŝŶĞŵĂƟĐĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͕ƐŽďĞŝŶŐĂďůĞƚŽƐŚŽŽƚŝŶϮϰƉŝƐĞƐƐĞŶƟĂůŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ŽŶƐŚŽŽƟŶŐŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů͘,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ǇŽƵĚŽŶ͛ƚĂůǁĂǇƐŚĂǀĞƚŽƐŚŽŽƚĂƚƚŚĞƐĂŵĞ ĨƌĂŵĞƌĂƚĞĂƚǁŚŝĐŚǇŽƵ͛ƌĞƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐŽŶĚŝƐƚƌŝďƵƟŶŐǇŽƵƌŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů͘&ŽƌĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ŝĨǇŽƵƌ ^>ZĐĂŶƐŚŽŽƚϲϬƉ͕ƚŚŝƐŝƐĂǀĞƌǇĞīĞĐƟǀĞǁĂǇŽĨĂĐƋƵŝƌŝŶŐƐůŽǁͲŵŽƟŽŶĨŽŽƚĂŐĞͶ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐƐŚŽƚĂƚϲϬƉĐĂŶďĞƉůĂǇĞĚďĂĐŬĂƚϰϬйƐƉĞĞĚŝŶĂϮϰƉƟŵĞůŝŶĞĨŽƌĂŇĂǁůĞƐƐ ƐůŽǁͲŵŽƟŽŶĞīĞĐƚ͕ĂŶĚĐĂŶŐĞŶĞƌĂůůǇďĞƐůŽǁĞĚĚŽǁŶĨƵƌƚŚĞƌŝŶǇŽƵƌĞĚŝƟŶŐƐǇƐƚĞŵ͘

8. ISO & Noise

ISO is a /^KŝƐĂĐƚƵĂůůǇƚŚĞ/ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂůKƌŐĂŶŝǌĂƟŽŶĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚŝǌĂƟŽŶ͕ǁŚŝĐŚŝƐǁŚǇǇŽƵƐĞĞ logarithmic measurement, ŝƚƵƐĞĚŝŶůŽƚƐŽĨƉůĂĐĞƐďĞǇŽŶĚƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚǇͶŵĂŶǇďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐĂƌĞĐĞƌƟĮĞĚ/^K͗ϵϬϬϭ͕ so ISO 800 ĨŽƌĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͘ƐĐŝŶĞŵĂƚŽŐƌĂƉŚĞƌƐǁĞ͛ƌĞĐŽŶĐĞƌŶĞĚǁŝƚŚũƵƐƚŽŶĞ͞ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚŝǌĂƟŽŶ͕͟ is twice as ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌͶƚŚĞŽŶĞƚŚĂƚƉĞƌƚĂŝŶƐƚŽmeasurement of noise in photography͘/^KĂƐŝƚ sensitive to light ƌĞůĂƚĞƐƚŽĚŝŐŝƚĂůƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚǇŝƐďĂƐĞĚŽŶĂŶĂůŽŐƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐŽĨĮůŵƐƉĞĞĚͶǁŚŝůĞǁĞ as ISO 400, ISO ǁŽŶ͛ƚďĞƐŚŽŽƟŶŐĂĨƌĂŵĞŽĨĂĐƚƵĂůĮůŵǁŝƚŚŽƵƌ^>ZƐ͕ŽƵƌĐĂŵĞƌĂƐĂƌĞĐĂůŝďƌĂƚĞĚƐŽ 400 is twice as ƚŚĂƚĂŶ/^KŽĨϰϬϬŽŶŽƵƌĐĂŵĞƌĂŝƐƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚĞƋƵŝǀĂůĞŶƚƚŽĂĮůŵ^>Z͛Ɛ/^KϰϬϬ͘/^KŝƐĂ sensitive as ISO 200, and so on ůŽŐĂƌŝƚŚŵŝĐŵĞĂƐƵƌĞŵĞŶƚ͕ƐŽ/^KϰϬϬŝƐƚǁŝĐĞĂƐƐĞŶƐŝƟǀĞƚŽůŝŐŚƚĂƐ/^KϮϬϬ͕/^KϮϬϬŝƐ and so forth. ƚǁŝĐĞĂƐƐĞŶƐŝƟǀĞĂƐ/^KϭϬϬ͕ĂŶĚƐŽŽŶĂŶĚƐŽĨŽƌƚŚ͘

dŚĞƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐďĞƚǁĞĞŶƐĞŶƐŝƟǀŝƚǇĂŶĚnoiseŝƐďĂƐŝĐĂůůǇůŝŶĞĂƌ͕ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ƐŽƚŚĞ

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr 19 ŚŝŐŚĞƌƚŚĞ/^K͕ƚŚĞďƌŝŐŚƚĞƌƚŚĞŝŵĂŐĞͶĂŶĚƚŚĞŵŽƌĞŶŽŝƐĞĐŽŶƚĂŝŶĞĚŝŶƚŚĞŝŵĂŐĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ƚŚĂŶŬƐƚŽƐŽƉŚŝƐƟĐĂƚĞĚŶŽŝƐĞƌĞĚƵĐƟŽŶĂŶĚŽƚŚĞƌƉƌŽĐĞƐƐŝŶŐƚƌŝĐŬƐ͕^>ZƐ ŚĂǀĞŵĂŶĂŐĞĚƚŽĚƌĂŵĂƟĐĂůůǇƌĞĚƵĐĞŶŽŝƐĞĂƚŚŝŐŚĞƌ/^KƐ͕ĂŶĚĐĂŶŽŌĞŶďůŽǁĮůŵƐƚŽĐŬ ŽƵƚŽĨƚŚĞǁĂƚĞƌ;ƚŚŝƐĚĞƉĞŶĚƐŽŶǁŚŝĐŚĐĂŵĞƌĂǇŽƵ͛ƌĞƐŚŽŽƟŶŐǁŝƚŚ͕ǁŚŝĐŚǁĞ͛ůůĐŽǀĞƌ ŝŶƚŚĞŶĞǆƚĐŚĂƉƚĞƌͿ͘

9. Progressive vs. Interlaced

InterlacingǁĂƐĂǁŽƌŬĂƌŽƵŶĚŝŶǀĞŶƚĞĚĨŽƌŽůĚĞƌͲ ƚĞĐŚZdŵŽŶŝƚŽƌƐŝŶƚŚĞϭϵϯϬƐƚŚĂƚŚĂƐůŝǀĞĚĨĂƌƚŽŽ ůŽŶŐ͘/ŶƚŚĞĞĂƌůǇĚĂǇƐ͕ǀŝĚĞŽďĂŶĚǁŝĚƚŚǁĂƐŵŽƌĞ ůŝŵŝƚĞĚƚŚĂŶƚŽĚĂǇ͕ĂŶĚƐŽĞŶŐŝŶĞĞƌƐĨŽƵŶĚĂǁĂǇƚŽ ĚŝǀŝĚĞĂĨƌĂŵĞŝŶƚŽƚǁŽŝŵĂŐĞƐĂŶĚĚŝƐƉůĂǇŝƚƵƐŝŶŐ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟŶŐĮĞůĚƐ͘ƐǇŽƵĐĂŶƐĞĞŝŶƚŚŝƐŝŵĂŐĞŽĨĂ Interlacing can ƟƌĞǁŚĞĞů͕ŝŶƚĞƌůĂĐŝŶŐĐĂŶĐĂƵƐĞŵŽƟŽŶĂƌƟĨĂĐƚƐ;ĂƐ cause motion artifacts as well ǁĞůůĂƐĂŚŽƐƚŽĨŽƚŚĞƌƉƌŽďůĞŵƐͿ͘tĞ͛ƌĞůƵĐŬǇƚŽůŝǀĞ as a host of ŝŶĂƉƌĞĚŽŵŝŶĂŶƚůǇƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐŝǀĞƐŽĐŝĞƚǇƚŽĚĂǇͶŝŶ other problems. ƚŚĞŝŵĂŐŝŶŐƐĞŶƐĞŝĨŶŽƚƚŚĞƉŽůŝƟĐĂů͘Progressive scanningŝƐĂŵĞƚŚŽĚƚŚĂƚĐĂƉƚƵƌĞƐ ĂŶĚĚŝƐƉůĂǇƐƚŚĞůŝŶĞƐŽĨĂŶŝŵĂŐĞŝŶƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞ͕ǁŚŝĐŚŝƐĂŬŝŶƚŽŵŽƟŽŶƉŝĐƚƵƌĞĮůŵǁŝƚŚ ƌĞŐĂƌĚƐƚŽŵŽƟŽŶƌĞŶĚĞƌŝŶŐ͘ŽŵƉĂƌĞĚƚŽŝŶƚĞƌůĂĐĞĚŝŵĂŐĞƐ͕ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐŝǀĞŝŵĂŐĞƐŚĂǀĞ ĂŚŝŐŚĞƌǀĞƌƟĐĂůƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶ͕ůŽǁĞƌŝŶĐŝĚĞŶĐĞŽĨĂƌƟĨĂĐƚƐ͕ĂŶĚƐĐĂůĞďĞƩĞƌ;ďŽƚŚƐƉĂƟĂůůǇ ĂŶĚƚĞŵƉŽƌĂůůǇͿ͘&ƌŝĞŶĚƐĚŽŶ͛ƚůĞƚĨƌŝĞŶĚƐƐŚŽŽƚŝŶƚĞƌůĂĐĞĚ͊>ƵĐŬŝůǇ͕ǁŚŝůĞƚŚĞƌĞĂƌĞ ƉůĞŶƚǇŽĨǀŝĚĞŽĐĂŵĞƌĂƐƚŚĂƚƐŚŽŽƚŝŶƚĞƌůĂĐĞĚĨŽŽƚĂŐĞ͕ĞǀĞƌǇ^>Z/ĐĂŶƚŚŝŶŬŽĨƐŚŽŽƚƐ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐŝǀĞĨŽŽƚĂŐĞ͘

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr 20 10. Shu!er Speed

^ŚƵƩĞƌƐƉĞĞĚƌĞĨĞƌƐƚŽƚŚĞůĞŶŐƚŚŽĨƟŵĞĂŶŝŵĂŐĞŝƐĞǆƉŽƐĞĚ͘&ŽƌĮůŵ^>ZƐ͕ƚŚŝƐǁŽƵůĚ ďĞŵĞĂƐƵƌĞĚďǇƚŚĞĂŵŽƵŶƚŽĨƟŵĞƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂ͛ƐŵĞĐŚĂŶŝĐĂůƐŚƵƩĞƌŝƐŽƉĞŶ͕ďƵƚĨŽƌ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐǀŝĚĞŽŽŶ^>ZƐ͕ƚŚŝƐŝƐƐŝŵƵůĂƚĞĚĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐĂůůǇ͘^ŚƵƩĞƌƐƉĞĞĚĂīĞĐƚƐƚŚĞĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨůŝŐŚƚƚŚĂƚƌĞĂĐŚĞƐƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂĂŶĚĂůƐŽĂīĞĐƚƐƚŚĞŵŽƟŽŶƌĞŶĚĞƌŝŶŐŽĨƚŚĞŵŽǀŝŶŐ

Shutter speed aﬀects the amount of light that reaches the camera and also aﬀects the motion rendering of the moving image.

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr 21 ŝŵĂŐĞ͘>ŽǁĞƌƐŚƵƩĞƌƐƉĞĞĚƐǇŝĞůĚĂďƌŝŐŚƚĞƌĂŶĚƐŵŽŽƚŚĞƌŝŵĂŐĞ;ƵƉƚŽĂŶĚŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ǁĂƚĞƌĂŶĚůŝŐŚƚďůƵƌƌŝŶŐƚƌŝĐŬƐͿ͕ǁŚĞƌĞĂƐŚŝŐŚĞƌƐŚƵƩĞƌƐƉĞĞĚƐƌĞƐƵůƚŝŶĂĚĂƌŬĞƌĂŶĚŵŽƌĞ ƐƚƌŽďŽƐĐŽƉŝĐŝŵĂŐĞ͘

DŽƟŽŶƉŝĐƚƵƌĞĮůŵĐĂŵĞƌĂƐƚǇƉŝĐĂůůǇƐŚŽŽƚǁŝƚŚĂϭϴϬͲĚĞŐƌĞĞƐŚƵƩĞƌ͕ǁŚŝĐŚŵĞĂŶƐƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƐŚƵƩĞƌŝƐŽƉĞŶϱϬйŽĨƚŚĞƟŵĞ;ϭϴϬŽƵƚŽĨϯϲϬĚĞŐƌĞĞƐͿ͘dŚŝƐŵĞĂŶƐƚŚĞĂŵŽƵŶƚŽĨ ƟŵĞǇŽƵƌƐŚƵƩĞƌŝƐŽƉĞŶŝƐŚĂůĨŽĨƚŚĞƐŚŽŽƟŶŐĨƌĂŵĞƌĂƚĞ͖ƚŚƵƐ͕ĂƚϮϰĨƌĂŵĞƐƉĞƌƐĞĐŽŶĚ͕ ĂϭϴϬͲĚĞŐƌĞĞƐŚƵƩĞƌŝƐďĞƐƚĞŵƵůĂƚĞĚŽŶĂ^>ZďǇĐŚŽŽƐŝŶŐĂƐŚƵƩĞƌƐƉĞĞĚŽĨϭͬϰϴ͘ dŚŝƐŵĂǇŶŽƚďĞƉŽƐƐŝďůĞĚĞƉĞŶĚŝŶŐŽŶǇŽƵƌ^>Z͕ƐŽƚŚĞĐůŽƐĞƐƚƌĞĂĚŝŶŐǁŝůůĚŽͶϭͬϱϬ ŽƌϭͬϲϬ͕ĨŽƌĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͘dŚŝƐŐŝǀĞƐƚŚĞŵŽƐƚ͞ĮůŵŝĐ͟ƌĞŶĚĞƌŝŶŐŽĨŵŽƟŽŶ͕ďƵƚĐĂŶďĞǀĂƌŝĞĚ ŐƌĞĂƚůǇĚĞƉĞŶĚŝŶŐŽŶǇŽƵƌŝŶƚĞŶƟŽŶ͘,ŝŐŚĞƌƐŚƵƩĞƌƐƉĞĞĚƐĐƌĞĂƚĞ͞ũĞƌŬŝĞƌ͟ŝŵĂŐĞƐ͕ĂƐ ŵŽƐƚĨĂŵŽƵƐůǇƐĞĞŶŝŶĂĐƟŽŶĮůŵƐůŝŬĞ^ĂǀŝŶŐWƌŝǀĂƚĞZǇĂŶĂŶĚ'ůĂĚŝĂƚŽƌ͘ŽŶǀĞƌƐĞůǇ͕ ůŽǁĞƌƐŚƵƩĞƌƐƉĞĞĚƐĐƌĞĂƚĞ͞ƐŵŽŽƚŚĞƌ͟ŝŵĂŐĞƐĚƵĞƚŽŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚŵŽƟŽŶďůƵƌ͘dŚĞƌĞŝƐŶŽ ŚĂƌĚĂŶĚĨĂƐƚƌƵůĞǁŚĞŶŝƚĐŽŵĞƐƚŽƐŚƵƩĞƌƐƉĞĞĚ͕ďƵƚŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞŶŽƚƐƵƌĞŽĨǁŚĂƚƐŚƵƩĞƌ ƐƉĞĞĚƚŽƐĞůĞĐƚ͕ŐŽǁŝƚŚƚŚĞƐĞƫŶŐƚŚĂƚ͛ƐĐůŽƐĞƐƚƚŽŚĂůĨƚŚĂƚŽĨǇŽƵƌĐƵƌƌĞŶƚĨƌĂŵĞƌĂƚĞ͘

KŬĂǇ͊dŚĂƚǁĂƐŵƵĐŚůŽŶŐĞƌĐŚĂƉƚĞƌƚŚĂŶ/ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ͕ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞďůŝƚǌŝŶŐƚŚƌŽƵŐŚƚŚĞƐĞ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚƐĂƐƋƵŝĐŬůǇĂƐƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͘/ĨǇŽƵĚŽŶ͛ƚƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ͕ĚŽŶ͛ƚǁŽƌƌǇʹǇŽƵ͛ůů ĮŐƵƌĞŝƚŽƵƚĂƐǇŽƵŐŽ͘EŽǁůĞƚ͛ƐŐĞƚƐƚĂƌƚĞĚǁŝƚŚ^>ZƐďǇĐŚĞĐŬŝŶŐŽƵƚƐŽŵĞĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ͘

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CHOOSING A DSLR

Which camera is right for me?

dŚŝƐŐƵŝĚĞĨŽĐƵƐĞƐŽŶĂŶŽŶ͛ƐK^ƐĞƌŝĞƐŽĨ^>ZƐ;ϭDĂƌŬ/s͕ϱDĂƌŬ//͕ϳ͕ϲϬ͕ZĞďĞůdϭŝ͕ ZĞďĞůdϮŝͿ͕ďƵƚĂůƐŽƉĞƌƚĂŝŶƐƚŽEŝŬŽŶ͛ƐĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ;ϯϭϬϬ͕ϵϬ͕ϯϬϬƐ͕ϯƐͿ͕ĂƐǁĞůůĂƐŽƚŚĞƌ ǀŝĚĞŽͲĐĂƉĂďůĞ^>ZƐůŝŬĞƚŚĞWĂŶĂƐŽŶŝĐ>Ƶŵŝǆ',ϭ͕WĞŶƚĂǆ<Ͳϳ,͕ĂŶĚ^ŽŶǇ͛Ɛϱϱ͕ϯϯ͕ĂŶĚ EyƐĞƌŝĞƐ͘'ŝǀĞŶŶĞǁĐĂŵĞƌĂƐĂƌĞĂůǁĂǇƐŚŝƫŶŐƚŚĞŵĂƌŬĞƚ͕ǇŽƵŵŝŐŚƚǁĂŶƚƚŽĐŚĞĐŬŽƵƚ ƚŚĞƚŽƉͲƐĞůůŝŶŐ^>ZƐůŝƐƚƚŽĮŶĚŽƵƚǁŚĂƚ͛ƐĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ͘/ĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞǁŽŶĚĞƌŝŶŐǁŚǇƐŽŵĞ^>ZƐ ƐŚŽŽƚǀŝĚĞŽĂŶĚŽƚŚĞƌƐĚŽŶ͛ƚͶŽƌǁŚǇŶŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞŵĚŝĚĂĐŽƵƉůĞǇĞĂƌƐĂŐŽͶĐŚĞĐŬŽƵƚ 'ŝǌŵŽĚŽ͛ƐĂƌƟĐůĞ͘ƚƚŚŝƐƉŽŝŶƚŝŶƟŵĞ/ďĞůŝĞǀĞƚŚĞĂŶŽŶ^>ZƐŽīĞƌƚŚĞďĞƐƚƋƵĂůŝƚǇĂŶĚ ŇĞǆŝďŝůŝƚǇĨŽƌĮůŵŵĂŬĞƌƐ͕ĚƵĞŝŶƉĂƌƚƚŽƚŚĞŝƌƐƵƉĞƌŝŽƌŚ͘ϮϲϰͲďĂƐĞĚĐŽĚĞĐ;ǁŚŝĐŚŝƐŽĨŚŝŐŚĞƌ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇƚŚĂŶƚŚĞD:W'ĐŽĚĞĐƐŽĨEŝŬŽŶĂŶĚƚŚĞůŽǁĞƌͲďŝƚƌĂƚĞs,ĐŽĚĞĐŽĨWĂŶĂƐŽŶŝĐ͛Ɛ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐͿ͘,ŽǁĞǀĞƌƚŚĞƌĞĂƌĞƐĞǀĞƌĂůƚŽƉ^>ZƐĐŽŶƚĞŶĚŝŶŐĨŽƌǇŽƵƌŚĂƌĚͲĞĂƌŶĞĚĚŽůůĂƌƐ;ŶŽƚ

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dŚĞŵĂŝŶƚŚŝŶŐƚŽƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚǁŚŝůĞƌĞĂĚŝŶŐƚŚĞĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐĐŽŵƉĂƌŝƐŽŶŝƐŚŽǁ^>Z ƐĞŶƐŽƌƐŝǌĞĂīĞĐƚƐƚŚĞŝŵĂŐĞƐƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƐ͘>ĂƌŐĞƌƐĞŶƐŽƌƐĂƌĞŶ͛ƚalwaysďĞƩĞƌ͕ ďƵƚĨŽƌŽƵƌƉƵƌƉŽƐĞƐŝƚ͛ƐĞĂƐŝĞƐƚƚŽƚŚŝŶŬŽĨůĂƌŐĞƌƐĞŶƐŽƌƐĂƐĐĂƉƚƵƌŝŶŐŝŵĂŐĞƐƚŚĂƚŚĂǀĞ ĂƐŚĂůůŽǁĞƌĚĞƉƚŚŽĨĮĞůĚ͕ŐƌĞĂƚĞƌĚǇŶĂŵŝĐƌĂŶŐĞ͕ĂŶĚďĞƩĞƌůŽǁͲůŝŐŚƚƐĞŶƐŝƟǀŝƚǇ͘,ĞƌĞŝƐ ĂĐŚĂƌƚŽĨ^>ZƐĞŶƐŽƌƐŝǌĞ͗ 1

ƐǇŽƵĐĂŶƐĞĞŝŶƚŚĞĐŚĂƌƚ͕ĂŶŽŶ ĂŶĚEŝŬŽŶ͛ƐŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶŽĨ W^ͲŝƐslightlyĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͕ďƵƚ ŶŽƚĞŶŽƵŐŚƚŽŵĂŬĞĂƉƌĂĐƟĐĂů ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ͘&ŽƌĐŽŵƉĂƌŝƐŽŶ͛ƐƐĂŬĞ͕ /͛ǀĞŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚƚŚĞΨϵ͕ϬϬϬ^ŽŶǇyͲϯ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůǀŝĚĞŽĐĂŵĞƌĂŝŶƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌƚͶǇŽƵĐĂŶƐĞĞŚŽǁŵƵĐŚ ůĂƌŐĞƌĂůůŽĨƚŚĞƐĞ^>ZƐĞŶƐŽƌƐĂƌĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚŝƐƚŚĞĐŚŝĞĨƌĞĂƐŽŶǁŚǇ^>ZƐ ĂƌĞƐƵĐŚĂĚŝƐƌƵƉƟǀĞƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐǇ͘ tŝƚŚƚŚŝƐŝŶŵŝŶĚ͕ůĞƚ͛ƐƚĂŬĞĂůŽŽŬ ĂƚƚŚĞƚŽƉ^>ZƐĨŽƌĮůŵŵĂŬŝŶŐ͗

1 Sensor size illustration modiﬁed from a Wikipedia image by Moxfyre and Autopilot.

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/camera 24 Canon 5D Mark II

Strengths:/ŶŵǇŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ͕ƚŚĂŶŬƐƚŽŝƚƐĨƵůůĨƌĂŵĞ ƐĞŶƐŽƌƚŚĞϱƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƐƚŚĞƐŵŽŽƚŚĞƐƚ͕ŵŽƐƚ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵůŝŵĂŐĞƐŽĨƚŚĞŵĂůů;ƚŚŝƐƐŚŽƵůĚďĞǁƌŝƩĞŶ ŽƵƚĨŽƵƌƟŵĞƐďĞĐĂƵƐĞƚŚŝƐĨĂĐƚŽƌĨĂƌŽƵƚǁĞŝŐŚƐ ƚŚĞŽƚŚĞƌƐ͙ͿůƐŽĚƵĞƚŽƚŚĞƐĞŶƐŽƌƐŝǌĞ͕ƚŚĞϱŝƐ ƚŚĞĨƌŝĞŶĚůŝĞƐƚŽĨƚŚĞĂŶŽŶ^>ZƐĨŽƌƵƐŝŶŐŽůĚ^>Z ůĞŶƐĞƐ;ǇŽƵĚŽŶ͛ƚŚĂǀĞƚŽĚĞĂůǁŝƚŚĐƌŽƉĨĂĐƚŽƌƐͿ͘ dŚĂŶŬƐƚŽĂĮƌŵǁĂƌĞƵƉĚĂƚĞ͕ƐŚŽŽƚƐĂƚϭϬϴϬƉͬϮϰƉ ĂƐǁĞůůĂƐϯϬƉ͘ůƐŽŚĂƐŵĂŶƵĂůϰϴ<,ǌĂƵĚŝŽ͘'ŽŽĚ ďƵŝůĚƋƵĂůŝƚǇ͘^ŚŽŽƚƐƚĞƌƌŝĮĐƐƟůůƐ͘

One important Weaknesses:,D/ŽƵƚƉƵƚĚƌŽƉƐƚŽϰϴϬƉƚŚĞŵŽŵĞŶƚǇŽƵŚŝƚƌĞĐŽƌĚ͖ƚŚŝƐŝƐƚĞƌƌŝďůĞĨŽƌ issue regarding your DSLR ƵƐŝŶŐĮĞůĚŵŽŶŝƚŽƌƐ;ŶŽƚƐŽŵƵĐŚĂŶŝƐƐƵĞŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐŽŶƵƐŝŶŐĂ>ǀŝĞǁĮŶĚĞƌͿ͘ choice that you &ŽŽƚĂŐĞƐƚĂƌƚƐƚŽŐĞƚŶŽŝƐǇĨƌŽŵŚĞĂƚǁŝƚŚŽƵƚƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂƚĞůůŝŶŐǇŽƵŝƚ͛ƐŽǀĞƌŚĞĂƟŶŐ͘ won’t ﬁnd in &ƵůůĨƌĂŵĞƐĞŶƐŽƌĐĂŶďĞĂŶŝƐƐƵĞŝĨǇŽƵǁĂŶƚƚŽĂĚĂƉƚĐŝŶĞůĞŶƐĞƐ͕ǁŚŝĐŚĚŽŶ͛ƚĐŽǀĞƌ a manual or ƚŚĞĂůŵŽƐƚVistaVisionͲƐŝǌĞĚƐĞŶƐŽƌ͘EŽϱϬƉŽƌϲϬƉǁŚŝĐŚŵĞĂŶƐǇŽƵĐĂŶ͛ƚŐĞƚŐƌĞĂƚ spec sheet is ƐůŽǁͲŵŽƟŽŶĨŽŽƚĂŐĞĨƌŽŵƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂ͘&ƵůůĨƌĂŵĞƐĞŶƐŽƌŵĞĂŶƐǇŽƵƌĚĞƉƚŚŽĨĮĞůĚŝƐƐŽ the camera’s ƐŚĂůůŽǁƚŚĂƚŝƚĐĂŶďĞĚŝĸĐƵůƚƚŽƉƵůůĨŽĐƵƐ͘ hackability. Canon T2i (a.k.a 550D)

Strengths:ŐƌĞĂƚĚĞĂůͶŝƚ͛ƐďĂƐŝĐĂůůǇƚŚĞƐĂŵĞĐĂŵĞƌĂĂƐƚŚĞϳ;ƐĞĞďĞůŽǁͿĨŽƌůĞƐƐ

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/camera 25 ƚŚĂŶŚĂůĨƚŚĞƉƌŝĐĞ͘ŝŶĞŵĂͲƐŝǌĞĚW^ͲƐĞŶƐŽƌƐŝǌĞ ǁŝƚŚůŽƚƐŽĨƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐŽƉƟŽŶƐ͗ĂƚϭϬϴϬƉ͕ϮϰƉͬϮϱƉͬϯϬƉ͖ ĂƚϳϮϬƉ͕ϱϬƉͬϲϬƉ;ŐƌĞĂƚĨŽƌƐůŽǁͲŵŽǁŽƌŬͿ͘dĞƌƌŝĮĐ >ƐĐƌĞĞŶ͘ŝĚ/ŵĞŶƟŽŶƚŚĞdϮŝŝƐĂŐƌĞĂƚĚĞĂů͍/DK ŝƚĐĂŶ͛ƚďĞďĞĂƚĂƐĂ͞ĮƌƐƚ^>Z͘͟

Weaknesses:EŽƚŵƵĐŚǁĞĂƚŚĞƌĐŽĂƟŶŐ͕ĂŶĚŶŽƚĂƐ ŐŽŽĚĂƚƐŚŽŽƟŶŐƐƟůůƐĂƐƐŽŵĞŽĨƚŚĞŽƚŚĞƌƐ;ƐůŽǁĞƌ ĐŽŶƟŶƵŽƵƐƐŚŽŽƟŶŐƐƉĞĞĚ͕ŶŽƚŽƉ>Ϳ͘,D/ͲŽƵƚ ĚƌŽƉƐƚŽϰϴϬƉĚƵƌŝŶŐƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ͘KǀĞƌŚĞĂƚƐĞĂƐŝůǇ͘EŽ ŵĂŶƵĂůĂƵĚŝŽĐŽŶƚƌŽůĂŶĚŶŽŵĂŶƵĂůǁŚŝƚĞďĂůĂŶĐŝŶŐ͘ Canon 7D

Strengths:KīĞƌƐƐŽŵĞĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞƐŽǀĞƌŝƚƐĐŚĞĂƉĞƌ ĐŽƵƐŝŶdϮŝ͕ĐŚŝĞŇǇƚŚĂƚŝƚƐ,D/ͲŽƵƚƐƚĂǇƐĂƚϭϬϴϬŝ ĚƵƌŝŶŐƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ͘/ĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐŽŶƵƐŝŶŐĂ ĮĞůĚŵŽŶŝƚŽƌ͕ƚŚŝƐŝƐŚƵŐĞ͘dŚĞϳŝƐĂůƐŽĐƌĂǌŝůǇ ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌƉƌŽŽĨĞĚͶǀŝĚĞŽĐĂŵĞƌĂƵƐĞƌƐǁŝůůŶŽƚďĞ ƵƐĞĚƚŽďĞŝŶŐĂďůĞƚŽůĞĂǀĞĂĐĂŵĞƌĂƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐŝŶƌĂŝŶ ĂŶĚƐŶŽǁ͕ďƵƚƚŚĞϳĐĂŶŚĂŶĚůĞĂĚǀĞƌƐĞĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚĂƉůŽŵď͖ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐƚŽŬĞĞƉŝŶŵŝŶĚŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐŝŶĞǆƚƌĞŵĞĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ͘^ĂŵĞƐĞŶƐŽƌƐŝǌĞĂŶĚ ŇĞǆŝďůĞǀŝĚĞŽƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐŽƉƟŽŶƐĂƐƚŚĞdϮŝ͘

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/camera 26 Weaknesses:DŽƌĞĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞƚŚĂŶƚŚĞdϮŝǁŝƚŚŽƵƚŽīĞƌŝŶŐĂƚŽŶŽĨƵƉŐƌĂĚĞĚĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐʹ ŝƚ͛ƐƐƟůůƉƌŝĐĞĚǀĞƌǇĂŐŐƌĞƐƐŝǀĞůǇ͕ĂŶĚŝƚƐƉƌŝĐĞǁŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚďĞĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚĂ͞ǁĞĂŬŶĞƐƐ͟ŝĨŝƚ ǁĞƌĞŶ͛ƚĨŽƌƚŚĞĐŚĞĂƉŶĞƐƐŽĨƚŚĞdϮŝ͘KǀĞƌŚĞĂƚƐĞĂƐŝůǇ͘EŽŵĂŶƵĂůĂƵĚŝŽĐŽŶƚƌŽů͘ Canon 1D Mark IV

Strengths:ĂŶŽŶĞŶŐŝŶĞĞƌƐĂƉƉůŝĞĚƐŽŵĞŵĂŐŝĐ ƚŽƚŚĞƐĞŶƐŽƌĂŶĚŐŽƚƐŽŵĞĞǆƚƌĂůŽǁͲůŝŐŚƚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞŽƵƚŽĨƚŚĞƐĞŶƐŽƌ;ŵŽƐƚĨĂŵŽƵƐůǇ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞĚďǇEŽĐƚƵƌŶĞͿ͘W^Ͳ,ƐĞŶƐŽƌ ƐŝǌĞƐƉůŝƚƐƚŚĞĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞďĞƚǁĞĞŶ&Ƶůů&ƌĂŵĞ ĂŶĚW^Ͳ͕ǁŚŝĐŚĐĂŶŽīĞƌƐŽŵĞŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞƐ;ǌŽŽŵůĞŶƐĞƐŐĞƚĂďŝƚŵŽƌĞƌĞĂĐŚĂŶĚ ǇŽƵƌůĞŶƐŬŝƚĞīĞĐƟǀĞůǇĚŽƵďůĞƐŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞƉĂŝƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞϭǁŝƚŚĂĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚĐĂŵĞƌĂďĞĐĂƵƐĞƉƌŝŵĞƐ ĂƩĂŝŶĂĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚĨŽĐĂůůĞŶŐƚŚŽŶƚŚĞϭͿ͘ĞĞĮĞƌ ďĂƩĞƌŝĞƐ͕ďĞĞĮĞƌďƵŝůĚƋƵĂůŝƚǇ͘

Weaknesses:W^Ͳ,ƐĞŶƐŽƌƐƉůŝƚƐƚŚĞĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞďĞƚǁĞĞŶ&Ƶůů&ƌĂŵĞĂŶĚW^Ͳ͕ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐĂŶŽīĞƌƐŽŵĞŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐĚŝƐĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞƐ;ŐŽŽĚůƵĐŬĮŶĚŝŶŐŐŽŽĚǁŝĚĞͲĂŶŐůĞůĞŶƐĞƐͿ͘EŽ ŵĂŶƵĂůĂƵĚŝŽ͘DŽƌĞƚŚĂŶƚǁŝĐĞĂƐĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞĂƐƚŚĞϱDĂƌŬ//͕ǇĞƚŚĂƐĂƐŵĂůůĞƌƐĞŶƐŽƌ͘ Nikon D3s

Strengths:&ƵůůĨƌĂŵĞƐĞŶƐŽƌũƵƐƚůŝŬĞƚŚĞϱŵŬ//͖ƚŚĞďĞƐƚůŽǁͲůŝŐŚƚƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞƌŽĨƚŚĞŵ

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/camera 27 ĂůůƚŚĂŶŬƐƚŽͿƚŚĞƐŝǌĞŽĨƚŚĞƐĞŶƐŽƌ͕ͿůĂƌŐĞƌ ƉŝǆĞůƐŽŶƚŚĞƐĂŵĞƐŝǌĞƐĞŶƐŽƌ;ƚŚĞϯƐŝƐϭϮDW ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚŽĨϮϭDWͿ͕ĂŶĚͿďĞƩĞƌŶŽŝƐĞƌĞĚƵĐƟŽŶ͘/Ĩ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞŐŽƚĂůŽƚŽĨEŝŬŽŶůĞŶƐĞƐ͕ǇŽƵĚŽŶ͛ƚŶĞĞĚƚŽ ŵĞƐƐǁŝƚŚĂĚĂƉƚĞƌƐ͘WƌŽďĂďůǇƚŚĞďĞƐƚĐĂŵĞƌĂŝŶ ƚŚŝƐƌŽƵŶĚƵƉĨŽƌƚĂŬŝŶŐƐƟůůƉŚŽƚŽƐ͘

Weaknesses:DĂǆĞƐŽƵƚĂƚϳϮϬƉ͊ƌĂƉƉǇƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ĐŽĚĞĐ͘ϱͲŵŝŶƵƚĞĐůŝƉůŝŵŝƚ;ĂŶŽŶƐŵĂǆŽƵƚĂƚ ϭϮŵŝŶƵƚĞƚĂŬĞƐͿ͘EŝŬŽŶĞŶŐŝŶĞĞƌƐĂƌĞƐƟůůƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚůǇďĞŚŝŶĚĂŶŽŶĞŶŐŝŶĞĞƌƐǁŚĞŶ ŝƚĐŽŵĞƐƚŽǀŝĚĞŽĂŶĚƐŽƚŚĞΨϱŬEŝŬŽŶ^>ZƚƌĂŝůƐƚŚĞΨϴϬϬĂŶŽŶǁŚĞŶŝƚĐŽŵĞƐƚŽ ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶ͕ĐŽĚĞĐ͕ĂŶĚĨƌĂŵĞƌĂƚĞŽƉƟŽŶƐ͘EŽŵĂŶƵĂůĂƵĚŝŽĐŽŶƚƌŽů͘ Panasonic GH1

Strengths:/ŶĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ͘KīĞƌƐϭϬϴϬƉĂƚϮϰƉĂŶĚ ϳϮϬƉĂƚϲϬƉ;ĨŽƌEŽƌƚŚŵĞƌŝĐĂ͖ϮϱƉĂŶĚϱϬƉĨŽƌ W>ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐͿ͘ƌƟĐƵůĂƟŶŐ>ƐĐƌĞĞŶĂŶĚĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ǀŝĂďůĞĂƵƚŽĨŽĐƵƐŐŝǀĞƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐŐƌĞĂƚĞƌŇĞǆŝďŝůŝƚǇƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞŽƚŚĞƌ^>ZƐŚĞƌĞ͘dŚĞ',ϭĂůƐŽĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚůŝŶĞͲ ƐŬŝƉůŝŬĞƚŚĞĂŶŽŶƐĚŽǁŚŝĐŚƌĞĚƵĐĞƐŽƌĞůŝŵŝŶĂƚĞƐ ĂůŝĂƐŝŶŐƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ͘/ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌƚŚĞ',ϭƚŽďĞĂ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇǀŝĂďůĞĐĂŵĞƌĂĨŽƌĮůŵŵĂŬŝŶŐďĞĐĂƵƐĞŽĨ ŝƚƐĐŽĚĞĐ͕ƵŶƟůŝƚǁĂƐƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚůǇƵƉŐƌĂĚĞĚƚŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽĂďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚŚĂĐŬĞĚĮƌŵǁĂƌĞƚŚĂƚĂůůŽǁƐƚŚĞĐŽĚĞĐďŝƚƌĂƚĞƚŽďĞƌĂŝƐĞĚĨƌŽŵϭϳDďŝƚ

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/camera 28 ƚŽϱϬDďŝƚ͘&ŽƌŵŽƌĞŽŶƚŚŝƐĮƌŵǁĂƌĞ͕ƐĞĞƚŚĞĐŚĂƉƚĞƌ͞',ϭ&ŝƌŵǁĂƌĞ͘͟ƚƐƵĐŚĂ ŚŝŐŚĚĂƚĂƌĂƚĞƚŚĞĞĸĐŝĞŶĐǇŽĨƚŚĞĐŽĚĞĐŝƐŵƵĐŚůĞƐƐŽĨĂŶŝƐƐƵĞ͖ƚŚŝƐƐŝŶŐůĞŚĂŶĚĞĚůǇ ƚƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵƐƚŚĞ',ϭŝŶƚŽĂǀŝĂďůĞŵŽǀŝĞŵĂŬŝŶŐƚŽŽů͘syhƐĞƌŚĂƐƐŽŵĞ',ϭͬϱ ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝƐŽŶƐ͕ĨƌŽŵǁŚŝĐŚƵƐĞƌƐƐĞĞŵƚŽĨĂǀŽƌƚŚĞ',ϭ͛ƐŝŵĂŐĞ͘

Weaknesses:>ŽǁͲďŝƚƌĂƚĞĐŽĚĞĐŝƐĐƌŝƉƉůŝŶŐŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞŶŽƚŝŶƚŽƚŚĞŝĚĞĂŽĨŝŶƐƚĂůůŝŶŐ ƵŶƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚŚĂĐŬĞĚĮƌŵǁĂƌĞŽŶǇŽƵƌΨϭŬĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ͘EŽƚŐƌĞĂƚŝŶůŽǁůŝŐŚƚŶŽŵĂƩĞƌ ǁŚĂƚǇŽƵĚŽƚŽƚŚĞĮƌŵǁĂƌĞ͘DŝĐƌŽϰͬϯƐĞŶƐŽƌǁŽŶ͛ƚŐŝǀĞǇŽƵĂƐƐŚĂůůŽǁĂK&ĂƐƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚŽĨƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂƐŚĞƌĞ͘EŽŵĂŶƵĂůĂƵĚŝŽŽƉƟŽŶƐ͘

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/͛ǀĞĂƌƌĂŶŐĞĚƚŚĞƐĞĂƌĐŚƌĞƐƵůƚƐďǇƉƌŝĐĞ;ůŽǁĞƐƚƚŽŚŝŐŚĞƐƚͿ͕ďƵƚǇŽƵ͛ůůǁĂŶƚƚŽƐĐĂŶƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚůŝƐƟŶŐƐƚŽĮŶĚƚŚĞďĞƐƚĚĞĂů;ƐŽŵĞǁŝůůĐŽŵĞǁŝƚŚůĞŶƐĞƐ͕ƐŽŵĞǁŝůůďĞďŽĚǇͲ ŽŶůǇ͕ĂŶĚŽƚŚĞƌƐǁŝůůĐŽŵĞŝŶůĂƌŐĞƌƉĂĐŬĂŐĞƐǁŝƚŚŵƵůƟƉůĞďƵŶĚůĞĚŝƚĞŵƐͿ͘ůƐŽŵĂŬĞ ƐƵƌĞƚŽŶŽƚĞƚŚĞƐŚŝƉƉŝŶŐĨĞĞͶƐŽŵĞĂƌĞŶŽŶͲĞǆŝƐƚĞŶƚĂŶĚƐŽŵĞĂƌĞĞǆŽƌďŝƚĂŶƚ͘KŶĐĞ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞĨŽƵŶĚǇŽƵƌŝƚĞŵ͕ďĞƐƵƌĞƚŽƐĞĂƌĐŚƚŚĞŝƚĞŵ͛ƐůŝƐƟŶŐƉĂŐĞĨŽƌ͞h^tĂƌƌĂŶƚǇ͕͟ ͞ƵƚŚŽƌŝǌĞĚĞĂůĞƌ͕͟ŽƌƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐƐŝŵŝůĂƌƚŚĂƚĂĸƌŵƐƚŚĞƐĞůůĞƌŝƐĂƵƚŚŽƌŝǌĞĚƚŽƐĞůů ƚŚĞƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌďƌĂŶĚŽĨ^>ZǇŽƵ͛ƌĞďƵǇŝŶŐ͘/ƚƌŝĞĚƚŽĐƵƐƚŽŵŝǌĞƚŚĞƐĞĂƌĐŚĂƐŵƵĐŚĂƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͕ďƵƚŝƚ͛ƐďǇŶŽŵĞĂŶƐŝŶĨĂůůŝďůĞ͕ƐŽŵĂŬĞƐƵƌĞƚŚĞǇƐƚĂƚĞƐŽŵĞǁŚĞƌĞŝŶƚŚĞŝƌ ůŝƐƟŶŐƚŚĂƚƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞĂƵƚŚŽƌŝǌĞĚ͘ Good used equipment is &ŝŶĂůůǇ͕ďǇďƵǇŝŶŐƵƐĞĚĂĐĐĞƐƐŽƌŝĞƐŽŶĞĂǇ͕ǇŽƵĐĂŶƐĂǀĞŚƵŶĚƌĞĚƐ͖ƚŚĞĞŶĚƌĞƐƵůƚŝƐ always better than cheap new ĞŝƚŚĞƌƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚŵŽŶĞǇƐĂǀĞĚŽƌŵŽƌĞĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞĚ͘ĮŶĂůƟƉ͗ŝĨǇŽƵƚŚŝŶŬ equipment. ǇŽƵŵŝŐŚƚĨƌĞĞůĂŶĐĞĂŶĚĐŚĂƌŐĞĂŶĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚĨĞĞ͕ŬĞĞƉŝŶŵŝŶĚǇŽƵƌƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌǁŽŶ͛ƚ ŬŶŽǁŝĨǇŽƵďŽƵŐŚƚǇŽƵƌĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚƵƐĞĚ͖ŐŽŽĚƵƐĞĚĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚŝƐĂůǁĂǇƐďĞƩĞƌƚŚĂŶ ĐŚĞĂƉŶĞǁĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ͘

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STUCK PIXELS

What are these tiny, persistent dots on my image?

ŶŽƚŚĞƌƌĞĂƐŽŶƚŽďƵǇǇŽƵƌĐĂŵĞƌĂĨƌŽŵĂŶĂƵƚŚŽƌŝǌĞĚĚĞĂůĞƌŝƐƚŚĞĂůůͲƚŽŽͲĐŽŵŵŽŶŝƐƐƵĞŽĨ ƐƚƵĐŬƉŝǆĞůƐ;ĂůƐŽŬŶŽǁŶĂƐ͞ŚŽƚ͟Žƌ͞ĚĞĂĚ͟ƉŝǆĞůƐ͖ƐĞĞƚŚĞƉƵƌƉůĞĚŽƚŽŶƚŚĞŶĞǆƚƉĂŐĞĨŽƌĂŶ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞͿ͘tŝƚŚƚŚĞĞǆƚƌĞŵĞůǇŚŝŐŚƉŝǆĞůͲĐŽƵŶƚDK^ƐĞŶƐŽƌƐ;ĂŶĚŵĂƐƐŝǀĞƐĞŶƐŽƌƐŝǌĞƐͿŽĨ You will almost ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ^>ZƐ͕ǇŽƵǁŝůůĂůŵŽƐƚĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇŐĞƚĂĐĂŵĞƌĂƚŚĂƚƐŚŝƉƐǁŝƚŚĂĨĞǁŚŽƚƉŝǆĞůƐ͖ǀŝĚĞŽ certainly get ĐĂŵĞƌĂƵƐĞƌƐĂĐĐƵƐƚŽŵĞĚƚŽͲďĂƐĞĚŝŵĂŐĞƌƐŵĂǇŶŽƚďĞƌĞĂĚǇĨŽƌƚŚŝƐ͘&ŽƌƉƌŽ^>ZƐ a camera that ƚŚĂƚƐŚŝƉǁŝƚŚϮϬŵŝůůŝŽŶƉŝǆĞůƐ͕ƐĞǀĞƌĂůƐƚƵĐŬƉŝǆĞůƐĂƌĞǁĞůůǁŝƚŚŝŶĂŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌĞƌ͛ƐƚŽůĞƌĂƚĞĚ ships with a few ƐƉĞĐƐ͕ĂŶĚƉƌŽƉŚŽƚŽĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐůŝŬĞ>ŝŐŚƚƌŽŽŵŽƌƉĞƌƚƵƌĞŽŌĞŶĚĞƚĞĐƚĂŶĚĮǆƐƚƵĐŬƉŝǆĞůƐ hot pixels. ĂƵƚŽŵĂƟĐĂůůǇǁŚĞŶǇŽƵŝŵƉŽƌƚƐƟůůƉŚŽƚŽƐ͘,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ƚŚĞƌĞŝƐŶŽƐƵĐŚĮǆĨŽƌǀŝĚĞŽ͕ĂŶĚǁŚŝůĞ ŽŶĞƐƚƵĐŬƉŝǆĞůŽƵƚŽĨϮϬŵŝůůŝŽŶƵŶŵŽǀŝŶŐƉŝǆĞůƐŝƐŶ͛ƚǀĞƌǇŶŽƟĐĞĂďůĞŽŶĂƐƟůůƉŚŽƚŽ͕ŽŶĞ

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/stuck-pixels 34 ƐƚƵĐŬƉŝǆĞůŽƵƚŽĨƚǁŽŵŝůůŝŽŶŵŽǀŝŶŐƉŝǆĞůƐŝƐ ŽŌĞŶveryŶŽƟĐĞĂďůĞ;^>ZƐƌĞĐŽƌĚǀŝĚĞŽŝŶĂ ƌĞĚƵĐĞĚͲƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶŵŽĚĞ͖ϭϬϴϬƉŝƐũƵƐƚƐŚǇŽĨ ϮŵŝůůŝŽŶƉŝǆĞůƐͿ͘/ƚ͛ƐŶŽƚĞŶƟƌĞůǇŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌǇƚŽ ƚĞƐƚĨŽƌƐƚƵĐŬƉŝǆĞůƐŝŶƐƟůůŵŽĚĞǁŝƚŚǇŽƵƌŶĞǁ ĐĂŵĞƌĂͶǇŽƵ͛ůůĚƌŝǀĞǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨĐƌĂǌǇƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚǇŽƵƌ͞ĚĞĨĞĐƟǀĞ͟ĐĂŵĞƌĂ;ŝĨǇŽƵƌĞĂůůǇ ǁĂŶƚƚŽŐĞĞŬŽƵƚ͕ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͕ƚŚĞǇŚĂǀĞƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ ǇŽƵĐĂŶƵƐĞƚŽƌƵŶƚĞƐƚƐͿ͘

,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ǇŽƵshouldĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůǇĞŶƚĞƌĂůŽǁͲůŝŐŚƚƐĞƫŶŐ͕ĐƌĂŶŬƵƉƚŚĞ/^K͕ĂŶĚƉĂŶ ĂĐƌŽƐƐĂƉůĂŝŶǁĂůůŝŶŵŽǀŝĞŵŽĚĞƚŽƐĞĞŝĨǇŽƵŚĂǀĞĂŶǇƉĞƌƐŝƐƚĞŶƚĚŽƚƐ͘DǇĮƌƐƚϱŚĂĚ The hot pixel ϭϲƐƚƵĐŬƉŝǆĞůƐŝŶƐƟůůŵŽĚĞĂŶĚϭŽŶǀŝĚĞŽ͕ƐŽ/ĞǆĐŚĂŶŐĞĚŝƚ;ŵǇƐĞĐŽŶĚĨĂƌĞĚďĞƩĞƌ͕ issue alone is ǁŝƚŚϳƐƚƵĐŬͬŚŽƚƉŝǆĞůƐŝŶƐƟůůŵŽĚĞ͕ďƵƚĂŐĂŝŶĂƐŽůĞŽīĞŶĚĞƌŝŶǀŝĚĞŽŵŽĚĞ͕ĨŽƌǁŚŝĐŚ a good reason /͛ŵƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐŽŶŚĂǀŝŶŐŝƚƐĞƌǀŝĐĞĚͿ͘dŚĞŚŽƚƉŝǆĞůŝƐƐƵĞĂůŽŶĞŝƐĂŐŽŽĚƌĞĂƐŽŶƚŽďƵǇ to buy from an authorized ĨƌŽŵĂŶĂƵƚŚŽƌŝǌĞĚĚĞĂůĞƌǁŝƚŚĂĚĞĐĞŶƚƌĞƚƵƌŶƉŽůŝĐǇ͕ĂƐĞǀĞƌǇ^>ZŝƐůŝŬĞĂďŽǆŽĨ dealer with a ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞƐ͘ǆĐĞƉƚƚŚĞƐĞĚĂǇƐĂďŽǆŽĨĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞƐŝƐŶŽƚ͕ŝŶĨĂĐƚ͕ůŝŬĞĂďŽǆŽĨĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞƐ͗ decent return ƚŚĞƌĞĂƌĞƉŝĐƚƵƌĞƐŽŶƚŚĞŽƵƚƐŝĚĞŽĨƚŚĞďŽǆĂŶĚǇŽƵƵƐƵĂůůǇŬŶŽǁĞǆĂĐƚůǇǁŚĂƚǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ policy. ŐŽŝŶŐƚŽŐĞƚ͘

/ĨǇŽƵĚŽŶ͛ƚĚĞƚĞĐƚĂĚĞĂĚƉŝǆĞůƵŶƟůǇŽƵ͛ǀĞĂůƌĞĂĚǇƐŚŽƚǇŽƵƌĨŽŽƚĂŐĞ͕ĂůůŝƐŶŽƚůŽƐƚ͘/ ǁƌŽƚĞĂƉŽƐƚŽŶƚŚĞǀĞƌǇƐƵďũĞĐƚŽĨƌĞŵŽǀŝŶŐĚĞĂĚƉŝǆĞůƐƵƐŝŶŐ&ŝŶĂůƵƚ͕ŌĞƌīĞĐƚƐ͕Žƌ sĞŐĂƐ͗,ŽǁƚŽƌĞŵŽǀĞƐƚƵĐŬƉŝǆĞůƐĨƌŽŵǀŝĚĞŽĨŽŽƚĂŐĞ͘

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ALIASING AND MOIRÉ

Why do jagged horizontal lines sometimes show up?

ŶŽƚŚĞƌŝƐƐƵĞƚŽďĞĂǁĂƌĞŽĨďĞĨŽƌĞĚŝǀŝŶŐŚĞĂĚĮƌƐƚŝŶƚŽƚŚĞ^>ZǁŽƌůĚŝƐƚŚĞƉƌŽďůĞŵŽĨ ĂůŝĂƐŝŶŐ;ŵŽŝƌĞŝƐĂŶŽīƐŚŽŽƚŽĨƚŚĞƐĂŵĞƉƌŽďůĞŵͿ͘ůŝĂƐŝŶŐŝƐĂƉƌŽďůĞŵǁŝƚŚ^>ZƐďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂƐǁĞƌĞĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚƉƌŝŵĂƌŝůǇƚŽƐŚŽŽƚƐƟůůƉŚŽƚŽƐĂƚŵƵĐŚŚŝŐŚĞƌƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞŝƌǀŝĚĞŽŵŽĚĞĂůůŽǁƐ͘^Ž͕ŝŶŽƌĚĞƌƚŽĚƌŽƉĨƌŽŵϱϲϭϲǆϯϳϰϰŝŶƐƟůůŵŽĚĞƚŽϭϵϮϬǆϭϬϴϬ ŝŶǀŝĚĞŽŵŽĚĞ͕ƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂƐŬŝƉƐůŝŶĞƐ͘/ĚĞĂůůǇƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂǁŽƵůĚƐĂŵƉůĞĂůůŽĨƚŚĞƉŝǆĞůƐĂŶĚ ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞƚŚĞŵŽƵƚ͕ŐŝǀŝŶŐǇŽƵĂƐŵŽŽƚŚŝŵĂŐĞ;ƚŚŝŶŬĂďŽƵƚƌĞƐŝǌŝŶŐĂŶŝŵĂŐĞŝŶWŚŽƚŽƐŚŽƉ ĂŶĚĐŚŽŽƐŝŶŐŝůŝŶĞĂƌŽƌŝĐƵďŝĐͿ͖ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ͕ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ^>ZƐůĂĐŬƚŚĞƉƌŽĐĞƐƐŝŶŐƉŽǁĞƌƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ƚŽĚŽƚŚŝƐŝŶƌĞĂůƟŵĞ͕ƚŚĞǇũƵƐƚƚŽƐƐĞǀĞƌǇŽƚŚĞƌůŝŶĞŽƌƐŽ;ƚŚŝŶŬĂďŽƵƚƌĞƐŝǌŝŶŐĂŶŝŵĂŐĞŝŶ WŚŽƚŽƐŚŽƉĂŶĚĐŚŽŽƐŝŶŐ͞EĞĂƌĞƐƚEĞŝŐŚďŽƌ͟Ϳ͘tŚĂƚǇŽƵ͛ƌĞůĞŌǁŝƚŚĂƌĞƵŶƐĞĞŵůǇũĂŐŐŝĞƐ͘

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/aliasing-and-moire 36 dŚĞĞŶĚƌĞƐƵůƚŝƐŵŽƐƚĐŽŵŵŽŶůǇƐĞĞŶŽŶƚŚŝŶůŝŶĞƐĂŶĚƉĂƩĞƌŶƐ͕ĂŶĚƌĂŶŐĞƐĨƌŽŵŽǀĞƌƚ ƚŽŝŶǀŝƐŝďůĞ͘&ŽƌĂŶĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ǁĂƚĐŚƚŚĞŐƌĂǇƌŽŽŌŽƉŚĞƌĞ͗

This video can be watched on the online version of this chapter, at: http://noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/aliasing-and-moire/

The ﬁrst thing you should do when switching dŚĞĮƌƐƚƚŚŝŶŐǇŽƵƐŚŽƵůĚĚŽǁŚĞŶƐǁŝƚĐŚŝŶŐǇŽƵƌ^>ZĨƌŽŵƐƟůůƚŽŵŽǀŝĞŵŽĚĞŝƐƚŽ your DSLR from still to ŵĂŬĞƐƵƌĞƚŚĞ^ŚĂƌƉŶĞƐƐƐĞƫŶŐŝƐƚƵƌŶĞĚĂůůƚŚĞǁĂǇĚŽǁŶ͘dŚŝƐǁŽŶ͛ƚĐŽŵĞĐůŽƐĞƚŽ movie mode is ĞůŝŵŝŶĂƟŶŐĂůŝĂƐŝŶŐƵŶĚĞƌĂůůĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐďƵƚŝƚƐŚŽƵůĚƌĞĚƵĐĞǇŽƵƌĐĂŵĞƌĂ͛ƐƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ͘ to make sure ƐƚŚĞĐŚŝƉƐŝŶƐŝĚĞƚŚĞƐĞĐĂŵĞƌĂƐŐĞƚŵŽƌĞƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů͕ǁĞŵŝŐŚƚƐĞĞĂ,^>ZƚŚĂƚĚŽĞƐ the Sharpness ƐŽŵĞŝŶͲĐĂŵĞƌĂŝŵĂŐĞƐĂŵƉůŝŶŐ͖ďƵƚƚŽĞůŝŵŝŶĂƚĞĂůŝĂƐŝŶŐƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ͕ƚŚĞďĞƐƚƐŽůƵƟŽŶ setting is turned ŵŝŐŚƚďĞƚŽĂĐƚƵĂůůǇůŽǁĞƌƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂ͛ƐƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶ;ƚŚŝƐŝƐŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞƐŽĨĂ all the way ϱͲŵĞŐĂƉŝǆĞůZĐĂŵĞƌĂŽǀĞƌĂϮϭͲŵĞŐĂƉŝǆĞů^>ZͿ͘ down.

&ŽƌŵŽƌĞŽŶƚŚĞƚĞĐŚŶŝĐĂůƌĞĂƐŽŶƐďĞŚŝŶĚĂůŝĂƐŝŶŐĂŶĚŵŽŝƌĞ͕ƐĞĞĂƌƌǇ'ƌĞĞŶ͛ƐƉŽƐƚĂƚ syƵƐĞƌĂŶĚ^ƚƵDĂƐĐŚǁŝƚǌ͛ƐĨŽůůŽǁͲƵƉ;/ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĞĚŽŶďŽƚŚĂƐǁĞůůͿ͘

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ROLLING SHUTTER

Why does the image appear unstable?

ZŽůůŝŶŐƐŚƵƩĞƌ͕ŬŶŽǁŶŝŶĨŽƌŵĂůůǇĂƐũĞůůŽĐĂŵ͕ŝƐĂŶŽƚŚĞƌĚƌĂǁďĂĐŬŝŶŚĞƌĞŶƚƚŽůĂƌŐĞDK^ ƐĞŶƐŽƌƐ͘zĞƐ͕DK^ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐǇĂůůŽǁƐǇŽƵƚŽƉƵƚĂďŝŐ͚ŽůĞĐŚŝƉŝŶƐŝĚĞĂƌĞůĂƟǀĞůǇĐŚĞĂƉ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ;ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚǁŝƚŚĂϯĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚͿ͕ďƵƚǁŝƚŚƚŚĞŐŽŽĚ;^ŚĂůůŽǁĚĞƉƚŚͲŽĨͲĮĞůĚ͊>ŽǁͲ ůŝŐŚƚƐĞŶƐŝƟǀŝƚǇ͊ͿĐŽŵĞƐƚŚĞďĂĚ;^ƚƵĐŬƉŝǆĞůƐ͊ĂǇĞƌĮůƚĞƌŝŶŐ͊ͿĂŶĚƚŚĞƵŐůǇ;:ĞůůŽĐĂŵ͊Ϳ͘ ĞĐĂƵƐĞůĂƌŐĞDK^ƐĞŶƐŽƌƐƐĐĂŶƚŽƉͲƚŽͲďŽƩŽŵŝŶƐƚĞĂĚŽĨĂůůĂƚŽŶĐĞůŝŬĞƐ͕ĨĂƐƚ ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƐĂŶĚƉĂŶƐĐĂŶĐĂƵƐĞƚŚĞŝŵĂŐĞƚŽĂƉƉĞĂƌƚŽǁŽďďůĞ͘/ĐĂŶƐŚŽǁǇŽƵďĞƩĞƌƚŚĂŶ/ ĐĂŶƚĞůůǇŽƵ͗

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ĞĂůŝŶŐǁŝƚŚũĞůůŽĐĂŵ;ƐĂŵĞǁŝƚŚĂůŝĂƐŝŶŐͿŝƐĂůůĂďŽƵƚŬŶŽǁŝŶŐƚŚĞĞŶĞŵǇ͕ĂŶĚƵƐŝŶŐ Don’t expect to ƚŚĞƌŝŐŚƚƚĂĐƟĐƐƚŽĂǀŽŝĚŝƚ͘ŽŶ͛ƚĞǆƉĞĐƚƚŽĚŽĂŶǇǁŚŝƉͲƉĂŶƐǁŝƚŚǇŽƵƌ^>Z͕ĂŶĚ do any whip- ĚŽŶ͛ƚĞǆƉĞĐƚƚŽƐŚŽŽƚůĂŝƌtŝƚĐŚͲƐƚǇůĞ͘dƌĞĂƚǇŽƵƌs^>ZůŝŬĞĂůĂƌŐĞƌŵŽƟŽŶƉŝĐƚƵƌĞ pans with your ĐĂŵĞƌĂͶďĞƩĞƌǇĞƚ͕ĂƩĂĐŚƐŽŵĞĂĐĐĞƐƐŽƌŝĞƐĂŶĚĂƚŚŝƌĚƉŽŝŶƚŽĨĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ;ŵŽƌĞŽŶƚŚŝƐ DSLR, and don’t expect ůĂƚĞƌͿƚŽŵĂŬĞǇŽƵƚƌĞĂƚŝƚůŝŬĞĂůĂƌŐĞƌŵŽƟŽŶƉŝĐƚƵƌĞĐĂŵĞƌĂͶĂŶĚĚŽƉůĂŶŶĞĚ͕ƐůŽǁ to shoot Blair ĐĂŵĞƌĂŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƐ͘dŚŝƐŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂůŽŶĞ͕ŵŽƌĞƚŚĂŶĂŶǇƚĞĐŚŶŝĐĂůŶƵŐŐĞƚĐŽŶƚĂŝŶĞĚ Witch-style. ŝŶƚŚŝƐŐƵŝĚĞ͕ǁŝůůŚĞůƉǇŽƵƌƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƐƚƌĞŵĞŶĚŽƵƐůǇ͊ůƐŽďĞĂǁĂƌĞŽĨƐƚƌŽďĞůŝŐŚƚƐ͕ ŇĂƐŚƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚǇ͕ŽƌůŝŐŚƚŶŝŶŐͶƐƵĐŚƌĂƉŝĚĐŚĂŶŐĞƐŽĨŝůůƵŵŝŶĂƟŽŶĐĂŶĐĂƵƐĞƉĂƌƟĂů ĞǆƉŽƐƵƌĞƐ͕ǁŚĞƌĞŚĂůĨŽĨƚŚĞĨƌĂŵĞŝƐďƌŝŐŚƚĂŶĚŚĂůĨŽĨŝƚŝƐĚĂƌŬ͘

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OVERHEATING

Why did the camera suddenly turn oﬀ?

^>ZƐǁĞƌĞŶ͛ƚĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚƚŽƐŚŽŽƚǀŝĚĞŽŝŶĂďŽŶĂĮĚĞǀŝĚĞŽƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͕ƐŽ ŶŽŵĂƩĞƌǁŚŝĐŚ^>ZǇŽƵďƵǇ͕ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞůŝŬĞůǇƚŽŚĂǀĞŽǀĞƌŚĞĂƟŶŐƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ͘dŚŝƐŝƐǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ^>Z͛ƐŽƉĞƌĂƟŶŐƚĞŵƉĞƌĂƚƵƌĞƌŝƐĞƐƚŽƚŚĞƉŽŝŶƚǁŚĞƌĞƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂĞŝƚŚĞƌƐŚƵƚƐĚŽǁŶ Overheating is an unfortunate ĂƵƚŽŵĂƟĐĂůůǇ͕ŽƌƚŚĞŝŵĂŐĞďĞĐŽŵĞƐŶŽŝƐŝĞƌĚƵĞƚŽƚŚĞĞǆĐĞƐƐŚĞĂƚ͘dŚŝƐŐĞŶĞƌĂůůǇŚĂƉƉĞŶƐ side eﬀect of ĂŌĞƌƐĞǀĞƌĂůŵŝŶƵƚĞƐŽĨĐŽŶƟŶƵŽƵƐƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ͖ŝŶƚŚĞĐĂƐĞŽĨƚŚĞEŝŬŽŶϵϬ͕ƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂǁŝůů getting a whole ũƵƐƚƐŚƵƚĚŽǁŶĂŶĚǇŽƵ͛ůůďĞƵŶĂďůĞƚŽĞŶƚĞƌ>ŝǀĞsŝĞǁŵŽĚĞƵŶƟůŝƚŚĂƐƐƵĸĐŝĞŶƚůǇĐŽŽůĞĚ͖ lot of camera ŝŶƚŚĞĐĂƐĞŽĨƚŚĞϱƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂǁŝůůĂůůŽǁǇŽƵƚŽƐŚŽŽƚĂƐŝƚŽǀĞƌŚĞĂƚƐďƵƚǇŽƵƌŝŵĂŐĞǁŝůů for very little ďĞĐŽŵĞŶŽŝƐŝĞƌĚƵĞƚŽŝŶƚĞƌĨĞƌĞŶĐĞĨƌŽŵƚŚĞŚĞĂƚ͘KǀĞƌŚĞĂƟŶŐŝƐĂŶƵŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞƐŝĚĞĞīĞĐƚ money. ŽĨŐĞƫŶŐĂǁŚŽůĞůŽƚŽĨĐĂŵĞƌĂĨŽƌǀĞƌǇůŝƩůĞŵŽŶĞǇ͕ĂŶĚƚŚĞďĞƐƚƐŽůƵƟŽŶŝƐĂĐƚƵĂůůǇƚŽ ŐĞƚƚǁŽĐĂŵĞƌĂďŽĚŝĞƐƐŽǇŽƵĐĂŶƐŚŽŽƚǁŝƚŚŽŶĞǁŚŝůĞƚŚĞŽƚŚĞƌĐŽŽůƐ͘Kƌ͕ŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞŽŶĂ

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/overheating 40 ŵĂũŽƌƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ͕ŐĞƚϭϯďŽĚŝĞƐ͘KƚŚĞƌƚŚĂŶƚŚĂƚ͕ƚŚĞƌĞ͛ƐŶŽƚĂǁŚŽůĞůŽƚǇŽƵĐĂŶĚŽ ƚŽƉƌĞǀĞŶƚŝƚ͕ĞǆĐĞƉƚƚŽƚĂŬĞƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂŽƵƚŽĨ>ŝǀĞsŝĞǁǁŚĞŶĞǀĞƌƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͕ŬĞĞƉƚŚĞ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂƐĐŽŽůĂƐƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͕ĂŶĚƉůĂŶǇŽƵƌƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ͛ƐďƌĞĂŬƐĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐůǇ͘ KŶƐƚĂŐĞĚƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƐǁŚĞƌĞŝƚ͛ƐĂƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚŽƉĞƌĂƟŶŐƉƌŽĐĞĚĞƚŽĐƵƚŽŌĞŶ͕^>Z ŽǀĞƌŚĞĂƟŶŐŝƐŶŽƚĂĚĞĂůͲďƌĞĂŬĞƌ͖ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌŝŶŐĂ^>ZƚŽƐŚŽŽƚ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁƐƚŚŝƐŝƐĂŵĂũŽƌĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĂƟŽŶĂƐǇŽƵƌĐĂŵĞƌĂǁŝůůŝŶĞǀŝƚĂďůǇƌƵŶŝŶƚŽŝƐƐƵĞƐ ŝŶƚŚĞŵŝĚĚůĞŽĨĂŶŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁĞĞ͛ƐƐƉŝĞů͘

,ĞƌĞŝƐĂƟŵĞůĂƉƐĞǀŝĚĞŽŽĨĂϳŝŶ>ŝǀĞsŝĞǁ͖ǁŚĞŶƚŚĞƌĞĚŇĂƐŚŝŶŐƚĞŵƉĞƌĂƚƵƌĞŝĐŽŶ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ͕ƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂǁŝůůƐŚƵƚĚŽǁŶ͘

This video can be watched on the online version of this chapter, at: http://noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/overheating/

KŬĂǇ͕ĞŶŽƵŐŚĂďŽƵƚƚŚĞĚƌĂǁďĂĐŬƐŽĨƐŚŽŽƟŶŐŵŽǀŝĞƐǁŝƚŚ,^>ZƐ͊ZĞŵĞŵďĞƌǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŐĞƫŶŐĂĐĂŵĞƌĂƚŚĂƚŚĂƐĂƐŚĂůůŽǁĞƌĚĞƉƚŚŽĨĮĞůĚĂŶĚŝƐŵŽƌĞƐĞŶƐŝƟǀĞƚŽůŝŐŚƚƚŚĂŶ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐĞůƐĞƐŽƵƚŚŽĨΨϮϬŬ͊zŽƵ͛ǀĞŶŽǁďĞĞŶǁĂƌŶĞĚŽĨƚŚĞĚƌĂǁďĂĐŬƐ͕ďƵƚĂƐ/ƐĂŝĚ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ͗ƚŚĞŚŽŽƉƐĂƌĞǁŽƌƚŚũƵŵƉŝŶŐƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͘

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LENSES: USING PRIMES, CHOOSING A BRAND

Which lenses should I use?

KŶĞŽĨƚŚĞďĞĂƵƟĞƐŽĨ^>ZŵŽǀŝĞŵĂŬŝŶŐŝƐďĞŝŶŐĂďůĞƚŽĐŚĂŶŐĞůĞŶƐĞƐ͘hƉƵŶƟůƚŚŝƐƉŽŝŶƚ ŝŶŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ͕ĞǀĞƌǇǀŝĚĞŽĐĂŵĞƌĂďĞůŽǁΨϱŬŚĂƐŚĂĚŽŶĞĮǆĞĚůĞŶƐƚŚĂƚǇŽƵƐŚŽƚĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͘ 2 EŽůŽŶŐĞƌ͊

ƵƚǁĂŝƚ͕ǁŚĂƚ͛ƐƚŚĞĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞŽĨŚĂǀŝŶŐŝŶƚĞƌĐŚĂŶŐĞĂďůĞůĞŶƐĞƐ͕ǇŽƵĂƐŬ͍ŌĞƌĂůů͕ŵĂŶǇ There is no such ƉĞŽƉůĞďƵǇƚŚĞŝƌĮƌƐƚ^>ZĂŶĚŽŶůǇƵƐĞƚŚĞĂůůͲƉƵƌƉŽƐĞůĞŶƐƚŚĂƚĐĂŵĞǁŝƚŚŝƚ;ƐŽƌƚŽĨ thing as an ĚĞĨĞĂƟŶŐƚŚĞƉƵƌƉŽƐĞŽĨŚĂǀŝŶŐĂ^>ZŝŶƚŚĞĮƌƐƚƉůĂĐĞͿ͘tĞůů͕ƚŚĞƌĞŝƐŶŽƐƵĐŚƚŚŝŶŐĂƐĂŶ “all-purpose lens.”

2 There might be exceptions to this rule, but it’s basically true.

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/lenses-primes-brands 42 ͞ĂůůͲƉƵƌƉŽƐĞůĞŶƐ͘͟/ƚ͛ĚďĞůŝŬĞǁĞĂƌŝŶŐĂŶĂůůͲ ƐĞĂƐŽŶŽƵƞŝƚͶǇŽƵŶĞĞĚǁŝŶƚĞƌĐůŽƚŚĞƐĨŽƌ ǁŚĞŶŝƚ͛ƐĐŽůĚŽƵƚ͕ƐƵŵŵĞƌĐůŽƚŚĞƐĨŽƌǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ͛ƐŚŽƚŽƵƚ͕ĂŶĚŶŽĐůŽƚŚĞƐĨŽƌǁŚĞŶŝƚ͛ƐŶƵĚŝƐƚ ŽƵƚ͘

tŝƚŚ^>ZŵŽǀŝĞŵĂŬŝŶŐ͕ŝĨǇŽƵǁĂŶƚǇŽƵƌ ĮůŵƐƚŽůŽŽŬůŝŬĞĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞĞůƐĞ͛Ɛ͕ƵƐĞƚŚĞ ƐƚŽĐŬůĞŶƐ͘&ŝŶĞ͘ƵƚƚŚĞƐƚŽĐŬůĞŶƐŝƐŶŽƚ ƐƵŝƚĞĚĨŽƌŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞĮůŵŵĂŬŝŶŐ͘/ƚ͛ƐĐŽŽůĨŽƌ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ͕ďƵƚĨŽƌĂƐŚĂůůŽǁĚĞƉƚŚŽĨĮĞůĚ ĂŶĚďĞƩĞƌůŽǁͲůŝŐŚƚƐĞŶƐŝƟǀŝƚǇ͕ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞŐŽŝŶŐƚŽ ǁĂŶƚWƌŝŵĞůĞŶƐĞƐ͘tĂŝƚ͕ůĞƚŵĞƐƚƌĞƐƐƚŚŝƐĂ ďŝƚŵŽƌĞ͗ Primes!

zĞƐ͕ĨŽƌŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞĮůŵŵĂŬŝŶŐ͕ƉƌŝŵĞƐĂƌĞǇŽƵƌ&&͘ŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƌŝĂŶƐǁŝůůƉƌŽďĂďůǇǁĂŶƚ ŵŽƌĞǌŽŽŵůĞŶƐĞƐŝŶƚŚĞŝƌŬŝƚĨŽƌŇĞǆŝďŝůŝƚǇ͕ďƵƚƉƌŝŵĞƐ;ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ͕ůĞŶƐĞƐǁŝƚŚĂĮǆĞĚ ĨŽĐĂůůĞŶŐƚŚͿĂƌĞŐĞŶĞƌĂůůǇĨĂƐƚĞƌ;ŝŶƚĞƌŵƐŽĨůŝŐŚƚ͕/ŵĞĂŶ͕ŶŽƚ͞ŚŽǁŵĂŶǇƐŚŽƚƐǇŽƵĐĂŶ For narrative ŐĞƚŝŶĂŶŚŽƵƌ͟ͿĂŶĚůĞƐƐĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ͘dŚĞǇĂůƐŽŵĂŬĞǇŽƵƌĞƉŽƐŝƟŽŶƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂĂŶĚƉƵƚ ﬁlmmaking, ƐŽŵĞƚŚŽƵŐŚƚŝŶƚŽŐĞƫŶŐĂƐŚŽƚƌĂƚŚĞƌƚŚĂŶĂƵƚŽŵĂƟĐĂůůǇƌĞĂĐŚŝŶŐĨŽƌƚŚĞǌŽŽŵ͕ƚŚĞ primes are your BFF. ůĂƩĞƌŽĨǁŚŝĐŚŝƐƚŚĞŚĂůůŵĂƌŬŽĨŚŽŵĞŵŽǀŝĞƐ͘

WƌŝŵĞƐĂƌĞůĞƐƐĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞƚŚĂŶŵŽƌĞŵĞĐŚĂŶŝĐĂůůǇĐŽŵƉůĞǆǌŽŽŵůĞŶƐĞƐ͕ĂŶĚďĞĐĂƵƐĞ

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/lenses-primes-brands 43 ƚŚĞǇ͛ǀĞďĞĞŶĂƌŽƵŶĚĨŽƌǇĞĂƌƐ͕͞ďƵǇƵƐĞĚ͟ŚĂƐƐĞůĚŽŵďĞĞŶŵŽƌĞƚƌƵĞƚŚĂŶǁŚĞŶŝƚ ĐŽŵĞƐƚŽ^>ZůĞŶƐĞƐ͘EĞǁ^>ZƐĐŽŵĞǁŝƚŚĂƵƚŽĨŽĐƵƐůĞŶƐĞƐ͕ǁŚŝĐŚǁŽƌŬŐƌĞĂƚĨŽƌƐƟůů ŝŵĂŐĞƐ͕ďƵƚŝŶǀŝĚĞŽŵŽĚĞƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞƐƚƵĐŬƵƐŝŶŐĂĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƚͲĚĞƚĞĐƟŽŶŵĞƚŚŽĚǁŚŝĐŚŝƐƚŽŽ ƐůŽǁƚŽďĞǀŝĂďůĞ͖ŶŽŽŶĞƐŚŽƵůĚďĞƵƐŝŶŐĂƵƚŽĨŽĐƵƐŽŶŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞĮůŵƐĂŶǇǁĂǇ͘/ĨǇŽƵďƵǇ ƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂǁŝƚŚĂďƵŶĚůĞĚůĞŶƐ͕ǇŽƵ͛ůůŐĞƚĂƐŽůŝĚĂůůͲĂƌŽƵŶĚůĞŶƐĨŽƌƚĂŬŝŶŐƐƟůůƉŚŽƚŽƐ͖ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞŽŶĂƟŐŚƚďƵĚŐĞƚĂŶĚĂƌĞŵŽƐƚůǇŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚŝŶƐŚŽŽƟŶŐŵŽǀŝĞƐ͕ǇŽƵ If you’re on a ĐĂŶƐŬŝƉƚŚĞďƵŶĚůĞĚůĞŶƐ͕ďƵǇƚŚĞďŽĚǇͲŽŶůǇǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ͕ĂŶĚƐƉĞŶĚƚŚĞƐĂǀŝŶŐƐŽŶƵƐĞĚ tight budget ůĞŶƐĞƐ͘,ĞƌĞ͛ƐǁŚĞƌĞƚŚĞŐƌĞĂƚĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞŽĨ͞ŽďƐŽůĞƚĞ͟ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐǇĐŽŵĞƐŝŶ͗ƚŚĞƌĞĂƌĞ and are mostly interested ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐŽĨŵĂŶƵĂůĨŽĐƵƐͲŽŶůǇůĞŶƐĞƐŽƵƚƚŚĞƌĞǁŝƚŚĂĚĞŇĂƚĞĚǀĂůƵĞďĞĐĂƵƐĞŽĨƚŚĞŝƌ in shooting ƌĞůĂƟǀĞƵƐĞůĞƐƐŶĞƐƐŽŶŵŽĚĞƌŶ^>ZƐͶĞǆĐĞƉƚǁŚĞŶŝƚĐŽŵĞƐƚŽǀŝĚĞŽŵŽĚĞ͕ǁŚĞƌĞ movies, you ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞƐƵĚĚĞŶůǇƵƐĞĨƵůĂŐĂŝŶ͘ can skip the bundled lens, tŚŝůĞǇŽƵĐĂŶ͛ƚďĞĂƚŐŽŽĚĐŝŶĞůĞŶƐĞƐ͕ĂƚƚŚŝƐƉƌŝĐĞƉŽŝŶƚŝƚ͛ƐĂďůĞƐƐŝŶŐƚŽŚĂǀĞƐŽŵĂŶǇ buy the body- ŝŶƚĞƌĐŚĂŶŐĞĂďůĞůĞŶƐĞƐĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞĂƚďĂƌŐĂŝŶƉƌŝĐĞƐ͘DĂŶǇŽĨƚŚĞƐĞŽůĚĞƌŵĂŶƵĂůůĞŶƐĞƐ only version, and spend the ŵĂǇŶŽƚďĞƵƉƚŽƚŚĞƚĂƐŬŽĨƌĞƐŽůǀŝŶŐϮϭŵĞŐĂƉŝǆĞůƐǁŝƚŚĂƉůŽŵď͕ďƵƚƚŚĞǇĚŽŶ͛ƚŶĞĞĚ savings on used ƚŽ͖ŝŶǀŝĚĞŽŵŽĚĞ͕ϭϬϴϬƉĂŵŽƵŶƚƐƚŽũƵƐƚƐŚǇŽĨϮŵĞŐĂƉŝǆĞůƐ͕ĂŶĚĂŶǇŽůĚŚĂůĨǁĂǇͲ lenses. ĚĞĐĞŶƚ^>ZůĞŶƐŽƵƚƐƚƌŝƉƐƚŚŝƐƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶ͘&ŽƌƚŚĞǁĞďĂůŵŽƐƚĂŶǇ^>ZůĞŶƐǁŝůůďĞƐŚĂƌƉ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͕ďƵƚŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐŽŶŐŽŝŶŐƚŽƚŚĞďŝŐƐĐƌĞĞŶ;ƚŚĞĂƚƌŝĐĂů͕ĂĨĞƐƟǀĂůƌƵŶ͕ĞƚĐ͘Ϳ ƚŚĞŶǇŽƵ͛ůůǁĂŶƚƚŽŵĂŬĞƐƵƌĞǇŽƵ͛ƌĞŐĞƫŶŐĂƐŚĂƌƉĞŶŽƵŐŚƉŝĞĐĞŽĨŐůĂƐƐ͘

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t ĂŶŽŶůĞŶƐĞƐ“produce wonderful skin tones, have medium contrast and give you a ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵůŐƌĂĚĂƟŽŶŝŶƚŽƚŚĞďůĂĐŬƐ͘͟dŚĞƉƌŽďůĞŵŝƐ͕ĂŶǇƌĞĐĞŶƚĂŶŽŶůĞŶƐƌĞůŝĞƐ ŽŶƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂ͛ƐĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐƐƚŽĐŽŶƚƌŽůƚŚĞĂƉĞƌƚƵƌĞ;ŶŽƚĂŐŽŽĚƚŚŝŶŐ͖ŵŽƐƚĐĂŵĞƌĂ

3 The newest version of the Magic Lantern ﬁrmware includes auto rack-focusing as a feature of software; it remains to be seen how practically important it is, but it does offer a compelling reason to stick with Canon autofocus lenses, if you like the idea of automated focus pulls. Personally, I’m not interested, but there may be some follow focus devices coming down the pipeline that use the Canon internal electronics.

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/lenses-primes-brands 45 ŽƉĞƌĂƚŽƌƐ͕ŵǇƐĞůĨŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ͕ǁŽƵůĚƌĂƚŚĞƌŚĂǀĞŝŶƐƚĂŶƚ͕ƚĂĐƟůĞĂĐĐĞƐƐƚŽĞǆƉŽƐƵƌĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŽůƐͿ͕ĂŶĚŽůĚĞƌŵĂŶƵĂůĂŶŽŶƐĂƌĞŐĞŶĞƌĂůůǇƚŚŽƵŐŚƚŽĨĂƐďĞŝŶŐƐůŝŐŚƚůǇŽƉƟĐĂůůǇ ŝŶĨĞƌŝŽƌƚŽƚŚĞŝƌEŝŬŽŶĐŽƵŶƚĞƌƉĂƌƚƐ͘,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞďƵǇŝŶŐĂĂŶŽŶK^ĂŶĚŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŚǇďƌŝĚƌŽƵƚĞͶǇŽƵƉůĂŶŽŶƐŚŽŽƟŶŐĂůŽƚŽĨƐƟůůƐŝŶĂĚĚŝƟŽŶƚŽǀŝĚĞŽͶǇŽƵǁŝůů ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇǁĂŶƚƐŽŵĞƋƵĂůŝƚǇ͕ŵŽĚĞƌŶĂŶŽŶŐůĂƐƐ͘

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t EŝŬŽŶůĞŶƐĞƐ͞ĂƌĞƐŚĂƌƉǁŝƚŚĂůŝƩůĞƐŽŌĞƌĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƚƚŚĂŶƚŚĞZeissůĞŶƐĞƐ͘͟/ŶŵǇŽǁŶ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͕EŝŬŽŶůĞŶƐĞƐĂƌĞŐĞŶĞƌĂůůǇƚŚĞŵŽƐƚǁŝĚĞůǇĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞĂŶĚůĞĂƐƚĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ͘ dŚĞǇŚĂǀĞŵĂŶƵĂůĂƉĞƌƚƵƌĞƐĂŶĚĂůŝŐŚƚƚŽƵĐŚƚŽƚŚĞŝƌĨŽĐƵƐƌŝŶŐƐ;ǁŚŝĐŚ/ŚĂƉƉĞŶ ƚŽůŝŬĞ͕ďƵƚƐŽŵĞĚŽŶ͛ƚͿ͕ďƵƚƚŚĞǇŚĂǀĞŽŶĞŵĂŝŶƉƌŽďůĞŵ͗ƚŚĞŝƌĨŽĐƵƐƌŝŶŐƐƚƵƌŶŝŶ ƚŚĞŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶŽĨĞǀĞƌǇŽƚŚĞƌůĞŶƐ;ǁŚŝĐŚĐĂŶďĞĐŽŶĨƵƐŝŶŐĨŽƌŽƉĞƌĂƚŽƌƐŽƌ ĨŽĐƵƐƉƵůůĞƌƐͿ͘dŚŝƐŵĞĂŶƐŝŶƐƚĞĂĚŽĨƚƵƌŶŝŶŐƚŚĞĨŽĐƵƐƌŝŶŐĐůŽĐŬǁŝƐĞƚŽĨŽĐƵƐŶĞĂƌĞƌ͕

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/lenses-primes-brands 46 ǇŽƵƚƵƌŶEŝŬŽŶůĞŶƐĞƐĐŽƵŶƚĞƌĐůŽĐŬǁŝƐĞ͘/ĐĂŶ͛ƚĞǆƉůĂŝŶŚŽǁŝŶĨƵƌŝĂƟŶŐƚŚŝƐĐĂŶďĞŝĨ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞƵƐĞĚƚŽƚŚĞ͞ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ͟ĐŽŶĮŐƵƌĂƟŽŶ͖ƚŚĞƌĞĂƌĞƌĞǀĞƌƐŝŶŐŐĞĂƌƐĨŽƌƵƐĞŽŶĂ ĨŽůůŽǁĨŽĐƵƐ͕ďƵƚŝƚ͛ƐĂĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĂƟŽŶƌĞŐĂƌĚůĞƐƐ͘

t WĂŶĂǀŝƐŝŽŶƐ͕ŽĨĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕͞ĂƌĞƚŚĞƵůƟŵĂƚĞůĞŶƐĞƐ͘͟ƵƚǇŽƵĐĂŶ͛ƚĂīŽƌĚƚŚĞŵ;ŝŶ ĨĂĐƚ͕ǇŽƵĐĂŶ͛ƚĞǀĞŶďƵǇƚŚĞŵͿ͘/ĨǇŽƵƌƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶŚĂƐĂƐŝǌĂďůĞďƵĚŐĞƚĂŶĚǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐŽŶƌĞŶƟŶŐĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ;ĂŶĚĂƌĞƐŚŽŽƟŶŐŽŶĂ^>ZĨŽƌƐŽŵĞƌĞĂƐŽŶͿ͕ďǇĂůů ŵĞĂŶƐĐŚĞĐŬƚŚĞŵŽƵƚ͕ďƵƚŬŶŽǁǇŽƵ͛ůůŶĞĞĚƐƉĞĐŝĂůĂĚĂƉƚĞƌƐĂƐǁĞůů͘

t >ĞŝĐĂůĞŶƐĞƐ͞ĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞĚďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƚĂŶĚĐŽůŽƌƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ͘ They felt the closest to the Panavision Primo primes and had more of a cinema focus throw, even more than the Zeiss ZE ƉƌŝŵĞƐ͘dŚĞƐĞůĞŶƐĞƐƌĞƐŽůǀĞƐŽ ǁĞůůŽŶƚŚĞďŝŐƐĐƌĞĞŶ͘͟/ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ƵƐĞĚ>ĞŝĐĂůĞŶƐĞƐŵǇƐĞůĨ͕ďƵƚ ƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐůŽǀĞƚŚĞŵ͖ƚŚĞƌĞ͛ƐƐŽŵĞ ŵŽƌĞŽŶ>ĞŝĐĂůĞŶƐĞƐŝŶƚŚĞŶĞǆƚ ƐĞĐƟŽŶ͘

&ŝŶĂůůǇ͕ĞŝƐƐŚĂƐƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚĂĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ƐĞƚŽĨŽŵƉĂĐƚWƌŝŵĞW͘ϮůĞŶƐĞƐ ƚĂŝůŽƌĞĚĨŽƌ^>ZĮůŵŵĂŬŝŶŐ͘dŚĞƐĞ

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/lenses-primes-brands 47 ůĞŶƐĞƐĂƌĞŶŽũŽŬĞ͕ĂŶĚĂƐǇŽƵĐĂŶƐĞĞ͕ŶĞŝƚŚĞƌŝƐƚŚĞŝƌƉƌŝĐĞ͘ƵƚĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚƚŽ͕ƐĂǇ͕ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞƐĞƚŽĨŝŐŝWƌŝŵĞƐ͕ƚŚĞŽŵƉĂĐƚWƌŝŵĞϮƐĂƌĞĂďĂƌŐĂŝŶ͊ƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞǇĂƌĞĞŝƐƐ͛ƐĮƌƐƚƐĞƚŽĨĐŝŶĞůĞŶƐĞƐƚŽŽīĞƌĨƵůůͲĨƌĂŵĞĐŽǀĞƌĂŐĞ;ƚŚŝƐŵĞĂŶƐǇŽƵ͕ϱ DĂƌŬ//ŽǁŶĞƌƐ͕ĂƐǁĞůůĂƐĨƵƚƵƌĞZĨƵůůͲĨƌĂŵĞƌƐͿ͘^Ž͕ǁŚĂƚĂƌĞƐŽŵĞŽĨƚŚĞĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞƐ ŽĨƚŚĞƐĞŽŵƉĂĐƚWƌŝŵĞƐ͍'ĞĂƌĞĚĨŽĐƵƐandŝƌŝƐƌŝŶŐƐ͕ƐŵŽŽƚŚĂƉĞƌƚƵƌĞĂĚũƵƐƚŵĞŶƚ Of all of the ;ŶŽŵĞĐŚĂŶŝĐĂůƐƚŽƉƐͿ͕ϭϰĂƉĞƌƚƵƌĞďůĂĚĞƐ;ǁŚŝĐŚĞƋƵĂůƐĂƐŵŽŽƚŚĞƌbokehƚŚĂŶƚŚĞŝƌ gear covered in this guide, ϵͲďůĂĚĞĚĐŽƵŶƚĞƌƉĂƌƚƐͿ͕ĂŶĚĂŶŝŶƚĞƌĐŚĂŶŐĞĂďůĞK^ͬW>ůĞŶƐŵŽƵŶƚͶŝƚ͛ƐĞŶŽƵŐŚƚŽŐĞƚ lenses just ĂĮůŵŵĂŬĞƌůŝŬĞŵǇƐĞůĨ͕ǁŚŽ;ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚŐƵŝĚĞŽƚŚĞƌǁŝƐĞĞǆĐĞƉƚĞĚͿŽŌĞŶǁĂŶƚƐƚŽƐĐƌĞĂŵ might be ͞ĞŶŽƵŐŚĂďŽƵƚƚŚĞŵŝŶƵƟĂĞŽĨƚŚĞƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐǇ͕ŚŽǁŐŽŽĚǁĂƐƚŚĞǁƌŝƟŶŐ͍͍͊ŶĚǁŚĂƚ the best ĚŽĞƐŝƚmean͍͟ĞǆĐŝƚĞĚĂďŽƵƚƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐŵŽŶĞǇ/ĚŽŶ͛ƚŚĂǀĞ͘,ĞƌĞ͛ƐƚŚĞƚŚŝŶŐƚŽŬĞĞƉŝŶ investment, ŵŝŶĚǁŝƚŚůĞŶƐĞƐŝŶŐĞŶĞƌĂů͗ŽĨĂůůŽĨƚŚĞŐĞĂƌĐŽǀĞƌĞĚŝŶƚŚŝƐŐƵŝĚĞ͕ůĞŶƐĞƐũƵƐƚŵŝŐŚƚďĞ because good ƚŚĞďĞƐƚŝŶǀĞƐƚŵĞŶƚ͕ďĞĐĂƵƐĞŐŽŽĚŽƉƟĐƐǁŝůůŶĞǀĞƌďĞŽďƐŽůĞƚĞ͘^ŽƐĂǇǇŽƵŵŽƌƚŐĂŐĞ optics will never be ƚŚĞŚŽƵƐĞĂŶĚĚƌŽƉΨϮϬŬŽŶƚŚĞƐĞŽŵƉĂĐƚWƌŝŵĞƐ͍dŚĞǇ͛ůůǁŽƌŬŽŶǇŽƵƌ^>Z͕ĂĨƵůůͲ obsolete. ĨƌĂŵĞZ͕ĂϯϱŵŵĮůŵĐĂŵĞƌĂ͕ĂŶĚďĂƐŝĐĂůůǇĂŶǇĐŝŶĞŵĂĐĂŵĞƌĂŐŽŝŶŐĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ;ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞǇŚŽůĚƚŚĞŝƌǀĂůƵĞǁĞůůŝĨǇŽƵŽŶĞĚĂǇĚĞĐŝĚĞƚŽ͕ŽƌŶĞĞĚƚŽ͕ƐĞůůͿ͘:ƵƐƚƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐƚŽ ŬĞĞƉŝŶŵŝŶĚĂƐǇŽƵďƵĚŐĞƚĨŽƌƚŚĞǀĂƌŝŽƵƐĐŽŵƉŽŶĞŶƚƐůŝƐƚĞĚŚĞƌĞ͘

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LENSES: ADAPTING, PURCHASING

How can I use a diﬀerent brand of lens on my DSLR?

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Ɛ/ƐĂŝĚĞĂƌůŝĞƌ͕ůĞŶƐĞƐŚŽůĚƚŚĞŝƌǀĂůƵĞ͘/ĨǇŽƵ͛ǀĞŐŽƚƚŚĞŵŽŶĞǇ͕ďƵǇŶĞǁůĞŶƐĞƐƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞŵĂĚĞĨŽƌǇŽƵƌĐĂŵĞƌĂͶǇŽƵǁŝůůĂǀŽŝĚĂůŽƚŽĨƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůƉŝƞĂůůƐ͘&ŽƌĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ĞŝƐƐ ŵĂŬĞƐƚŚĞŝƌƐĞƌŝĞƐŽĨŵĂŶƵĂůůĞŶƐĞƐƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂůůǇĨŽƌĂŶŽŶ^>ZƐ͖ǇŽƵŵĂǇǁĂŶƚƚŽ If you’re going ŐĞƚƚŚĞƐĞŝŶƐƚĞĂĚŽĨƵƐĞĚůĞŶƐĞƐŝĨǇŽƵĐĂŶĂīŽƌĚŝƚ;ĨŽƌŵŽƌĞŽŶǁŚǇǇŽƵŵŝŐŚƚǁĂŶƚ to buy a used ƚŽŐĞƚEŝŬŽŶͲŵŽƵŶƚ&ĞŝƐƐůĞŶƐĞƐŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ͕ƐĞĞ͞>ĞŶƐĞƐ͗ZĞŶƟŶŐ͕ŽŶǀĞƌƟŶŐͿ͘͟,ĞƌĞ͛Ɛ lens for $300 ǁŚǇ͗ǁŚŝůĞǇŽƵĐĂŶĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇŐĞƚŐƌĞĂƚƌĞƐƵůƚƐĮŶĚŝŶŐďĂƌŐĂŝŶƐĂŶĚĂĚĂƉƟŶŐŽůĚĞƌůĞŶƐĞƐ and slap on a $10 adapter, ƚŽŶĞǁĞƌĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ͕ǇŽƵǁŝůůƉƌŽďĂďůǇƌƵŶŝŶƚŽƐŽŵĞƉƌŽďůĞŵƐĂůŽŶŐƚŚĞǁĂǇ͘EŽƚŚŝŶŐ don’t expect ŝƐĨƌĞĞ͕ĂŶĚŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞŐŽŝŶŐƚŽďƵǇĂƵƐĞĚůĞŶƐĨŽƌΨϯϬϬĂŶĚƐůĂƉŽŶĂΨϭϬĂĚĂƉƚĞƌ͕ĚŽŶ͛ƚ it to be every ĞǆƉĞĐƚŝƚƚŽďĞĞǀĞƌǇďŝƚĂƐŐƌĞĂƚĂƐŝƚƐďƌĂŶĚͲŶĞǁΨϭ͕ϮϬϬĐŽƵŶƚĞƌƉĂƌƚ͘ bit as great as its brand- ^ŽͶǁŚĂƚĂƌĞƐŽŵĞŽĨƚŚĞƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůƉŝƞĂůůƐŽĨƵƐŝŶŐĂĚĂƉƚĞĚůĞŶƐĞƐ͍dŚĞƌĞĂƌĞƚǁŽ new $1,200 counterpart. ŵĂŝŶŝƐƐƵĞƐƚŽďĞĂǁĂƌĞŽĨ͗ŝŶĮŶŝƚǇĨŽĐƵƐĂŶĚŵŝƌƌŽƌŽďƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͘/͛ǀĞŚĂĚŝƐƐƵĞƐ ŽďƚĂŝŶŝŶŐƉĞƌĨĞĐƚŝŶĮŶŝƚǇĨŽĐƵƐƵƐŝŶŐĂĚĂƉƚĞĚůĞŶƐĞƐͶƚŚŝƐŝƐǁŚĞŶǇŽƵƌůĞŶƐĐĂŶĨŽĐƵƐ ͞ƉĂƐƚ͟ŝŶĮŶŝƚǇ͕ĐĂƵƐŝŶŐĚŝƐƚĂŶƚŽďũĞĐƚƐƚŽďĞďůƵƌƌǇǁŚĞŶƚŚĞǇƐŚŽƵůĚďĞƐŚĂƌƉͶĂŶĚ

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/lenses-adapting 52 ŵǇϮϴŵŵĞŝƐƐůĞŶƐĐĂƵƐĞƐŵǇϱ͛ƐŵŝƌƌŽƌƚŽƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐŐĞƚƐƚƵĐŬǁŚĞŶĨŽĐƵƐĞĚƚŽ ŝŶĮŶŝƚǇ;ŵŽƌĞŽĨĂŶŝƐƐƵĞĨŽƌƐŚŽŽƟŶŐƐƟůůƐƚŚĂŶŵŽǀŝĞƐ͕ƐŝŶĐĞƚŚĞŵŝƌƌŽƌŝƐŝŶůŽĐŬͲƵƉ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶŝŶŵŽǀŝĞŵŽĚĞͿ͘ĚĂƉƟŶŐůĞŶƐĞƐŝƐŶŽƚĨŽƌƚŚĞĨĂŝŶƚŽĨŚĞĂƌƚ͖ǁĞ͛ƌĞƚĂůŬŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚŵĞĐŚĂŶŝĐĂůĚĞǀŝĐĞƐǁŚĞƌĞŵŝůůŝŵĞƚĞƌƐŵĂƩĞƌ͕ĂŶĚŝŶŵĂŶǇĐĂƐĞƐŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůůĞŶƐĞƐ ďĞŚĂǀĞĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚůǇǁŝƚŚĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚĂĚĂƉƚĞƌƐ͘&ŽƌĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐŐĂŝŶĞĚ͕ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐŝƐůŽƐƚͶ ŝŶƚŚŝƐĐĂƐĞ͕ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞŐĂŝŶŝŶŐĂďƵŶĐŚŽĨůĞŌŽǀĞƌĚŽůůĂƌƐŝŶǇŽƵƌƉŽĐŬĞƚ͕ĂŶĚůŽƐŝŶŐƐŽŵĞ ƌĞůŝĂďŝůŝƚǇĂŶĚƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ͘&ŽƌŵĂŶǇƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐ͕ŵǇƐĞůĨŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ͕ŝƚ͛ƐŶŽƚĂĐŚŽŝĐĞ͗/ŚĂĚ ƚŽŐŽǁŝƚŚĂĚĂƉƚĞĚůĞŶƐĞƐĂƐĂŵĂƩĞƌŽĨďƵĚŐĞƚ͘

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LENSES: FOCAL LENGTHS, DEPTH OF FIELD

With which lenses should I build a kit?

tŚŝůĞŽůĚĞƌ͕ŵĂŶƵĂů^>ZůĞŶƐĞƐĂƌĞǀĞƌǇŝŶĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ͕ƚŚĞƌĞĂƌĞĚŝƐĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞƐƚŽƵƐŝŶŐƚŚĞŵ ĨŽƌĐŝŶĞŵĂƚŽŐƌĂƉŚǇ͖ƚŚĞƐĞƐŚŽƌƚĐŽŵŝŶŐƐĂƌĞĐŚŝĞŇǇŶŽƟĐĞĂďůĞǁŚŝůĞƉƵůůŝŶŐĨŽĐƵƐ͘&ŽƌŽŶĞ͕ ŵŽƐƚƐƟůůůĞŶƐĞƐďƌĞĂƚŚĞ͕ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ͕ƚŚĞǇĂĐƚƵĂůůǇĐŚĂŶŐĞĨŽĐĂůůĞŶŐƚŚƐƐůŝŐŚƚůǇǁŚŝůĞƌĂĐŬŝŶŐ ĨŽĐƵƐ͕ǁŚŝĐŚĐĂŶďĞǀŝƐƵĂůůǇĚŝƐƚƌĂĐƟŶŐĨŽƌƚŚŽƐĞƵƐĞĚƚŽĐŝŶĞůĞŶƐĞƐ;ǁŚŝĐŚĚŽŶŽƚͿ͘ƐĂ ƌĞůĂƚĞĚŵĂƩĞƌƚŚŝƐďƌĞĂƚŚŝŶŐŝƐĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞĚďǇĂƉŚǇƐŝĐĂůůĞŶŐƚŚĞŶŝŶŐ;ŽƌƐŚŽƌƚĞŶŝŶŐͿŽĨƚŚĞ ůĞŶƐǁŚŝůĞƉƵůůŝŶŐĨŽĐƵƐ͕ǁŚŝĐŚĐĂŶǁƌĞĂŬŚĂǀŽĐǁŝƚŚƚŚĞĂďŝůŝƚǇƚŽƵƐĞĂŵĂƩĞďŽǆ;ƐĞĞƚŚĞ ŵĂƩĞďŽǆƐĞĐƟŽŶͿ͘,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕^>ZůĞŶƐĞƐĂƌĞĞǆƉŽŶĞŶƟĂůůǇĐŚĞĂƉĞƌƚŚĂŶĐŝŶĞůĞŶƐĞƐͶŶŽƚ ƚŽŵĞŶƟŽŶǇŽƵƌ^>ZƉƌŽďĂďůǇĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚŚĂǀĞĂŶƌƌŝW>ŵŽƵŶƚŽƌĂŶǇǁĂǇŽĨĞĂƐŝůǇĂĸǆŝŶŐ ĐŝŶĞůĞŶƐĞƐͶƐŽŐŽǁŝƚŚƵƐĞĚ^>ZŐůĂƐƐĂŶĚďĞŚĂƉƉǇƚŚĂƚǇŽƵ͛ǀĞŐŽƚĂǀŝĚĞŽĐĂŵĞƌĂǁŝƚŚ

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tŚĞŶŝƚĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽĐŚŽŽƐŝŶŐĨŽĐĂů ůĞŶŐƚŚƐ͕ƚŚĞĮƌƐƚ The ﬁrst lens ůĞŶƐǇŽƵƐŚŽƵůĚ you should purchase is a ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞŝƐĂ 50mm prime. ϱϬŵŵƉƌŝŵĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚŝƐǁŝĚĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚƚŽŐĞƚ ƌŽŽŵĐŽǀĞƌĂŐĞ͕ ǇĞƚŶŽƚƐŽǁŝĚĞ ƚŚĂƚŝƚŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞƐ ŵƵĐŚŐĞŽŵĞƚƌŝĐ ĚŝƐƚŽƌƟŽŶ͘,ŝƚĐŚĐŽĐŬƵƐĞĚŝƚĨŽƌƚŚĞŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇŽĨŚŝƐƐŚŽƚƐ͕ĂŶĚ/ƐŚŽƚϵϬйŽĨdŚĞtĞƐƚ ^ŝĚĞǁŝƚŚĂϱϬ;ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞĚͿ͖ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞǁŽƌŬŚŽƌƐĞůĞŶƐĞƐĂŶĚĂƌĞŐĞŶĞƌĂůůǇŝŶĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ͘tŚĞŶ ďƵǇŝŶŐůĞŶƐĞƐǇŽƵǁŝůůŐĞŶĞƌĂůůǇǁĂŶƚĨĂƐƚĞƌŐůĂƐƐĨŽƌƚŚĞďĞƐƚůŽǁͲůŝŐŚƚƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚŇĞǆŝďŝůŝƚǇ;Ĩͬϭ͘ϰŝƐďĂƐŝĐĂůůǇĂƐĨĂƐƚĂƐŝƚŐĞƚƐͿ͘dŽƚŚĞůĂǇŵĂŶ͕ĨͬƐƚŽƉŶƵŵďĞƌƐƐĞĞŵ ƵŶĚŝīĞƌĞŶƟĂƚĞĚ͕ďƵƚƚŚĞĚƌŽƉͲŽīŝŶůŝŐŚƚƚƌĂŶƐŵŝƐƐŝŽŶĨƌŽŵƐƚŽƉƚŽƐƚŽƉŝƐƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ͖ ĞǆƉŽƐƵƌĞŝƐůŽŐĂƌŝƚŚŵŝĐ͕ƐŽĨͬϭ͘ϰƚƌĂŶƐŵŝƚƐƚǁŝĐĞĂƐŵƵĐŚůŝŐŚƚĂƐĨϮ͕ĨͬϮƚǁŝĐĞĂƐŵƵĐŚ ĂƐĨͬϮ͘ϴ͕ĨͬϮ͘ϴƚǁŝĐĞĂƐŵƵĐŚĂƐĨͬϰ͕ĞƚĐ͘ŌĞƌƚŚĞϱϬŵŵŽŶĞƐŚŽƵůĚĞǆƉĂŶĚŝŶďŽƚŚ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶƐ͕ĂĚĚŝŶŐĂϮϴŵŵŽƌϯϱŵŵůĞŶƐŽŶƚŚĞǁŝĚĞƌƐŝĚĞĂƐǁĞůůĂƐĂŶϴϱŵŵĂŶĚ ϭϯϱŵŵŽŶƚŚĞƚĞůĞƉŚŽƚŽƐŝĚĞ;ƚŚĞƐĞŶƵŵďĞƌƐĂƌĞĂƉƉƌŽǆŝŵĂƚĞ͕ŐŝǀĞŶƚŚĞǀĂƌǇŝŶŐůĞŶƐ ůŝŶĞƵƉŽĨĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌĞƌƐͿ͘/ƚ͛ƐĂůƐŽĂŐŽŽĚŝĚĞĂƚŽŚĂǀĞĂŐĞŶĞƌĂůǌŽŽŵůĞŶƐƚŽ

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/ĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞƐŚŽŽƟŶŐŽŶĂĨƵůůͲĨƌĂŵĞĐĂŵĞƌĂůŝŬĞƚŚĞϱ͕ƚŚĞĨŽĐĂůůĞŶŐƚŚůŝƐƚĞĚŽŶƚŚĞďĂƌƌĞů ŽĨĂ^>ZůĞŶƐǁŝůůďĞĂĐĐƵƌĂƚĞ͘,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞƐŚŽŽƟŶŐŽŶĂ^>ZǁŝƚŚĂŶW^Ͳ ŽƌƐŝŵŝůĂƌͲƐŝǌĞĚƐĞŶƐŽƌ͕ǇŽƵ͛ůůŶĞĞĚƚŽĐĂůĐƵůĂƚĞƚŚĞĐŽƌƌĞƐƉŽŶĚŝŶŐĐƌŽƉĨĂĐƚŽƌŽĨǇŽƵƌ If you’re just ĐĂŵĞƌĂƚŽŐĞƚƚŚĞĂĐĐƵƌĂƚĞĨŽĐĂůůĞŶŐƚŚ͘&ŽƌĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞƐŚŽŽƟŶŐǁŝƚŚĂϳŽƌ getting started and don’t have dϮŝǇŽƵ͛ůůŶĞĞĚƚŽŵƵůƟƉůǇďǇϭ͘ϲ͕ƐŽĂϮϴŵŵůĞŶƐďĞĐŽŵĞƐϰϱŵŵ͕ĂϱϬŵŵďĞĐŽŵĞƐ a whole lot ϴϬŵŵ͕ĂŶĚƐŽŽŶĂŶĚƐŽĨŽƌƚŚ͘dŚŝƐŵĂŬĞƐĐƌŽƉͲĨĂĐƚŽƌĐĂŵĞƌĂƐďĞƩĞƌĨŽƌƚĞůĞƉŚŽƚŽǁŽƌŬ of money for ;ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞĂƉŽƉƵůĂƌĐŚŽŝĐĞŽĨǁŝůĚůŝĨĞĂŶĚƐƉŽƌƚƐƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚĞƌƐͿďĞĐĂƵƐĞǇŽƵƌůĞŶƐĞƐ lenses, ask ĂƵƚŽŵĂƟĐĂůůǇŐĂŝŶŵŽƌĞ͞ƌĞĂĐŚ͟ͶďƵƚŝƚĐĂŶŽŌĞŶďĞŚĂƌĚĞƌƚŽĮŶĚŐŽŽĚǁŝĚĞͲĂŶŐůĞ friends and ůĞŶƐĞƐ͘dŚĞϭDĂƌŬ/sŚĂƐĂĐƌŽƉĨĂĐƚŽƌŽĨϭ͘ϯ͕ǁŚŝĐŚĞīĞĐƟǀĞůǇƐƉůŝƚƐƚŚĞĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ family if they ďĞƚǁĞĞŶĨƵůůͲĨƌĂŵĞĂŶĚW^Ͳ͘ have an old SLR they’re not using, and if you /ĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞũƵƐƚŐĞƫŶŐƐƚĂƌƚĞĚĂŶĚĚŽŶ͛ƚŚĂǀĞĂǁŚŽůĞůŽƚŽĨŵŽŶĞǇĨŽƌůĞŶƐĞƐ͕ĂƐŬĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ can borrow/ ĂŶĚĨĂŵŝůǇŝĨƚŚĞǇŚĂǀĞĂŶŽůĚ^>ZƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞŶŽƚƵƐŝŶŐ͕ĂŶĚŝĨǇŽƵĐĂŶďŽƌƌŽǁͬŚĂǀĞƚŚĞŝƌŽůĚ have their old ůĞŶƐĞƐ͘'ĞƚĂŶĂĚĂƉƚĞƌĨŽƌƚŚĂƚďƌĂŶĚĂŶĚƚƌǇƚŚĞŵŽƵƚ;ŶŽƚĞƚŚĂƚƐŽŵĞŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌĞƌƐ lenses. ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚƚŚĞŝƌůĞŶƐĞƐǁŝƚŚƌĞĂƌƚĂďƐŽƌŇĂƉƐƚŚĂƚŵĂǇŝŶƚĞƌĨĞƌĞǁŝƚŚǇŽƵƌĐĂŵĞƌĂ͛Ɛ ŵŝƌƌŽƌ͕ƐŽǇŽƵŵĂǇŚĂǀĞƚŽĮůĞĚŽǁŶƐƵĐŚƉƌŽƚƌƵƐŝŽŶƐͿ͘/ĨƚŚĞǇƉĞƌĨŽƌŵǁĞůů͕ƚŚĞŶǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ ũƵƐƚƐĂǀĞĚǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨƐŽŵĞŵŽŶĞǇǁŝƚŚƚŚĞĂĚĚĞĚďŽŶƵƐŽĨĐůĞĂƌŝŶŐŽƵƚǇŽƵƌĂƵŶƚ͛Ɛ ĐůŽƐĞƚƐƉĂĐĞ͘zŽƵ͛ůůƉƌŽďĂďůǇǁĂŶƚƚŽƵƉŐƌĂĚĞĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůǇ͕ďƵƚƚŚŝƐĐĂŶďĞĂŐŽŽĚǁĂǇŽĨ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ^WĂŶĚůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐŽŶƚŚĞŇǇ͘

KŶĐĞǇŽƵ͛ǀĞŐŽƚǇŽƵƌůĞŶƐĞƐĂŶĚƐƚĂƌƚƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ͕ǇŽƵ͛ůůŶŽƟĐĞƚŚĂƚĨĂƐƚƉƌŝŵĞƐŚĂǀĞĂ ǀĞƌǇŶĂƌƌŽǁĚĞƉƚŚͲŽĨͲĮĞůĚǁŚĞŶǁŝĚĞŽƉĞŶ͘dŚŝƐŝƐŵŽƐƚůǇĂďůĞƐƐŝŶŐ͗ĨŽƌǇĞĂƌƐ͕ŐƵĞƌŝůůĂ

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ĮůŵŵĂŬĞƌƐŚĂǀĞďĞĞŶĂŌĞƌĂŶĂƌƌŽǁĚĞƉƚŚŽĨĮĞůĚ;ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐǀŝĚĞŽĐĂŵĞƌĂƐŝŶƚŚŝƐƉƌŝĐĞ ƌĂŶŐĞŚĂĚƟŶǇŝŵĂŐŝŶŐƐĞŶƐŽƌƐ͕ǁŚŝĐŚǇŝĞůĚĞĚŝŵĂŐĞƐǁŝƚŚĂǀĞƌǇĚĞĞƉK&Ϳ͕ĂƐŵŽƐƚ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƚĞƐŚĂůůŽǁK&ǁŝƚŚŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞĮůŵŵĂŬŝŶŐ͘ƐŚĂůůŽǁK&ĂůƐŽĂůůŽǁƐ ǇŽƵƚŽĚĞĨŽĐƵƐďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚƐƚŚĂƚŵŝŐŚƚŶŽƚďĞƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶͲĚĞƐŝŐŶĂďůĞĂŶĚĚŝƌĞĐƚƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁĞƌ͛ƐĂƩĞŶƟŽŶƚŽǁŚĂƚǇŽƵĚĞĞŵŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚŝŶĂƐĐĞŶĞ͘,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ǁŚĞŶǁŽƌŬŝŶŐǁŝƚŚ ĨƵůůͲĨƌĂŵĞƐĞŶƐŽƌƐůŝŬĞƚŚĂƚŽĨƚŚĞϱ͕ǇŽƵƌK&ĐĂŶďĞĐŽŵĞƚŽŽŶĂƌƌŽǁ͕ƐŽƚŚĂƚŝƚ͛ƐŶŝŐŚ ŝŵƉŽƐƐŝďůĞƚŽĂĐŚŝĞǀĞƐŚĂƌƉĨŽĐƵƐŽŶĂŵŽǀŝŶŐŽďũĞĐƚ;ƐƵĐŚĂƐĂƉĞƌƐŽŶ͛ƐĨĂĐĞͿ͘ůƐŽĨƌŽŵ ^ŚĂŶĞ;ŚĞ͛ƐƚĂůŬŝŶŐĂďŽƵƚĂĨƵůůͲĨƌĂŵĞƐĞŶƐŽƌͿ͗͞tŝƚŚĂĂŶŽŶϴϱŵŵůĞŶƐ͕ĂƚĂϭ͘ϰT-stop ǇŽƵŚĂǀĞĂϭͬϯϮ͟ŽĨĨŽĐƵƐ͘͟dŚŝƐŵĞĂŶƐ͗ǇŽƵƌĨŽĐƵƐŽŶĂƐƵďũĞĐƚ͛ƐĨĂĐĞŵŝŐŚƚďĞůŝŵŝƚĞĚ ƚŽƚŚĞƟƉŽĨƚŚĞŝƌŶŽƐĞĂŶĚŶŽƚƚŚĞŝƌĞǇĞƐ͕ŽƌǀŝĐĞǀĞƌƐĂ͖ƚŚŝƐĐĂŶďĞĚŝƐƚƌĂĐƟŶŐƚŽƐĂǇƚŚĞ ůĞĂƐƚ͕ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇŽǀĞƌƚŚĞĐŽƵƌƐĞŽĨĂƐŚŽƚ͘ǀĞŶŝĨǇŽƵƌƐƵďũĞĐƚŝƐƐƚĂƟŽŶĂƌǇ;ƐĂǇ͕ŝŶĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁͿ͕ǁŚĞŶƚŚĞǇůĞĂŶĨŽƌǁĂƌĚƚŚĞǇŵŝŐŚƚĚƌŽƉŽƵƚŽĨĨŽĐƵƐŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞƵƐŝŶŐĂǁŝĚĞͲ ŽƉĞŶĂƉĞƌƚƵƌĞ͕ĂŶĚƐŽǇŽƵ͛ůůŚĂǀĞƚŽĐŚŽŽƐĞǇŽƵƌĨͬƐƚŽƉǁŝƐĞůǇ͘EŽƚĞƚŚĂƚ͕ĂƚƚŚĞƐĂŵĞ ĨͬƐƚŽƉ͕ƉĞƌĐĞŝǀĞĚK&ŝƐĚĞĞƉĞƌŽŶǁŝĚĞƌůĞŶƐĞƐĂŶĚƐŚĂůůŽǁĞƌŽŶůŽŶŐĞƌůĞŶƐĞƐ;/ƐĂǇ

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LENSES: RENTING, CONVERTING

Can I upgrade my lenses — or rent be!er ones?

/ƐĂůůƚŚŝƐŐůĂƐƐŐĞƫŶŐƚŽŽĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ͍tĞůů͕ƚŚĞƌĞ͛ƐĂŶŽƚŚĞƌƚŚŝŶŐƚŽŬĞĞƉŝŶŵŝŶĚ͗you can rent lenses.dŚĞƌĞ͛ƐŶŽďĞƩĞƌǁĂǇƚŽƚƌǇĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚůĞŶƐĞƐƚŚĂŶďǇ͙ƚƌǇŝŶŐĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚůĞŶƐĞƐ͘ /ĨƚŚĞƌĞ͛ƐĂůŽĐĂůĐĂŵĞƌĂƐŚŽƉƚŚĂƚŚĂƐĂǁĞůůͲƐƚŽĐŬĞĚůĞŶƐƌĞŶƚĂůƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͕ŐƌĞĂƚ͘ƵƚŝĨŶŽƚ͕ ŽƌƌŽǁ>ĞŶƐĞƐ͘ĐŽŵŚĂƐĂǀĞƌǇǁŝĚĞƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶŽĨůĞŶƐĞƐ;ĂŶĚŽƚŚĞƌĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ͕ůŝŬĞĂƵĚŝŽ ĂĐĐĞƐƐŽƌŝĞƐ͕ŵĞŵŽƌǇĐĂƌĚƐ͕ĂŶĚƵŶĚĞƌǁĂƚĞƌŚŽƵƐŝŶŐƐ͕ŶŽƚƚŽŵĞŶƟŽŶ^>ZƐͿĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞĨŽƌ ƌĞŶƚďǇŵĂŝů;ǇŽƵĐĂŶƌĞŶƚĨŽƌĂƉĞƌŝŽĚŽĨϯĚĂǇƐĂůůƚŚĞǁĂǇƵƉƚŽĂŵŽŶƚŚͿ͘dŚĞŝƌƉƌŝĐĞƐĂƌĞ ŐƌĞĂƚͶĂŶŽŶ͛ƐŐŽƌŐĞŽƵƐϱϬŵŵĨͬϭ͘ϮƉƌŝŵĞŐŽĞƐĨŽƌΨϭ͕ϱϬϬŶĞǁ͕ďƵƚĂƚŽƌƌŽǁ>ĞŶƐĞƐǇŽƵ ĐĂŶƌĞŶƚŝƚĨŽƌĂǁĞĞŬĨŽƌΨϲϱ;ƉůƵƐƐŚŝƉƉŝŶŐ͕ǁŚŝĐŚŵĞĂŶƐŝƚŵĂŬĞƐƐĞŶƐĞƚŽƌĞŶƚƐĞǀĞƌĂůŝƚĞŵƐ ĂƚŽŶĐĞͿ͘ŶŽƚŚĞƌƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐůĞŶƐ͕ƚŚĞĞŝƐƐϱϬŵŵĨͬϮDĂŬƌŽƌĞƚĂŝůƐĨŽƌΨϭ͕ϯϬϬďƵƚƌĞŶƚƐĨŽƌ

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/lenses-converting-renting 59 ĂǁĞĞŬĨŽƌΨϱϰ͘ƚƚŚĞƐĞƌĂƚĞƐŝƚĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚŵĂŬĞƐĞŶƐĞƚŽŶŽƚŚĂǀĞƚŚĞďĞƐƚŐůĂƐƐĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨŽƌĂŶŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚƐŚŽŽƚͶĞǀĞŶŝĨǇŽƵŚĂǀĞĂŬŝƚŽĨůĞƐƐĞƌůĞŶƐĞƐĨŽƌĞǀĞƌǇĚĂǇƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ͘

ZĞŶƟŶŐ͕ŽĨĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ŝƐĂůƐŽĂŐƌĞĂƚǁĂǇŽĨƚƌǇŝŶŐŽƵƚůĞŶƐĞƐŝŶƐƚĞĂĚŽĨƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐĂďƵŶĐŚŽĨ ŵŽŶĞǇƚŽĂĚĚƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐƐŝƚĞͲƵŶƐĞĞŶ͘

It doesn’t make sense to not have the best glass available for an important shoot — even if you have a kit of lesser lenses for everyday shooting.

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͞KƵƌĐŝŶĞͲŵŽĚŝƐƚŽƚĂůůǇĐƵƐƚŽŵŝǌĂďůĞƉĞƌƚŚĞĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌĂŶĚƚŚĞŝƌŶĞĞĚƐ͘dŚĞ ďĂĐŬďŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞĐŝŶĞͲŵŽĚĐŽŶƐŝƐƚƐŽĨƚŚƌĞĞƉĂƌƚƐ͗ĂŶϴϬŵŵĨƌŽŶƚƌŝŶŐǁŝƚŚ 77mm screw in thread, a 32-pitch seamless focus gear, and lastly the iris ĚĞͲĐůŝĐŬŝŶŐĨŽƌƐŵŽŽƚŚĂƉĞƌƚƵƌĞŵĂŶŝƉƵůĂƟŽŶ͘dŚĞĨƌŽŶƚƌŝŶŐƐĂƌĞŵĂĚĞŽĨ ĂůƵŵŝŶƵŵĂŶĚƐĐƌĞǁŝŶƚŽƚŚĞĞǆŝƐƟŶŐĮůƚĞƌƚŚƌĞĂĚŽŶƚŚĞůĞŶƐ͘tĞĐĂŶĂůƐŽ ĐƵƚĐƵƐƚŽŵĚĞůƌŝŶĨƌŽŶƚƌŝŶŐƐĨŽƌůĞŶƐĞƐƚŚĂƚĚŽŶ͛ƚŚĂǀĞĂĨƌŽŶƚƚŚƌĞĂĚ͘dŚĞ ĨŽĐƵƐŐĞĂƌĐĂŶǀĂƌǇŝŶƐŝǌĞĨƌŽŵϮංĂůůƚŚĞǁĂǇƚŽϰංĚĞƉĞŶĚŝŶŐŽŶǁŚĂƚŝƐ ŶĞĞĚĞĚĨŽƌƚŚĞůĞŶƐĂŶĚͬŽƌƐĞƚƵƉ͘ĂĐŚŐĞĂƌŝƐĐƵƚƚŽƐŝǌĞŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůůǇĂŶĚ ŝŶƐƚĂůůĞĚďǇĂƚĞĐŚŶŝĐŝĂŶĨŽƌĂƉĞƌĨĞĐƚĮƚ͘dŚĞĂƉĞƌƚƵƌĞĚĞͲĐůŝĐŬŝŶŐŝƐƉƌĞƩǇ ƐĞůĨĞǆƉůĂŶĂƚŽƌǇ͘ƐǇŽƵĐĂŶŝŵĂŐŝŶĞ͕ƚŚŝƐŵĂŬĞƐƚŚĞĐŝŶĞͲŵŽĚǀĞƌǇǀĞƌƐĂƟůĞ ŝŶƌĞŐĂƌĚƐƚŽǇŽƵƌƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĂďŽƵƚǁŚŝĐŚďƌĂŶĚƐǁĞĐĂŶŵŽĚŝĨǇ͘:ƵƐƚĂďŽƵƚ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐƚŚĂƚŝƐǁĞůůƐƵŝƚĞĚĨŽƌŵŽƟŽŶƉŝĐƚƵƌĞƵƐĞ͘&ĞĞůĨƌĞĞƚŽƌĞĂĚƐŽŵĞŽĨ my material on DĂƩŚĞǁƵĐůŽƐ͘ĐŽŵĂƐƚŽǁŚĂƚůĞŶƐĞƐǁŽƌŬǁĞůůĨŽƌŵŽƟŽŶ ĂŶĚǁŚǇƐŽŵĞůĞŶƐĞƐĚŽŶ͛ƚ͘͟

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STORAGE (FOR THE SHOOT)

What memory cards should I use?

ƵǇŶĂŵĞͲďƌĂŶĚ͕ůĂƌŐĞͲĐĂƉĂĐŝƚǇŵĞŵŽƌǇĐĂƌĚƐ;CF͕^͕ǁŚĂƚĞǀĞƌǇŽƵĐĂŵĞƌĂƚĂŬĞƐͿ͘/ŶƚŚĞ It’s a good idea ĐĂƐĞŽĨƚŚĞϱ͕ŝƚƐϯϴDďŝƚǀŝĚĞŽĚĂƚĂƌĂƚĞǁŽƌŬƐŽƵƚƚŽĂďŽƵƚϱŵĞŐĂďǇƚĞƐͬƐĞĐ͕ 4 ĂŶĚĂŶŽŶ to buy reliable ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚƐĐĂƌĚƐǁŝƚŚĂŵŝŶŝŵƵŵƐƵƐƚĂŝŶĞĚƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌƌĂƚĞŽĨϴDͬƐĞĐ͘dŚĞϳ͛ƐĚĂƚĂƌĂƚĞ name-brand ŝƐƐůŝŐŚƚůǇŚŝŐŚĞƌ͕ďƵƚǇŽƵƐƟůůǁŽŶ͛ƚŶĞĞĚhDĐĂƌĚƐ;ǁŚŝĐŚƉƌŽŵŝƐĞϰϱDͬƐͿ͖ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ cards rather than save a ǇŽƵǁŝůůƐƟůůǁĂŶƚƉůĞŶƚǇŽĨĚĂƚĂƌĂƚĞŚĞĂĚƌŽŽŵĂŶĚŝƚ͛ƐĂŐŽŽĚŝĚĞĂƚŽďƵǇƌĞůŝĂďůĞŶĂŵĞͲ few bucks on ďƌĂŶĚĐĂƌĚƐƌĂƚŚĞƌƚŚĂŶƐĂǀĞĂĨĞǁďƵĐŬƐŽŶŐĞŶĞƌŝĐũƵŶŬƚŚĂƚŵŝŐŚƚƌƵŝŶĂƐŚŽƚ;ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ generic junk that might ruin a shot. 4 To calculate megabytes/sec from a megabit speciﬁcation, divide by 8 — there are 8 bits in a byte.

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How can I make a DSLR behave like a “real” movie camera?

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dŚĞŝŶĚƵƐƚƌǇƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƌŽĚƐǇƐƚĞŵĨŽƌ ĐĂŵĞƌĂƐƵƉƉŽƌƚŝƐďĂƐĞĚŽŶϭϱŵŵ ƌŽĚƐƐƉĂĐĞĚϲϬŵŵĂƉĂƌƚ;ƚŚĞƌĞŝƐ ĂůƐŽĂůĂƌŐĞƌƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚďĂƐĞĚŽŶϭϵŵŵ ƌŽĚƐǁŚŝĐŚŝƐŽǀĞƌŬŝůůĨŽƌ^>ZƐͿ͕ƐŽ you can mix and match most parts ĨƌŽŵĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌĞƌƐƚŽ ďƵŝůĚǇŽƵƌŽǁŶĨƌĂŶŬĞŶƐǇƐƚĞŵ͘/ŶŵǇ ŽǁŶĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞŝƚ͛ƐĂƚƌŝĂůͲĂŶĚͲĞƌƌŽƌ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐƚŽƉŝĞĐĞƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌƚŚĞŝĚĞĂůŬŝƚ ĨŽƌǇŽƵƌƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌƐŚŽŽƟŶŐŶĞĞĚƐ͕ƐŽ ƚŚŝƐŝƐŽŶĞĂƌĞĂĨŽƌǁŚŝĐŚǇŽƵƐŚŽƵůĚ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇƐƉĞŶĚƐŽŵĞƟŵĞŽŶƚŚĞ ĨŽƌƵŵƐ͘ůƐŽ͕ƚŚĞƐĞĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐĂƌĞ ƐŵĂůůĞƌƚŚĂŶǇŽƵƌĂǀĞƌĂŐĞŵƵůƟŶĂƟŽŶĂůĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƟŽŶ͕ĂŶĚƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞǁŝůůƵƐƵĂůůǇƚĂŬĞƚŚĞ ƟŵĞƚŽĂŶƐǁĞƌǇŽƵƌƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ͘/ŚŽƉĞƚŽŚĂǀĞŵŽƌĞĂŶƐǁĞƌƐŝŶƚŚŝƐĂƌĞĂǁŚĞŶ/͛ǀĞƵƐĞĚ ĂǁŝĚĞƌǀĂƌŝĞƚǇŽĨŐĞĂƌ͘

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/support-system 67 ŝŶĞŵĂϱĚŚĂƐĂϲϬͲƉĂŐĞ^>ZƌŝŐƌĞǀŝĞǁĐŽǀĞƌŝŶŐĂŶƵŵďĞƌŽĨ^>ZƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƐǇƐƚĞŵƐ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚƚŚĞƌĞŚĂǀĞďĞĞŶƌƵŵďůŝŶŐƐĂďŽƵƚƚŚĞŵĞƚŚŽĚŽůŽŐǇĂŶĚŽďũĞĐƟǀŝƚǇŽĨƚŚĞŝƌ ƌŽƵŶĚƵƉ͖ĂƐǁŝƚŚƚŚĞŝŶĨŽŝŶƚŚŝƐǀĞƌǇŐƵŝĚĞ͕ƐĞĞŬŽƵƚĂƐŵĂŶǇĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚŽƉŝŶŝŽŶƐŽŶ ƚŚĞĨŽƌƵŵƐĂƐǇŽƵĐĂŶďĞĨŽƌĞǇŽƵƉƵůůƚŚĞƚƌŝŐŐĞƌŽŶĂƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞ͕ĂŶĚƚŚĞŶĞǆƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƚƚŽ ŐĞƚƚŚĞďĞƐƚƌĞƐƵůƚƐĨŽƌǇŽƵƌƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌŶĞĞĚƐ͘

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POWER

What are the best options for powering my DSLR?

^ŚŽŽƟŶŐŵŽǀŝĞƐŽŶǇŽƵƌ^>ZĚƌĂŝŶƐďĂƩĞƌŝĞƐƌĂƉŝĚůǇ͕ƐŽǇŽƵ͛ůůŶĞĞĚƉůĞŶƚǇŽĨƐƉĂƌĞƐ͘&ŽƌƚŚĞ ϱĂŶĚϳ͕ĞĂĐŚŐĞŶƵŝŶĞĂŶŽŶ>WͲϲďĂƩĞƌǇƌƵŶƐΨϭϬϬ͕ǁŚŝĐŚĐĂŶĂĚĚƵƉƋƵŝĐŬůǇ͘ǀĞŶƚŚĞ ůŽǁĞƌͲƉƌŝĐĞĚdϮŝƵƐĞƐďĂƩĞƌŝĞƐƚŚĂƚĂƌĞĞƋƵĂůůǇĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ͗ƚŚĞ>WͲϴ͘EŝŬŽŶƐĂƌĞŶ͛ƚĂŶǇďĞƩĞƌ ŽŶƚŚĞŚŝŐŚĞŶĚ͕ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚƚŚĞϵϬĚŽĞƐŚĂǀĞĐŚĞĂƉďĂƩĞƌŝĞƐĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͘,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ŐĞŶĞƌŝĐ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĞĚďĂƩĞƌŝĞƐĐĂŶďĞŚĂĚŽŶĞĂǇĨŽƌΨϭϬ͘dŚĞĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ͍/ŶĂŶŽŶ͛ƐĐĂƐĞ͕ƚŚĞĐŚĞĂƉ ŝŵƉŽƌƚƐůĂĐŬƚŚĞŝŶƚĞƌŶĂůĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌĐŚŝƉƚŚĂƚƚŚĞŝƌŐĞŶƵŝŶĞĐŽƵŶƚĞƌƉĂƌƚƐŚĂǀĞ͕ǁŚŝĐŚƚĞůůƐǇŽƵ ŚŽǁŵƵĐŚďĂƩĞƌǇůŝĨĞƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ͘dŚĞĐŚĞĂƉŽŶĞƐ͕ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ͕ĐŽƵůĚƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůůǇƌƵŶŽƵƚĂƚƚŚĞ ǁŽƌƐƚƟŵĞĚƵƌŝŶŐǇŽƵƌƐŚŽŽƚ͗ŵŝĚͲƚĂŬĞ͘dŚĞŶĂŐĂŝŶ͕ǇŽƵĐĂŶŐĞƚϲŽĨƚŚĞŵĨŽƌƚŚĞƉƌŝĐĞŽĨŽŶĞ ͞ƌĞĂů͟ďĂƩĞƌǇ͕ƐŽƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞĂŶĂƩƌĂĐƟǀĞĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞĨŽƌŶŽͲďƵĚŐĞƚĮůŵŵĂŬĞƌƐ͘/ƚ͛ƐŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚƚŽ

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/power 69 ŶŽƚĞƚŚĂƚƚŚĞŬŶŽĐŬŽīďĂƩĞƌŝĞƐǁŽŶ͛ƚǁŽƌŬŝŶĂŶŽŶ͛ƐĐŚĂƌŐĞƌ͖ƚŚĞǇƌĞƋƵŝƌĞƚŚĞŝƌŽǁŶ͘ dŚĞĮƌƐƚƟŵĞ/ƉůƵŐŐĞĚŝŶƚŚĞŽīͲďƌĂŶĚĐŚĂƌŐĞƌƚŚĂƚĐĂŵĞǁŝƚŚŵǇŐĞŶĞƌŝĐďĂƩĞƌŝĞƐ͕ŝƚ ĨƌŝĞĚŝƚƐĞůĨŝŶϱŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ;ƚŚĞƐĞůůĞƌƐĞŶƚŵĞĂŶŽƚŚĞƌͿ͖zDDs͘&ŝŶĂůůǇ͕ŽīͲďƌĂŶĚďĂƩĞƌŝĞƐ ĚŽŶŽƚǁŽƌŬǁŝƚŚƚŚĞDĂŐŝĐ>ĂŶƚĞƌŶ ĮƌŵǁĂƌĞ;ĂƐŽĨǀĞƌƐŝŽŶϬ͘ϭ͘ϲͿ͘DŽƌĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ͕^ĞƌŝĞƐϳ^>ͲϲďĂƩĞƌŝĞƐŚĂǀĞ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĞĚĂƚB&H͕ǁŚŝĐŚĚŽĐŽŶƚĂŝŶ ƚŚĞĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌĐŚŝƉ;ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞŶ͛ƚƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚůǇůĞƐƐĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞĂŶŽŶŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůƐ͕ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌͿ͘

zŽƵĐĂŶĂůƐŽƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞĂďĂƩĞƌǇŐƌŝƉ ;ĨŽƌƚŚĞĂŶŽŶϱ͗'Ͳϲ͖ĨŽƌƚŚĞ ϳ͗'Ͳϳ͖ĨŽƌEŝŬŽŶƐͿĨŽƌĚŽƵďůĞ ƚŚĞďĂƩĞƌǇůŝĨĞ͕ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚŵĂŶǇƐƟůů ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚĞƌƐƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞĂďĂƩĞƌǇ ŐƌŝƉĨŽƌƚŚĞĞƌŐŽŶŽŵŝĐĂŝĚŝƚƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ǁŚŝůĞƐŚŽŽƟŶŐǀĞƌƟĐĂůůǇŝŶĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽƚŚĞĞǆƚƌĂďĂƩĞƌǇůŝĨĞ;ǇŽƵĐĂŶĂůƐŽ ƵƐĞďĂƩĞƌŝĞƐǁŝƚŚŐƌŝƉƐͿ͘&ŽƌĮůŵŵĂŬŝŶŐƐŚŽŽƟŶŐǀĞƌƟĐĂůůǇŝƐĂŵŽŽƚŝƐƐƵĞ͕ďƵƚ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌŝŶŐŵŽƐƚƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƐǇƐƚĞŵƐƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĂƌŝƐĞƌƚŽƌĂŝƐĞƚŚĞůŽǁͲƐŝƫŶŐ^>ZŝŶƚŽĂ ƐƵŝƚĂďůĞƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͕ƚŚĞďĂƩĞƌǇŐƌŝƉĐĂŶĂůƐŽƐĞƌǀĞƐƵĐŚĂƉƵƌƉŽƐĞ͘'ĞŶĞƌŝĐďĂƩĞƌǇŐƌŝƉƐ ĂƌĞĂůƐŽĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞĨŽƌϭͬϯƚŚĞƉƌŝĐĞŽĨƚŚĞŝƌŐĞŶƵŝŶĞĂŶŽŶĐŽƵŶƚĞƌƉĂƌƚ;ĨŽƌďŽƚŚĂŶŽŶƐ ĂŶĚEŝŬŽŶƐƵƐĞƌƐƌĞƉŽƌƚZeikosŵĂŬĞƐĂƋƵĂůŝƚǇĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞͿ͘

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/power 70 ŶĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞƚŽƵƐŝŶŐƐƚŽĐŬďĂƩĞƌŝĞƐŝƐĂŶĞǆƚĞƌŶĂůƉŽǁĞƌŝŶŐƐŽůƵƟŽŶ͕ǁŚĞƌĞĂĐĂďůĞ ĐĂŶƌƵŶĨƌŽŵǇŽƵƌďĂƩĞƌǇĐŽŵƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚƚŽĂůĂƌŐĞƌƉŽǁĞƌƐŽƵƌĐĞ͖ŽŶĞŝŶƐƚĂŶĐĞŽĨƚŚŝƐ ĐŽŵĞƐĨƌŽŵďĂƩĞƌǇƐƉĞĐŝĂůŝƐƚŶƚŽŶĂƵĞƌ͗

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^ǁŝƚƌŽŶŝǆŚĂƐĂůƐŽƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚĂŶĞǆƚĞƌŶĂůďĂƩĞƌǇƉĂĐŬĨŽƌ^>ZƐ͕ďƵƚ/ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚƐĞĞŶĂŶǇ ƚĞƐƚƌĞƐƵůƚƐƚŽĚĂƚĞ͘&ƵƌƚŚĞƌŵŽƌĞ͕,ĂǁŬͲtŽŽĚƐŚĂƐĐƌĞĂƚĞĚƉŽǁĞƌĂĚĂƉƚĞƌƐĨŽƌƚŚĞϱ ĂŶĚϳƚŚĂƚŽīĞƌĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶƚŽĞǆƚĞƌŶĂůďĂƩĞƌŝĞƐ͗ƚŚĞͲϱϭĂŶĚƚŚĞͲϱϮ;ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ƚŚĞƐĂŵĞƵŶŝƚǁŝƚŚĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚďĂƩĞƌǇĐŽŶŶĞĐƚŽƌƐͿ͘tŽƌĚŽŶƚŚĞƐƚƌĞĞƚŝƐƚŚĞǇƌƵŶĂƌŽƵŶĚ ΨϭϮϬ͘

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AUDIO

How can I record high-quality audio with my DSLR?

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ƐǁŝƚŚĂŶǇy>ZĂĚĂƉƚĞƌŽĨƐŝŵŝůĂƌƐŝǌĞ͕Ă:ƵŝĐĞĚůŝŶŬŽƌĞĂĐŚƚĞŬĐĂŶĂůƐŽĚŽƵďůĞĂƐĂ ƌŝƐĞƌƉůĂƚĞŽŶǇŽƵƌƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƐǇƐƚĞŵ͘&ƵƌƚŚĞƌŵŽƌĞ͕ƚŚĞ:ƵŝĐĞĚůŝŶŬǁĞďƐŝƚĞŽīĞƌƐĂĐĂƚĂůŽŐ ŽĨǀĞƌǇŚĞůƉĨƵůĂƵĚŝŽƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐƚƵƚŽƌŝĂůƐͶŝŶĚŝƐƉĞŶƐĂďůĞŝĨǇŽƵĮŶĚǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨƚƌǇŝŶŐƚŽ ƚƵƌŶĂĨƌŝĞŶĚŝŶƚŽĂŶĂƵĚŝŽĐƌĞǁŵĞŵďĞƌ͘

/ĨŽŶͲĐĂŵĞƌĂĂƵĚŝŽƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐŝƐŶ͛ƚĂŶŽƉƟŽŶĨŽƌ ǇŽƵƌ^>ZͶŽƌŝĨǇŽƵŚĂǀĞĂŶĞĞĚƚŽƵŶƚĞƚŚĞƌ ǇŽƵƌĂƵĚŝŽĨƌŽŵǇŽƵƌĐĂŵĞƌĂͶƚŚĞƌĞĂƌĞĂ ŶƵŵďĞƌŽĨƋƵĂůŝƚǇŇĂƐŚŵĞŵŽƌǇƌĞĐŽƌĚĞƌƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞĂƚǀĞƌǇŝŶĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞƉƌŝĐĞƉŽŝŶƚƐ͘ KŶĞŽĨƚŚĞŵŽƐƚǁŝĚĞůǇͲƵƐĞĚŝƐƚŚĞŽŽŵ ,ϰŶ;ƌĞǀŝĞǁ͕ƌĞǀŝĞǁͿ͕ǁŚŝĐŚƌĞĐŽƌĚƐĂƚ;ƵƉƚŽͿ ϮϰͲďŝƚͬϵϲŬ,ǌŽŶ^Žƌ^,ĐĂƌĚƐ͘/ƚŽīĞƌƐϮ y>ZŝŶƉƵƚƐ͕ĂďƵŝůƚͲŝŶƐƚĞƌĞŽŵŝĐ͕ĂŶĚŽīĞƌƐϰ ƚƌĂĐŬƐŽĨƐŝŵƵůƚĂŶĞŽƵƐƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ͕ǁŚŝĐŚĞŶĂďůĞƐ ƚŚĞĂďŝůŝƚǇƚŽƐŝŵƵůƚĂŶĞŽƵƐůǇƌĞĐŽƌĚŝƚƐŽǁŶ ƐƚĞƌĞŽƉŝĐŬƵƉŝŶĂĚĚŝƟŽŶƚŽĂƵĚŝŽĨƌŽŵƚŚĞϮ y>ZŝŶƉƵƚƐ͖ĨŽƌĮůŵŵĂŬŝŶŐǁŚĞƌĞĨŽůĞǇǁŽŶ͛ƚďĞƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͕ƚŚŝƐĐĂŶŽīĞƌĂŶŝĐĞŵŝǆŝŶŐ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ͕ŝŶƚŚĂƚǇŽƵĐĂŶĂĚũƵƐƚƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞůǇͲƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚĂŵďŝĞŶƚůĞǀĞůƐŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚůǇ ĨƌŽŵǇŽƵƌďŽŽŵĂŶĚůĂǀůĞǀĞůƐ͘,ĂǀŝŶŐƐƵĐŚĂƐĐƌĂƚĐŚƚƌĂĐŬ͕ĂƐƐƵŵŝŶŐƚŚĞ,ϰŶŝƐ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƚĞĚďǇĂǁŝŶĚƐĐƌĞĞŶĂŶĚŝƐǁĞůůͲƉŽƐŝƟŽŶĞĚ͕ĐĂŶďĞĂďŽŽŶĨŽƌƉŽƐƚͲƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ƚƵƌŶĂƌŽƵŶĚƟŵĞŽŶůŽǁͲďƵĚŐĞƚƐŚŽǁƐƚŚĂƚŚĂǀĞǁĞď͕ŵŽďŝůĞ͕ŽƌůŽǁͲĞŶĚdsƌĞůĞĂƐĞƐŝŶ ŵŝŶĚ͘ƚΨϯϱϬ͕ƚŚĞ,ϰŶŝƐĂŐƌĞĂƚĚĞĂů͘KŶĞĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ͗dŚĞdĂƐĐĂŵZϭϬϬ͕ǁŚŝĐŚŽƚŚĞƌƐ ƌĞǀŝĞǁǁĞůů͕ďƵƚ/ǁŝƚŶĞƐƐĞĚƚŚĞƐŝůǀĞƌũŽŐĚŝĂůĨĂůůŽīƌĞƉĞĂƚĞĚůǇŽŶĂƐŚŽŽƚ;zDDsͿ͘

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/audio 75 /ŶĂĚĚŝƟŽŶƚŽƚŚĞƐĞƚǁŽŵĞƚŚŽĚƐŽĨƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛ƐĂƚŚŝƌĚĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ͗ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞĂyϮϯϭƚŽĞŶĂďůĞ ŽŶͲĐĂŵĞƌĂĂƵĚŝŽǁŚĞŶǇŽƵǁĂŶƚŝƚ͕ĂŶĚĂĚĚĂŇĂƐŚ ŵĞŵŽƌǇƌĞĐŽƌĚĞƌĨŽƌƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞͲƐǇƐƚĞŵƐŽƵŶĚǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶĐĂůůƐĨŽƌŚŝŐŚĞƌƋƵĂůŝƚǇĂƵĚŝŽŽƌŶĞĞĚƐ ƚŚĞƌĞĐŽƌĚŝƐƚƚŽƌŽĂŵ͘ƚŽƉĐŚŽŝĐĞĨŽƌƚŚŝƐƉƵƌƉŽƐĞ ŝƐƚŚĞ^ŽŶǇWDͲϱϬ͕ǁŚŝĐŚŝƐƐŝŵŝůĂƌƚŽƚŚĞ,ϰŶŝŶ ƐŝǌĞĂŶĚĨƵŶĐƟŽŶĂůŝƚǇ͕ďƵƚŝƚŽŶůǇĂĐĐĞƉƚƐĂϭͬϴ഼ƐƚĞƌĞŽ ŝŶƉƵƚ͘,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ǁŚĞŶĐŽŶŶĞĐƚĞĚƚŽĂyϮϯϭ͕ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶŽīĞƌƐĂŐƌĞĂƚĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶŽĨŵŝĐƉƌĞͲ ĂŵƉƐĂŶĚƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐŵĞĚŝƵŵͶǇŽƵĐŽƵůĚƵƐĞƚŚŝƐ ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐƐĞƚƵƉĨŽƌĂĨĞĂƚƵƌĞĮůŵ͕ƚŚĞƐĞůĨͲŶŽŝƐĞŝƐƐŽ ůŽǁ͘sŝĚĞŽŐƌĂƉŚĞƌͬƌĞƉŽƌƚĞƌĂŶŚƵŶŐŚĂƐƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚ ŐŽŽĚƌĞƐƵůƚƐ͕ĂŶĚŵǇŽǁŶƚĞƐƚƐƚŽĚĂƚĞŚĂǀĞĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ;ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ǇŽƵƌĂƵĚŝŽǁŝůůƚƌĂǀĞůŽǀĞƌĂŶƵŶďĂůĂŶĐĞĚϭͬϴ഼ĐĂďůĞĨŽƌĂƐŚŽƌƚůĞŶŐƚŚ͕ƐŽ ǇŽƵ͛ůůŚĂǀĞƚŽďĞǀŝŐŝůĂŶƚĨŽƌŝŶƚĞƌĨĞƌĞŶĐĞͿ͘ŶŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚĨĞĂƚƵƌĞŽĨƚŚĞWDͲϱϬ;ƌĞǀŝĞǁ͕ ƌĞǀŝĞǁͿŝƐŝƚƐďƵŝůƚͲŝŶůŝŵŝƚĞƌ͕ǁŚŝĐŚƌĞĐŽƌĚƐĞĂĐŚŝŶƉƵƚĂƚƚǁŽůĞǀĞůƐƐŝŵƵůƚĂŶĞŽƵƐůǇ ĂŶĚĂƵƚŽŵĂƟĐĂůůǇƐǁŝƚĐŚĞƐƚŽƚŚĞůŽǁĞƌůĞǀĞůŝĨĐůŝƉƉŝŶŐƌĞƐƵůƚƐĂƚƚŚĞŚŝŐŚĞƌƐĞƫŶŐ͘ &Žƌ^>ZͲďĂƐĞĚĐƌĞǁƐǁŚĞƌĞƚŚĞĂƵĚŝŽŐƵǇŵŝŐŚƚŶŽƚďĞĂƵŶŝŽŶŵĂŶǁŝƚŚĚĞĐĂĚĞƐŽĨ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͕ƚŚŝƐĞǆƚƌĂĨĂƵůƚƚŽůĞƌĂŶĐĞŝƐĐƌƵĐŝĂů͘KƚŚĞƌĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞƐŝŶĐůƵĚĞϰ'ŽĨďƵŝůƚͲ ŝŶŇĂƐŚŵĞŵŽƌǇ;ŐŽŽĚĨŽƌϲŚŽƵƌƐŽĨϰϴŬ,ǌĂƵĚŝŽͿ͕ĂϱͲƐĞĐŽŶĚƉƌĞͲďƵīĞƌ;ǇŽƵĐĂŶ ĂƵƚŽŵĂƟĐĂůůǇƐƚĂƌƚƚŚĞƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐϱƐĞĐŽŶĚƐďĞĨŽƌĞǇŽƵƉƌĞƐƐĞĚƚŚĞďƵƩŽŶŝŶĐĂƐĞǇŽƵ ǁĞƌĞŶ͛ƚƌŽůůŝŶŐĨŽƌƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐͿ͕ĂŶĚĂƌĞĂů͕ƌŝĚĞĂďůĞŝŶƉƵƚůĞǀĞůŬŶŽď;ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚŽĨƚŚĞ,ϰŶ͛Ɛ ƉƵƐŚďƵƩŽŶƐͿ͘ŝƐĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞƐƚŽƚŚĞWDͲϱϬŝŶĐůƵĚĞŝƚƐŚŝŐŚĞƌƉƌŝĐĞ͕ŝƚƐϭͬϴ഼ŝŶƉƵƚ͕ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐƌĞůŝĂŶĐĞŽŶƉƌŽƉƌŝĞƚĂƌǇDĞŵŽƌǇ^ƟĐŬĐĂƌĚƐ;ŚŽŶĞƐƚůǇ͕^ŽŶǇ͕ƐƟůů͍Ϳ͘

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/audio 76

MAGIC LANTERN FIRMWARE

Is there unoﬃcial ﬁrmware available for my Canon 5D?

NOTE: Since Canon released ﬁrmware 2.0.4 for the 5D, the utility of Magic Lantern ﬁrmware has been somewhat reduced.

dŚĞĂŶŽŶϱƐŚŝƉƉĞĚǁŝƚŚĂŶĂŵĂǌŝŶŐŵŽǀŝĞŵŽĚĞƚŚĂƚǁĂƐŽŌĞŶŝŶĨƵƌŝĂƟŶŐďĞĐĂƵƐĞŝƚ ůĂĐŬĞĚďĂƐŝĐǀŝĚĞŽĐĂŵĞƌĂĨƵŶĐƟŽŶĂůŝƚǇ͘ĂŶŽŶŚĂƐĚŽŶĞĂŶŝĐĞũŽďŽĨĂĚĚŝŶŐƐŽŵĞŽĨƚŚĞ ŵŝƐƐŝŶŐĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐͶŵĂŶƵĂůĂƉĞƌƚƵƌĞĂŶĚƐŚƵƩĞƌƐƉĞĞĚĂŶĚĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂůĨƌĂŵĞƌĂƚĞƐͶďƵƚ

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/magic-lantern-ﬁrmware 77 ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂůĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐŚĂǀĞďĞĞŶĂĚĚĞĚďǇ dƌĂŵŵ,ƵĚƐŽŶ͕ǁŚŽŚĂĐŬĞĚƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂ͛Ɛ ĮƌŵǁĂƌĞĂŶĚĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚŶĞǁĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐĨŽƌ ƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂĂůůŽŶŚŝƐŽǁŶ͘/ǁŽŶĚĞƌĞĚĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞϱ͛ƐŚĂĐŬĂďŝůŝƚǇďĞĨŽƌĞƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂǁĂƐ ĞǀĞŶƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ͕ĂŶĚ/ĐĂŶŶŽƚŽǀĞƌƐƚĂƚĞƚŚĞ ǀĂůƵĞŽĨǁŚĂƚdƌĂŵŵ͛ƐŵĂŶĂŐĞĚǁŝƚŚƚŚŝƐĨƌĞĞ ĚŽǁŶůŽĂĚĂďůĞƵƉŐƌĂĚĞ͘

dŚĞDĂŐŝĐ>ĂŶƚĞƌŶĮƌŵǁĂƌĞĂĚĚƐƚŚĞĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ;ƚĂŬĞŶĨƌŽŵƚŚĞD>ǁŝŬŝͿ͗

t KŶͲƐĐƌĞĞŶĂƵĚŝŽŵĞƚĞƌƐ t DĂŶƵĂůŐĂŝŶĐŽŶƚƌŽůǁŝƚŚŶŽ' t ĞďƌĂƐƚƌŝƉĞƐ;ǀŝĚĞŽƉĞĂŬŝŶŐͿ t ƵƐƚŽŵƌŽƉŵĂƌŬƐĨŽƌϭϲ͗ϵ͕Ϯ͘ϯϱ͗ϭ͕ϰ͗ϯĂŶĚĂŶǇŽƚŚĞƌĨŽƌŵĂƚ t ŽŶƚƌŽůŽĨĨŽĐƵƐĂŶĚďƌĂĐŬĞƟŶŐ

dŚĞƐĞĂƌĞŶ͛ƚ͞ŶŝĐĞƚŽŚĂǀĞ͟ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐͶƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞŵƵƐƚͲŚĂǀĞƐ͘,ĞƌĞ͛ƐdƌĂŵŵǁŝƚŚĂ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶŽĨD>͛ƐĐĂƉĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ;ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐƐŽŵĞƵƉĐŽŵŝŶŐĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐͿ͗

This video can be watched on the online version of this chapter, at: http://noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/magic-lantern-ﬁrmware/

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/magic-lantern-ﬁrmware 78 dŚĞDĂŐŝĐ>ĂŶƚĞƌŶĮƌŵǁĂƌĞŝƐĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇŽŶůǇĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞĨŽƌƚŚĞϱďƵƚŝƐĐŽŵŝŶŐƐŽŽŶƚŽ ƚŚĞϳĂŶĚdϮŝ͘,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ŝƚ͛ƐĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇŝŶĐŽŵƉĂƟďůĞǁŝƚŚƚŚĞϱ͛ƐůĂƚĞƐƚĮƌŵǁĂƌĞ͕ƐŽ ŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞĂĐƵƌƌĞŶƚϱŽǁŶĞƌ͕ďĞǁĂƌǇŽĨƵƉŐƌĂĚŝŶŐ;ŝĨǇŽƵĚĞĞŵŝƚŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌǇ͕ǇŽƵĐĂŶ ĚŽǁŶŐƌĂĚĞŝŶŽƌĚĞƌƚŽƵƐĞDĂŐŝĐ>ĂŶƚĞƌŶͿ͘dŚĞĮƌŵǁĂƌĞŝƐĨƌĞĞ͕ƐŽƉůĞĂƐĞĚŽŶĂƚĞƚŽ dƌĂŵŵƚŽƐƵƉƉŽƌƚD>͛ƐĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚĂŶĚƚŽƚŚĂŶŬŚŝŵĨŽƌŚŝƐĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĂďůĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶƐƚŽ^>ZĐŝŶĞŵĂƚŽŐƌĂƉŚǇ͘

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/magic-lantern-ﬁrmware 79

GH1 FIRMWARE

Is there unoﬃcial ﬁrmware available for my Panasonic GH1?

dŚĂŶŬƐƚŽƚŚĞďƌŝůůŝĂŶĐĞŽĨsŝƚĂůŝǇ<ĞƐůĞǀ͕ƚŚĞWĂŶĂƐŽŶŝĐ',ϭʹĂƉůĂƐƟĐ͕ŵŝƌƌŽƌůĞƐƐ͕ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚͲ ĚŽůůĂƌĐĂŵĞƌĂʹŝƐŶŽǁĂƌĞĂůĐŽŶƚĞŶĚĞƌŝŶƚŚĞďĂƩůĞĨŽƌ^>ZƐƵƉƌĞŵĂĐǇ͘ 5

hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ/͛ŵŽŶůǇŶŽǁŐĞƫŶŐŵǇŚĂŶĚƐŽŶĂ',ϭ͕ƐŽĂƚƉƌĞƐƐƟŵĞ/͛ůůŚĂǀĞƚŽƌĞƐĞƌǀĞ ũƵĚŐŵĞŶƚĂƐƚŽŚŽǁƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂĐŽŵƉĂƌĞƐƚŽŵǇϱ;/ĂůƐŽŚĂǀĞĂEŝŬŽŶϯϭϬϬĂŶĚĂŶŽŶ

5 Due to its lack of an optical viewﬁnder and mirror, the GH1 is technically not a DSLR – but given all DSLRs are in mirror lock-up position when shooting movies, for all intents and purposes this makes no difference for DSLR ﬁlmmakers. I’m going to call it a DSLR just for consistency’s sake.

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ŶŽƵŐŚĂďŽƵƚƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂŝƚƐĞůĨʹŝĨǇŽƵĂůƌĞĂĚǇŚĂǀĞŝƚ͕ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞŐŽŝŶŐƚŽďĞŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŝŶƚŚĞŚĂĐŬĞĚĮƌŵǁĂƌĞ͕ǁŚŝĐŚĚƌĂƐƟĐĂůůǇŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞƐƚŚĞs,ĐŽĚĞĐŵĂǆŝŵƵŵďŝƚƌĂƚĞ ƚŽϰϰDďŝƚ͘dŚŝƐƐŚŽƵůĚƐŝŶŐůĞŚĂŶĚĞĚůǇǀĂƵůƚƚŚĞ',ϭŝŶƚŽǀŝĂďůĞĮůŵŵĂŬŝŶŐƚĞƌƌŝƚŽƌǇ͘ dŚĞƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŝƐĐĂůůĞĚWdŽŽů͕ĂŶĚǁŚŝůĞŝƚ͛ƐtŝŶĚŽǁƐͲŽŶůǇ͕DĂĐƵƐĞƌƐĐĂŶƌƵŶŝƚƵƐŝŶŐ tŝŶĞďŽƩůĞƌ͘'ĞƚƚŚĞŚĂĐŬĞĚĮƌŵǁĂƌĞ͕ĂŶĚŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƐĨŽƌƵƐŝŶŐŝƚ͕ŚĞƌĞĂƚK^,͘

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MATTE BOX How can I make my camera look cooler? What are my options for reducing lens ﬂares?

ŵĂƩĞďŽǆƐĞƌǀĞƐƚǁŽƉƵƌƉŽƐĞƐ͗ŽŶĞ͕ƚŽĐƵƚĚŽǁŶŽŶƵŶǁĂŶƚĞĚůĞŶƐŇĂƌĞƐ͖ƚǁŽ͕ƚŽĂůůŽǁĨŽƌ ĞĂƐŝůǇĐŚĂŶŐĞĂďůĞĮůƚĞƌƐŝŶĨƌŽŶƚŽĨǇŽƵƌůĞŶƐ͘zŽƵŵĂǇŶŽƚŶĞĞĚŽŶĞ͖ŝƚĚĞƉĞŶĚƐŽŶŚŽǁǇŽƵ ĨĞĞůĂďŽƵƚůĞŶƐŇĂƌĞƐ͕ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌǇŽƵ͛ƌĞƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐŽŶƵƐŝŶŐĮůƚƌĂƟŽŶ͕ĂŶĚŚŽǁŚŝŐŚͲƉƌŽĮůĞǇŽƵ ĐĂŶĂīŽƌĚƚŽďĞŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞŽŶĂŐƵĞƌƌŝůůĂƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ;ĂŵĂƩĞďŽǆƐĐƌĞĂŵƐ͞ƌĞĂůĮůŵ͟ŵŽƌĞƚŚĂŶ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐĂŶǇŽƚŚĞƌĂĐĐĞƐƐŽƌǇ͕ǁŚŝĐŚ/ƐƵƐƉĞĐƚŝƐǁŚǇĂůĂƌŐĞƉŽƌƟŽŶŽĨĮůŵŵĂŬĞƌƐƌƵŶĂƌŽƵŶĚ ǁŝƚŚŽŶĞĂƩĂĐŚĞĚ͗ƚŽůŽŽŬůĞŐŝƚͿ͘

ĞĐĂƵƐĞŵĂƩĞďŽǆĞƐŚĂǀĞŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐĂůůǇďĞĞŶƵƐĞĚŽŶ͞ƌĞĂů͟ĮůŵƐ;ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ͕ŽŶƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƐ ƵƐŝŶŐĐĂŵĞƌĂƐƚŚĂƚĐŽƐƚƐĞǀĞƌĂůƟŵĞƐŵŽƌĞƚŚĂŶĂ^>ZͿ͕ŵĂŶǇŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌĞƌƐĂƌĞ ĂĐĐƵƐƚŽŵĞĚƚŽĐŚĂƌŐŝŶŐĮǀĞĮŐƵƌĞƐĨŽƌĂĚĞǀŝĐĞƚŚĂƚĞƐƐĞŶƟĂůůǇĂŵŽƵŶƚƐƚŽĂďŽǆǁŝƚŚ

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/ma!e-box 82 ĂƩĂĐŚĂďůĞŵĞƚĂůŇĂƉƐĂŶĚĂĐŽƵƉůĞŽĨƐůŽƚƐ͘dŽďĞƐƵƌĞ͕ŝƚŝƐŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚƚŽŐĞƚĂƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ŵĂƩĞďŽǆŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞĂĚĚŝŶŐŽŶĞƚŽǇŽƵƌƌŝŐ͕ďƵƚŝƚĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚŵĂŬĞĂŶǇƐĞŶƐĞŝŶƚŚĞǁŽƌůĚŽĨ ƌĞůĂƟǀĞůǇŝŶĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ^>ZƐƚŽƐƉĞŶĚĂƐŵƵĐŚŽŶĂďŽǆƚŚĂƚƐŝƚƐŝŶĨƌŽŶƚŽĨǇŽƵƌĐĂŵĞƌĂ ĂƐǇŽƵĚŝĚŽŶƚŚĞĐĂŵĞƌĂŝƚƐĞůĨ͘

/ŶƚŚĞƐƵďͲΨϭϬϬϬĐĂƚĞŐŽƌǇ͕ƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐůĂƵĚƚŚĞZĞĚƌŽĐŬDŝĐƌŽŵŝĐƌŽDĂƩĞďŽǆĞƐĂƐŐŽŽĚ ǀĂůƵĞƐŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞůŽŽŬŝŶŐĨŽƌƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐůĂƌŐĞĨŽƌŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞĮůŵŵĂŬŝŶŐ͕ŽƌƚŚĞŵŽƌĞ ĐŽŵƉĂĐƚ'ĞŶƵƐĨŽƌƌƵŶͲĂŶĚͲŐƵŶĂŶĚĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƌǇǁŽƌŬ͘KƚŚĞƌůŽǁͲĐŽƐƚŽƉƟŽŶƐŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƚŚŽƐĞĨƌŽŵĂǀŝƐŝŽŶĂŶĚ'ĞĂƌĞĂƌ͘ĞĐĂƵƐĞ/ĂŵĂƉŽŽƌŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚĮůŵŵĂŬĞƌ/ǁĞŶƚ ƚŚĞƌŽƵƚĞŽĨƉƵƌĐŚĂƐŝŶŐĂŵĂƩĞďŽǆĨƌŽŵĂŶ/ŶĚŝĂŶĞĂǇƐĞůůĞƌ;ƚŚĞŵĂƩĞďŽǆƐĞĞŵƐƚŽ ŵĞůŝŬĞĂŐŽŽĚĂƌĞĂƚŽƐĂǀĞŵŽŶĞǇŝŶŽƌĚĞƌƚŽĚŝǀĞƌƚĨƵŶĚƐƚŽǁĂƌĚƐŽƚŚĞƌĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ͕ Ğ͘Ő͘ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌůĞŶƐͿ͕ďƵƚ/ƉůĂŶŽŶƌĞƉůĂĐŝŶŐŝƚǁŝƚŚƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐŵŽƌĞƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůĂƐƐŽŽŶ ĂƐ/ĐĂŶĂīŽƌĚŝƚ͘&ƌĞƐŚsŚĂƐĂŐŽŽĚƌŽƵŶĚƵƉƌĞǀŝĞǁŽĨĂŶƵŵďĞƌŽĨŵĂƩĞďŽǆĞƐŽŶƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƌĞŶĚ;ƚŚĞ'ĞŶƵƐŝƐƚŚĞůĞĂƐƚĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞŝŶƚŚĞƌĞǀŝĞǁͿ͘

dŚĞŝƐƐƵĞƚŽďĞĂǁĂƌĞŽĨǁŝƚŚĂŶǇŵĂƩĞďŽǆŝƐŐĞƫŶŐŝƚƐƌĞĂƌŽƉĞŶŝŶŐƚŽĮƚǇŽƵƌůĞŶƐĞƐ͖ ŐĞŶĞƌĂůůǇĂŵĂƩĞďŽǆ͛ƐƌĞĂƌŽƉĞŶŝŶŐŝƐϭϬϱŵŵŽƌůĂƌŐĞƌ͕ĂŶĚǇŽƵƌůĞŶƐĞƐůŝŬĞůǇŚĂǀĞ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐĨƌŽŶƚƚŚƌĞĂĚƐŝǌĞƐƌĂŶŐŝŶŐĨƌŽŵϰϵͲϴϮŵŵ͘^ŽŵĞŵĂƩĞďŽǆĞƐĐŽŵĞǁŝƚŚĂƐĞƚŽĨ ͞ĚŽŶƵƚƐ͟ĨŽƌƐƚĞƉƉŝŶŐĚŽǁŶƚŽĂǀĂƌŝĞƚǇůĞŶƐƐŝǌĞƐ͕ǁŚĞƌĞĂƐŽƚŚĞƌƐĐŽŵĞǁŝƚŚĂƐŝŶŐůĞ The issue to be ƌŝŶŐ͘/ƉƌĞĨĞƌĂƵŶŝǀĞƌƐĂůĚŽŶƵƚůŝŬĞƚŚŽƐĞĨƌŽŵĂĐƵƚŽŽƌ'ĞŶƵƐ͕ǁŚŝĐŚĐĂŶƐĂǀĞǇŽƵĂ aware of with ůŽƚŽĨƟŵĞǁŚĞŶŝƚĐŽŵĞƐƚŽĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐůĞŶƐĞƐ͘tŝƚŚŽƵƚĂƵŶŝǀĞƌƐĂůĚŽŶƵƚ͕ǇŽƵ͛ůůŶĞĞĚĂ any matte box is getting its rear ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇŽĨƐƚĞƉĚŽǁŶĂŶĚƐƚĞƉƵƉƌŝŶŐƐ;ŐŽŽĚƐŽƵƌĐĞ͗ĐĂŵĞƌĂĮůƚĞƌƐ͘ĐŽŵͿ͕ĂŶĚĞǀĞƌǇƟŵĞ opening to ﬁt ǇŽƵĐŚĂŶŐĞĂůĞŶƐǇŽƵ͛ůůŚĂǀĞƚŽĮĚĚůĞǁŝƚŚƐƚĞƉƵƉƌŝŶŐƐ͕ǁŚŝĐŚƌĂƌĞůǇĂůŝŐŶƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ͘ your lenses. ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐĂůĚŽŶƵƚŝƐĂƟŵĞͲƐĂǀŝŶŐĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞĂŶĚĂůƐŽŐŝǀĞƐǇŽƵƐŽŵĞůĞĞǁĂǇǁŝƚŚǇŽƵƌ ůĞŶƐĞƐĚŝƐƉůĂĐŝŶŐĂƐƚŚĞǇĨŽĐƵƐ;ĞǆƚĞŶĚŝŶŐŽƌƌĞƚƌĂĐƟŶŐͿ͘

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FILTRATION, VARIABLE ND

How can I be!er control the light entering my camera?

For motion /ĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞĐŽŵŝŶŐĨƌŽŵĂďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚŝŶƐƟůůƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚǇ͕ŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞĮƌƐƚƚŚŝŶŐƐǇŽƵ͛ůůŶŽƟĐĞ pictures the ǁŚŝůĞƐŚŽŽƟŶŐǀŝĚĞŽŝƐƚŚŝƐ͗ŽŶĐĞǇŽƵůŽĐŬŝŶƚŚĞƐŚƵƩĞƌƐƉĞĞĚ͕ǇŽƵĚŽŶ͛ƚŚĂǀĞŶĞĂƌůǇƚŚĞ standard ĂŵŽƵŶƚŽĨĐŽŶƚƌŽůŽǀĞƌĞǆƉŽƐƵƌĞƚŚĂƚǇŽƵĚŝĚďĂĐŬǁŚĞŶƐŚŽŽƟŶŐĂƚϭͬϭϬϬϬƚŚŽĨĂƐĞĐŽŶĚ shutter speed is the equivalent ǁĂƐǀŝĂďůĞ͘DŽƟŽŶŝŶǀŝĚĞŽǁŝůůůŽŽŬƐƚƌŽďŽƐĐŽƉŝĐĂƚŚŝŐŚĞƌƐŚƵƩĞƌƐƉĞĞĚƐ;ƐĞĞ͗ƚŚĞĂĐƟŽŶ of a 180-degree ƐĐĞŶĞƐŝŶĞŝƚŚĞƌ^ĂǀŝŶŐWƌŝǀĂƚĞZǇĂŶŽƌ'ůĂĚŝĂƚŽƌͿ͘&ŽƌŵŽƟŽŶƉŝĐƚƵƌĞƐƚŚĞƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐŚƵƩĞƌ shutter: on 24p ƐƉĞĞĚŝƐƚŚĞĞƋƵŝǀĂůĞŶƚŽĨĂϭϴϬͲĚĞŐƌĞĞƐŚƵƩĞƌ͗ŽŶϮϰƉĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ͕ϭͬϰϴƚŚŽĨĂƐĞĐŽŶĚ͕ĂŶĚ cameras, 1/48th ŽŶϯϬƉĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ͕ϭͬϲϬƚŚ͘/ŶĚĂǇůŝŐŚƚ͕ŝĨǇŽƵǁĂŶƚƚŽŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶĂƌĞůĂƟǀĞůǇŽƉĞŶĂƉĞƌƚƵƌĞ;ĨŽƌ of a second, and ƐŚĂůůŽǁĚĞƉƚŚͲŽĨͲĮĞůĚͿĂƚĞŝƚŚĞƌƐŚƵƩĞƌƐƉĞĞĚ͕ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞŐŽŝŶŐƚŽŶĞĞĚŶĞƵƚƌĂůĚĞŶƐŝƚǇ;EͿ on 30p cameras, ĮůƚĞƌƐ͘/ĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞĐŽŵŝŶŐĨƌŽŵĂďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚŝŶǀŝĚĞŽ͕ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞůŝŬĞůǇƵƐĞĚƚŽǀŝĚĞŽĐĂŵĞƌĂƐŚĂǀŝŶŐ 1/60th.

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/ﬁltration 84 ďƵŝůƚͲŝŶ͕ƐǁŝƚĐŚĂďůĞEĮůƚĞƌƐ͖ǁĞůĐŽŵĞƚŽƚŚĞǁŽƌůĚŽĨƐƟůůĐĂŵĞƌĂƐ͕ǁŚĞƌĞƚŚŝƐŝƐŶŽ ůŽŶŐĞƌƚŚĞĐĂƐĞ͘dŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞEĮůƚĞƌƐĂƌĞƚŚĞĮƌƐƚƚŚŝŶŐƚŽĂĚĚƚŽǇŽƵƌĮůƚĞƌŬŝƚ͖ƚŚĞǇĐŽŵĞ ŝŶĂǀĂƌŝĞƚǇŽĨƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚƐ͕ǁŝƚŚƚŚĞŵŽƐƚĐŽŵŵŽŶĚĞŶŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶƐďĞŝŶŐϬ͘ϯ͕Ϭ͘ϲ͕ĂŶĚϬ͘ϵ ;ƌĞƐƉĞĐƟǀĞůǇ͕ϭ͕Ϯ͕ĂŶĚϯƐƚŽƉƐŽĨůŝŐŚƚƌĞĚƵĐƟŽŶͿ͘zŽƵĐĂŶƐƚĂĐŬƚŚĞŵŝŶĂŵĂƩĞďŽǆĨŽƌ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƌůŝŐŚƚĂƩĞŶƵĂƟŽŶŝŶŽƌĚĞƌƚŽŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶǇŽƵƌĚĞƐŝƌĞĚƐŚƵƩĞƌƐƉĞĞĚĂŶĚĂƉĞƌƚƵƌĞŝŶ ďƌŝŐŚƚƐĞƫŶŐƐ͘

dŚĞĂďŽǀĞŵĞƚŚŽĚŝƐƚŚĞƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů͞ŵŽǀŝĞ͟ǁĂǇŽĨĚŽŝŶŐƚŚŝŶŐƐͶƵƐŝŶŐĚƌŽƉͲŝŶ ŐůĂƐƐĮůƚĞƌƐŝŶĂŵĂƩĞďŽǆͶďƵƚŝŶŽƵƌŶĞǁĞƌĂŽĨŚǇďƌŝĚŝǌĞĚŝŵĂŐŝŶŐ͕ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌŽƉƟŽŶ ŝƐƚŽƵƐĞĂǀĂƌŝĂďůĞEƐŽůƵƟŽŶ͘/ŶƚŚŝƐƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ͕ƌĂƚŚĞƌƚŚĂŶƵƐŝŶŐĂĚƌŽƉͲŝŶĮůƚĞƌŽƌ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶŽĨĮůƚĞƌƐŝŶŚŽƉĞƐŽĨŐĞƫŶŐǇŽƵƌŝĚĞĂůĞǆƉŽƐƵƌĞ͕ǇŽƵĐĂŶĐŽŶƟŶƵŽƵƐůǇ ĂĚũƵƐƚĂƌŽƚĂƟŶŐĮůƚĞƌƚŽĚĂƌŬĞŶƚŚĞƐĐĞŶĞĨĂƐƚĞƌĂŶĚŵŽƌĞƉƌĞĐŝƐĞůǇ͘ 6 ǀĂƌŝĂďůĞ EƐĞƚƵƉŽīĞƌƐĂƐůŝƩůĞĂƐϮƐƚŽƉƐĂŶĚĂƐŵĂŶǇĂƐϴƐƚŽƉƐŽĨĂƩĞŶƵĂƟŽŶ͖ƚŚĞ^ŝŶŐŚͲ ZĂǇŝƐƚŚĞŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůǀĂƌŝĂďůĞEĮůƚĞƌďƵƚƚŚĞ&ĂĚĞƌEƐĞƌŝĞƐŽĨĮůƚĞƌƐŽŶĞĂǇĂƌĞũƵƐƚ ĂƐŐŽŽĚĂŶĚĂůŽƚĐŚĞĂƉĞƌ͘EŽƚĞƚŚĂƚŶĞǁĞƌǀĞƌƐŝŽŶƐŽĨƚŚĞ&ĂĚĞƌE͕ŬŶŽǁŶĂƐƚŚĞ &ĂĚĞƌEDĂƌŬ//;ƌĞǀŝĞǁͿ͕ĂůůĞǀŝĂƚĞƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚŝŵĂŐĞƐŽŌŶĞƐƐƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ͘tŚĂƚǁĞƌĞ ƚŚĞƐĞƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ͍ƐƐĞŶƟĂůůǇ͕ĂƚůŽŶŐĞƌĨŽĐĂůůĞŶŐƚŚƐ;ϭϬϬŵŵнͿ͕ƚŚĞŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů&ĂĚĞƌE ĐĂƵƐĞĚƚŚĞŝŵĂŐĞƚŽƐŽŌĞŶͶŶŽƚĞƚŚĂƚƚŚŝƐǁĂƐŵŽƐƚůǇĂŶŝƐƐƵĞŽŶƐƟůůŝŵĂŐĞƐ͕ǁŚĞƌĞ ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐĂƌĞƐĞǀĞƌĂůƟŵĞƐƚŚĂƚŽĨϭϬϴϬƉǀŝĚĞŽ͘/ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚĂŶǇƐƵĐŚŝƐƐƵĞƐ

6 This is achieved by using two polarizers (a circular and a linear) in conjunction with each other; because a polarizer ﬁlter only allows light to pass through in one direction (which makes it most commonly useful for eliminating reﬂections off of windows or water), when stacked with a second polarizer, the two can be oriented so each only allows light through in the opposite direction of the other; therefore, no light is transmitted.

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Once you have your ND filters, This video can be watched on the online version of this chapter, at: there is a http://nofilmschool.com/dslr/filtration/ whole world of creative uses for filters beyond simple /ŶƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ͕ǇŽƵǁŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚĚŽƚŚŝƐĚƵƌŝŶŐĂƐŚŽƚ͖ƚŽƵƐĞĂǀĂƌŝĂďůĞE͕ǇŽƵůŽĐŬŝŶǇŽƵƌ exposure correction. ĚĞƐŝƌĞĚƐŚƵƩĞƌƐƉĞĞĚĂŶĚĂƉĞƌƚƵƌĞ͕ĂŶĚŝĨƚŚĞƐĐĞŶĞŝƐŽǀĞƌĞǆƉŽƐĞĚ;ŽŌĞŶŝŶĚĂǇůŝŐŚƚͿ͕ ǇŽƵƵƐĞƚŚĞEĮůƚĞƌƚŽďƌŝŶŐĚŽǁŶƚŚĞĞǆƉŽƐƵƌĞƚŽƚŚĞĐŽƌƌĞĐƚůĞǀĞů͘EŽƚĞƚŚĂƚǁŝƚŚĂ ƐĐƌĞǁͲŝŶǀĂƌŝĂďůĞEĮůƚĞƌ͕ǇŽƵǁŝůůǁĂŶƚƚŽďƵǇƚŚĞƐŝǌĞƚŚĂƚĮƚƐǇŽƵƌůĂƌŐĞƐƚůĞŶƐ;Ğ͘Ő͘ ϳϮŵŵͿĂŶĚƚŚĞŶƵƐĞƐƚĞƉͲƵƉƌŝŶŐƐŽŶƚŚĞĨƌŽŶƚŽĨǇŽƵƌƐŵĂůůĞƌůĞŶƐĞƐ͘ǁŽƌĚŽĨĐĂƵƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚƵƐŝŶŐǀĂƌŝĂďůĞEĮůƚĞƌƐ͕ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͗ƚŚĞŝƌƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞƚŽůŝŐŚƚŝƐŶŽƚĞŶƟƌĞůǇůŝŶĞĂƌ͕ŝ͘Ğ͘ ĂƚŚŝŐŚĞƌůĞǀĞůƐŽĨůŝŐŚƚĂƩĞŶƵĂƟŽŶƚŚĞǇŵĂǇůĞƚŵŽƌĞŐƌĞĞŶůŝŐŚƚƚŚƌŽƵŐŚƚŚĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ǁĂǀĞůĞŶŐƚŚƐ͘zŽƵĐĂŶƐĞĞŽŶĞƐůŝŐŚƚĞǆĂŵƉůĞŽĨƚŚŝƐĂƚƚŚĞĞŶĚŽĨƚŚĞĞŵďĞĚĚĞĚǀŝĚĞŽ͖ /ǁŽƵůĚŶŽƚǁŽƌƌǇĂďŽƵƚƚŚĞ&ĂĚĞƌĨŽƌǁĞďǀŝĚĞŽĂŶĚƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶǁŽƌŬĂƐŝƚ͛ƐďĞĞŶƚĞƐƚĞĚ ďǇĂůŽƚŽĨƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐ;ŵǇƐĞůĨŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚͿ͕ďƵƚŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞŐŽŝŶŐƚŽƚŚĞďŝŐƐĐƌĞĞŶĂŶĚĂƌĞǀĞƌǇ ĐŽůŽƌͲĐƌŝƟĐĂů;ĂŶĚŚĂǀĞĂƐŝǌĂďůĞƐŚŽŽƚďƵĚŐĞƚĂŶĚƚŚĞƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞƚŽŵĂƚĐŚͿ͕ǇŽƵŵĂǇǁĂŶƚ ƚŽƚŚŝŶŬĂďŽƵƚŐŽŝŶŐǁŝƚŚƚŚĞƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂůƐƚĂĐŬĂďůĞEĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ͘

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LCD VIEWFINDER

Which viewﬁnders can I a!ach to my DSLR?

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ƚƚŚĞƚŽƉŽĨƚŚĞŚĞĂƉŝƐƚŚĞĂĐƵƚŽͲ&ŝŶĚĞƌ͘ ,ĞƌĞ͛ƐĂƌĞǀŝĞǁďǇĂƐĞůĨͲƉƌŽĨĞƐƐĞĚ͞ĂĐƵƚŽ ĨĂŶďŽǇ͕͟ďƵƚĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞĞůƐĞƐĞĞŵƐƚŽůŽǀĞŝƚƚŽŽ͖ ĨŽƌΨϯϵϱ͕ŝƚďĞƩĞƌďĞƚŚĞďĞƐƚ͘&ŽƌƚŚĂƚƉƌŝĐĞ͕ ŽŶĞŚĂƐƚŽƋƵĞƐƟŽŶǁŚĞƚŚĞƌƚŚĞǇǁŽƵůĚƌĂƚŚĞƌ ŚĂǀĞĂŶĞǆƚĞƌŶĂůŵŽŶŝƚŽƌ͕ďƵƚŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ŽŶƐŚŽŽƟŶŐƉƌŝŵĂƌŝůǇŚĂŶĚŚĞůĚĂŶĚŽŶͲƚŚĞͲŐŽ͕ ĂŐŽŽĚǀŝĞǁĮŶĚĞƌŝƐĂǁŽƌƚŚǁŚŝůĞŝŶǀĞƐƚŵĞŶƚ͕ ĂŶĚƚŚĞͲ&ŝŶĚĞƌŝƐƚŚĞŽŶĞƚŽďĞĂƚ͘dŚĞĂĐƵƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐϯyŵĂŐŶŝĮĐĂƟŽŶ͕ĂƩĂĐŚĞƐǀŝĂĂŶĂĚŚĞƐŝǀĞĨƌĂŵĞ͕ĂŶĚŽīĞƌƐĂĚŝŽƉƚĞƌĨŽƌ ƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐǁŚŽǁĞĂƌŐůĂƐƐĞƐ͘dŚĞƌĞ͛ƐĂůƐŽĂĐŚĞĂƉĞƌͲ&ŝŶĚĞƌ͕ƚŚĞΨϮϲϱͲ&ŝŶĚĞƌ:Z͕ǁŚŝĐŚ ůĞĂǀĞƐŽƵƚƚŚĞĚŝŽƉƚĞƌĂŶĚŵŽƵŶƟŶŐĨƌĂŵĞŝŶĨĂǀŽƌŽĨĂůĞƐƐĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞďƌĂĐŬĞƚ͘

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ƚŚĂůĨƚŚĞƉƌŝĐĞŽĨƚŚĞͲ&ŝŶĚĞƌŝƐƚŚĞǀĞƌǇƉŽƉƵůĂƌ >s&͕ǁŚŝĐŚǁĂƐďŽŽƚƐƚƌĂƉƉĞĚŝŶƐƚŽŶŝĂďǇ ŝŶĞŵĂϱĚƵƐĞƌTonis͘KƌŝŐŝŶĂůůǇƐŽůĚĚŝƌĞĐƚĂŶĚ ŶŽǁĚŝƐƚƌŝďƵƚĞĚďǇĂŶĞƚǁŽƌŬŽĨĚĞĂůĞƌƐ͕ƚŚĞ>s& ŝƐĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞĨŽƌΨϭϴϬ͕ŽīĞƌƐϮyŵĂŐŶŝĮĐĂƟŽŶ͕ĂŶĚ ĂƩĂĐŚĞƐǀŝĂĂŵĂŐŶĞƟĐĨƌĂŵĞ͘dŚĞƌĞĂƌĞƐŽŵĞ ƵƐĞƌŽƉŝŶŝŽŶƐŚĞƌĞ͕ĂŶĚĞǀĞŶWŚŝůŝƉůŽŽŵ;ƚŚĞ ĂĨŽƌĞŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚĂĐƵƚŽĨĂŶďŽǇͿƐĞĞŵƐƚŽůŝŬĞŝƚ͖ ĚŽǌĞŶƐŵŽƌĞƌĞǀŝĞǁƐĐĂŶďĞĨŽƵŶĚǀŝĂƐĞĂƌĐŚ͘ dŽŶŝƐŵŝŐŚƚũƵƐƚŚĂǀĞŚŝƚƚŚĞƐǁĞĞƚƐƉŽƚĨŽƌƉƌŝĐĞͬ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ͕ďƵƚƚŚĞ>ŽŵŝƚƐĂŶĂĚũƵƐƚĂďůĞ ĚŝŽƉƚĞƌ͗ŝĨǇŽƵǁĞĂƌŐůĂƐƐĞƐ͕ǇŽƵŵĂǇŽƌŵĂǇŶŽƚďĞ ĂďůĞƚŽĨŽĐƵƐƚŚƌŽƵŐŚƚŚĞǀŝĞǁĮŶĚĞƌ͘

ĞĐĂƵƐĞ/ŚĂĚƐŽŵĞŽůĚĂǀŝƐŝŽŶƉĂƌƚƐůǇŝŶŐĂƌŽƵŶĚĨƌŽŵŵǇƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐĐĂŵĞƌĂƌŝŐ͕/ ǁĞŶƚǁŝƚŚƚŚĞĂŶĂĚŝĂŶŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌĞƌ͛Ɛ>ŵŽĚĞůďĞĐĂƵƐĞ/ůŝŬĞĚƚŚĞŝĚĞĂŽĨŚĂǀŝŶŐ ĂǀŝĞǁĮŶĚĞƌƚŚĂƚĐŽƵůĚƐǁŝŶŐͲĂǁĂǇ͘,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ǁŚŝůĞƚŚĞĚŝƌĞĐƚƐĂůĞƐƐƚĂīǁĞƌĞǀĞƌǇ ŚĞůƉĨƵů͕/ĐĂŶ͛ƚƐĂǇƚŚĞƐĂŵĞĂďŽƵƚƚŚĞǀŝĞǁĮŶĚĞƌŝƚƐĞůĨ͘ĂǀŝƐŝŽŶƉĂƌƚƐĂƌĞŵŽĚĞƐƚůǇ ƉƌŝĐĞĚ͕ďƵƚŵĂŶǇŽĨƚŚĞŵĂƌĞĂůƐŽŵŽĚĞƐƚůǇŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌĞĚ͕ĂŶĚ/͛ǀĞĨŽƵŶĚƚŚĂƚƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁĮŶĚĞƌŚĂƐƚŽŽŶĂƌƌŽǁĂĮĞůĚŽĨĨŽĐƵƐ͕ƐŽƚŚĂƚƚŚĞĞĚŐĞƐŽĨƚŚĞƐĐƌĞĞŶĂƉƉĞĂƌďůƵƌƌǇ͘ tŝƚŚĂŵĂŐŶŝĮĐĂƟŽŶĨĂĐƚŽƌŽĨϲy͕ƚŚĞĂǀŝƐŝŽŶŽīĞƌƐƚŚĞůĂƌŐĞƐƚŝŵĂŐĞƐŝǌĞŽĨƚŚĞďƵŶĐŚ͕ ďƵƚ/͛ǀĞĂůƐŽĨŽƵŶĚƚŚŝƐƚŽďĞĂĚŝƐĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞĨŽƌƚǁŽƌĞĂƐŽŶƐ͗ŽŶĞ͕ƚŚĞƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶŽĨ ^>Z>ƐĐƌĞĞŶƐŝƐŶ͛ƚŚŝŐŚĞŶŽƵŐŚƚŽƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĂϲyŵĂŐŶŝĮĐĂƟŽŶ͕ƐŽǇŽƵďĞĐŽŵĞƚŽŽ ĂǁĂƌĞŽĨƚŚĞĚŝƐƚƌĂĐƟŶŐŐƌŝĚůŝŶĞƐďĞƚǁĞĞŶƉŝǆĞůƐ͖ƚǁŽ͕ƚŚĞŝŵĂŐĞŝƐůĂƌŐĞĞŶŽƵŐŚƚŚĂƚ

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dŚĞĐŚŝĞĨĚƌĂǁďĂĐŬǁŚĞŶƐŚŽŽƟŶŐǁŝƚŚĂǀŝĞǁĮŶĚĞƌĂƩĂĐŚĞĚŝƐ͗ǇŽƵĚŽŶ͛ƚŚĂǀĞƚŚĞ Smaller rig for low proﬁle ǀĞƌƟĐĂůĂĚũƵƐƚĂďŝůŝƚǇŽĨĂƌĞĂůǀŝĚĞŽĐĂŵĞƌĂ͕ǁŚĞƌĞƚŚĞĞǇĞƉŝĞĐĞƐǁŝǀĞůƐƵƉĂŶĚĚŽǁŶ͘ shooting? dŚŝƐĂůůŽǁƐǇŽƵƚŽŐĞƚůŽǁĂŶĚŚŝŐŚĂŶŐůĞƐ͖ǁŝƚŚĂ^>ZǀŝĞǁĮŶĚĞƌ͕ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞůŽĐŬĞĚŝŶƚŽ Viewﬁnder. ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚĂŚĞĂĚĨƌŽŵŚĞĂĚͲůĞǀĞů͘dŚŝƐŝƐǁŚǇ^>ZǀŝĞǁĮŶĚĞƌƐŚĂǀĞƐŽŵĞƐŽƌƚ Larger rig ŽĨƌĞůĞĂƐĞŵĞĐŚĂŶŝƐŵ͕ďƵƚĞǀĞŶǁŝƚŚŽƵƚĂǀŝĞǁĮŶĚĞƌŝƚĐĂŶďĞŚĂƌĚƚŽŐĞƚůŽǁĂŶĚ for narrative ŚŝŐŚƐŚŽƚƐƐŝŶĐĞƚŚĞ>ƐĐƌĞĞŶŝƚƐĞůĨĚŽĞƐŶŽƚĂƌƟĐƵůĂƚĞ͘tŚĞŶǇŽƵ͛ƌĞƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐĂďŽƵƚ projects? Field monitor. ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌǀĞƌƐƵƐǀŝĞǁĮŶĚĞƌ͕ĂůŽƚŽĨŝƚĐŽŵĞƐĚŽǁŶƚŽǁŚĂƚƐŝǌĞƌŝŐǇŽƵ͛ƌĞƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐŽŶ ƵƐŝŶŐ͘^ŵĂůůĞƌƌŝŐĨŽƌůŽǁƉƌŽĮůĞƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ͍sŝĞǁĮŶĚĞƌ͘>ĂƌŐĞƌƌŝŐĨŽƌŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ͍ &ŝĞůĚŵŽŶŝƚŽƌ͘

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Which LCD monitors can I a!ach to my DSLR?

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&ŽƌΨϮϯϬƚŚĞ>ŝůůŝƉƵƚϲϲϵŝƐĂŐƌĞĂƚĐŚĞĂƉŽƉƟŽŶ͘ ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌĂƚƚŚŝƐƉƌŝĐĞƉŽŝŶƚŝƐŶ͛ƚŐŽŝŶŐƚŽŚĂǀĞ ĂůŽƚŽĨĂĚũƵƐƚŵĞŶƚŽƉƟŽŶƐĂŶĚǁŽŶ͛ƚŽīĞƌƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚĂĐĐƵƌĂƚĞĐŽůŽƌƌĞƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ͕ďƵƚĂŐĂŝŶ͕ŝĨ ǇŽƵƐƉĞŶƚΨϴϬϬŽŶĂ^>ZƚŚĞŶǇŽƵƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ĚŽŶ͛ƚǁĂŶƚƚŽƐƉĞŶĚΨϭ͕ϬϬϬŽƌŵŽƌĞŽŶĂĮĞůĚ ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌ;ƐŽŵĞǁŽƵůĚĚŝƐĂŐƌĞĞͿ͘dŚĞ>ŝůůŝƉƵƚŚĂƐ Ăϳ഼ƐĐƌĞĞŶĂŶĚŝƐϴϬϬпϰϴϬŶĂƟǀĞƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶ͖ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛ƐĂůŽƚŽĨŐŽŽĚŝŶĨŽŝŶƚŚŝƐƚŚƌĞĂĚĂƚ ŝŶĞŵĂϱĚ͘EŽƚĞĨŽƌƚŚĞ>ŝůůŝƉƵƚǇŽƵǁŝůůŶĞĞĚĂ ĨĞǁĂĐĐĞƐƐŽƌŝĞƐ;ŵŝŶŝ,D/ƚŽ,D/ĂĚĂƉƚĞƌ͕ ďĂƩĞƌŝĞƐ͕ĞƚĐ͘ͿƚŽŐĞƚƉƌŽƉĞƌůǇĐŽŶŶĞĐƚĂŶĚŵŽƵŶƚƚŚĞŵŽŶŝƚŽƌ͖/ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚƚĞƐƚĞĚŝƚŵǇƐĞůĨ ďƵƚƚŚĞƌĞĂƌĞƐŽŵĞĨŽƌƵŵƟƉƐŝŶŚĞƌĞĂƐǁĞůůĂƐŵŽƌĞĚĞƚĂŝůƐŽŶďĂƩĞƌǇŽƉƟŽŶƐ͘

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&ŽƌΨϴϬϬƚŚĞ^ŵĂůů, WϭŝƐĂǀĞƌǇƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ͖ŝƚŚĂƐĂŚŝŐŚĞƌ ϭϬϮϰпϳϲϴƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶĨŽƌ ǁŚĂƚĂƉƉƌŽǆŝŵĂƚĞƐƚŽ ϳϮϬƉƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶ͘^ŝŵŝůĂƌůǇ ƚŽƚŚĞ>s&͕ƚŚĞŐƵǇƐĂƚ ƚŚĞEŽƌƚŚĂƌŽůŝŶĂͲďĂƐĞĚ ^ŵĂůů,ďŽŽƚƐƚƌĂƉƉĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌŽǁŶϭϬ഼>ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌ ĂŶĚĂƌĞŶŽǁƐĞůůŝŶŐƚŚĞŵ ĂƚǀŽůƵŵĞ͕ĂŶĚƚŚĞŐĞŶĞƌĂůĐŽŶƐĞŶƐƵƐŽŶƚŚĞĨŽƌƵŵƐŝƐƚŚĞ^ŵĂůů,ĐĂŶ͛ƚďĞďĞĂƚĂƚƚŚĞ ΨϴϬϬƉƌŝĐĞƉŽŝŶƚ͘/ůŽŽŬĨŽƌǁĂƌĚƚŽƐŚŽŽƟŶŐǁŝƚŚƚŚĞŝƌƐŵĂůůĞƌŵŽĚĞů͖ĂŌĞƌĂůů/ŚĂǀĞƚŽ ŚĞůƉŵǇĨĞůůŽǁĂƌŽůŝŶŝĂŶƐƌĂŝƐĞƵƉ͘

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PICTURE STYLE EDITOR

How can I gain ﬁner control over my image?

tŚĞŶƐŚŽŽƟŶŐǁŝƚŚĂĂŶŽŶ^>ZŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞĮƌƐƚƚŚŝŶŐƐǇŽƵƐŚŽƵůĚĚŽŝƐƚŽƐǁŝƚĐŚƚŚĞŝŶͲ ĐĂŵĞƌĂWŝĐƚƵƌĞ^ƚǇůĞĨƌŽŵ͞^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ͟ƚŽ͞EĞƵƚƌĂů͟ĂŶĚĚŝĂůĚŽǁŶƚŚĞĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƚĂůůƚŚĞǁĂǇ͖ƚŚŝƐ ǁŝůůŐŝǀĞǇŽƵĂŇĂƩĞƌŝŵĂŐĞƚŚĂƚŐŝǀĞƐǇŽƵŵŽƌĞŇĞǆŝďŝůŝƚǇǁŝƚŚƚŚĞŝŵĂŐĞŝŶƉŽƐƚ͘

^ŚŽŽƟŶŐǁŝƚŚƚŚĞĨĂĐƚŽƌǇͲƐƵƉƉůŝĞĚEĞƵƚƌĂůƐĞƫŶŐŝƐũƵƐƚƚŚĞďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐŽĨŽƉƟŵŝǌŝŶŐǇŽƵƌ ĐĂŵĞƌĂĨŽƌĮůŵŵĂŬŝŶŐ͘dŚĞŶĞǆƚƐƚĞƉŝƐƚŽƉƵƚƚŽƵƐĞƚŚĞWŝĐƚƵƌĞ^ƚǇůĞĚŝƚŽƌƐŽŌǁĂƌĞ͕ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞŵŽƐƚŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐĨŽƌĂŶŽŶ^>ZĐŝŶĞŵĂƚŽŐƌĂƉŚĞƌƐ;EŝŬŽŶƵƐĞƌƐŚĂǀĞĂ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌƐŽŌǁĂƌĞ͕ƚŚĞWŝĐƚƵƌĞŽŶƚƌŽůhƟůŝƚǇͿ͘dŚĞƐŽŌǁĂƌĞĂůůŽǁƐǇŽƵƚŽŵĂŬĞĂǁŝĚĞƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨĂĚũƵƐƚŵĞŶƚƐƚŽǇŽƵƌĐĂŵĞƌĂ͛Ɛ͞ůŽŽŬ͟ͶĐŽůŽƌƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞ͕ŐĂŵŵĂĐƵƌǀĞ͕ĞƚĐ͘ͶƐŽƌƚŽĨůŝŬĞ

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,ĞƌĞ͛ƐĂŐƌĞĂƚǀŝĚĞŽƚƵƚŽƌŝĂů͕ǁŝƚŚĞǆĂŵƉůĞƐŚŽƚƐ͕ŽĨƚŚĞďĞŶĞĮƚƐŽĨƵƐŝŶŐƚŚĞWŝĐƚƵƌĞ ^ƚǇůĞĚŝƚŽƌ͗

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DĂŶǇƵƐĞƌƐǁŽƵůĚũƵƐƚĚŽǁŶůŽĂĚƚŚĞĨƌĞĞůǇĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞDĂƌǀĞůƐ͕^ƵƉĞƌŇĂƚ͕ŽƌǆƚƌĂŇĂƚ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞƐƚǇůĞƐ͖ĂĐƌŽƐƐƚŚĞďŽĂƌĚ͕ƚŚĞǇŐŝǀĞǇŽƵĂŇĂƩĞƌŝŵĂŐĞƚŚĂŶƚŚĞĚĞĨĂƵůƚƐŚŝƉƉŝŶŐ ƉƌĞƐĞƚ͘,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ĞǀĞƌǇŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůĐĂŵĞƌĂŝƐĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͕ĂŶĚŽŶĞƵƐĞƌĚĞƐŝŐŶŝŶŐĂŶ ŽƉƟŵŝǌĞĚƐĞƫŶŐĨŽƌƚŚĞŝƌŽǁŶĐĂŵĞƌĂĚŽĞƐŶŽƚŵĞĂŶƚŚĂƚƐĂŵĞƐĞƫŶŐǁŝůůďĞŽƉƟŵĂů ĨŽƌǇŽƵƌƐ͘hƐŝŶŐƉƌĞƐĞƚĐƵƐƚŽŵƉŝĐƚƵƌĞƐƚǇůĞƐŝƐďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐŵŽƌĞĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐŝĂů͕ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂŶǇƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐ;ŵǇƐĞůĨŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚͿŶŽƟĐŝŶŐƐŽŵĞĚƌĂǁďĂĐŬƐƚŽƵƐŝŶŐŽǀĞƌͲŇĂƩĞŶĞĚ If you’re ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞƐƚǇůĞƐ͘tŚŝůĞǇŽƵŽŌĞŶŐĂŝŶƉĞƌĐĞŝǀĞĚůĂƟƚƵĚĞĂŶĚƐŚĂĚŽǁĚĞƚĂŝůďǇƵƐŝŶŐ willing to put in the work, it’s ĐƵƐƚŽŵƐƚǇůĞƐ͕ǇŽƵĐĂŶĂůƐŽůŽƐĞĚĞƚĂŝůĂŶĚŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞŵŽƌĞŶŽŝƐĞĂŶĚďĂŶĚŝŶŐƚŚĂŶŬƐƚŽ deﬁnitely worth ƚŚĞŚ͘ϮϲϰĐŽŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůŐŽƌŝƚŚŵ͘/͛ǀĞŶŽƟĐĞĚƚŚĞƐĞĂƌƟĨĂĐƚƐŝŶƉŽƐƚͲƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶǁŝƚŚ it to create your ĨŽŽƚĂŐĞƐŚŽƚǁŝƚŚƚŚĞDĂƌǀĞůƐĂŶĚ^ƵƉĞƌŇĂƚƐƚǇůĞƐ͕ĂŶĚĂŵĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇĐƌĞĂƟŶŐŵǇŽǁŶ own Picture ƐƵďƚůĞŇĂƚůŽŽŬƚĂŝůŽƌĞĚĨŽƌƚŚĞƵŶŝƋƵĞĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝƐƟĐƐŽĨŵǇƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌϱ͘^ŚĂŶĞŚĂƐĂ Style. ŐƌĞĂƚƚƵƚŽƌŝĂůŽŶƐĞƫŶŐƵƉǇŽƵƌŽǁŶWŝĐƚƵƌĞ^ƚǇůĞ͕ďǇŽƉƟŵŝǌŝŶŐƚŚĞǁŚŝƚĞďĂůĂŶĐĞĂŶĚ ƚŽŶĂůĐƵƌǀĞŽĨǇŽƵƌƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌĐĂŵĞƌĂ;ĂůƐŽŚĂŶĚǇĨŽƌŵĂƚĐŚŝŶŐŵƵƟƉůĞ^>ZƐƚŽĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌͿ͘hƐĞƌƐŚĂǀĞĂůƐŽĐƌĞĂƚĞĚWŝĐƚƵƌĞ^ƚǇůĞƐĞŵƵůĂƟŶŐƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĮůŵƐƚŽĐŬƐ͕ĂƐƉŽƐƚĞĚ ďǇƐƵŵŝƚĂŐĂƌǁĂů͕ďƵƚŵŽƐƚŽĨƚŚĞƐĞĂƌĞƉƌŽďĂďůǇƚŽŽĞǆƚƌĞŵĞĨŽƌƐŚŽŽƟŶŐƵŶĚĞƌŶŽƌŵĂů ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ;ƚŚĞŚ͘ϮϲϰĐŽŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůŐŽƌŝƚŚŵďƌĞĂŬƐĚŽǁŶƉƌĞƩǇĞĂƐŝůǇǁŚĞŶƉƵƐŚĞĚͿ͘/Ĩ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞǁŝůůŝŶŐƚŽƉƵƚŝŶƚŚĞǁŽƌŬ͕ŝƚ͛ƐĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇǁŽƌƚŚŝƚƚŽĐƌĞĂƚĞǇŽƵƌŽǁŶWŝĐƚƵƌĞ^ƚǇůĞ͖ ĚŽŶ͛ƚĂƐƐƵŵĞƚŚĂƚƐŽŵĞŽŶĞĞůƐĞ͛ƐƚĞƐƟŶŐǁŝƚŚƚŚĞŝƌĐĂŵĞƌĂǁŝůůǇŝĞůĚƚŚĞƐĂŵĞƌĞƐƵůƚƐ ĨŽƌǇŽƵƌƐ͘/ĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞũƵƐƚůŽŽŬŝŶŐƚŽƐŚŽŽƚŽƵƚŽĨƚŚĞďŽǆĂƐƋƵŝĐŬůǇĂƐƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͕/͛ĚƵƐĞ EĞƵƚƌĂůĂŶĚƚƵƌŶĚŽǁŶƚŚĞŽŶƚƌĂƐƚĂůůƚŚĞǁĂǇ͕ĂŶĚǁŽƌƌǇĂďŽƵƚĐƵƐƚŽŵWŝĐƚƵƌĞ^ƚǇůĞƐ ůĂƚĞƌ͘

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POST-PRODUCTION OVERVIEW

I shot beautiful footage with my DSLR. Now what?

dŚŝƐŝƐ͞dŚĞ^>ZŝŶĞŵĂƚŽŐƌĂƉŚǇ'ƵŝĚĞ͕͟ŶŽƚ͞dŚĞ^>ZWŽƐƚͲWƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ'ƵŝĚĞ͕͟ƐŽƚŚĞƐĞ The chief issue ƐĞĐƟŽŶƐǁŝůůďĞĂďŝƚƐŚŽƌƚĞƌ;ŝĨ/ĞǆƉĂŶĚƚŚĞŵ͕ŵĂǇďĞ/͛ůůŵŽǀĞƚŚĞŵƚŽƚŚĞŝƌŽǁŶƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ with DSLR post- ŐƵŝĚĞŽŶĞĚĂǇͿ͘dŚĞĐŚŝĞĨŝƐƐƵĞǁŝƚŚ^>ZƉŽƐƚͲƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶŝƐƚƌĂŶƐĐŽĚŝŶŐǇŽƵƌĐĂŵĞƌĂ͛ƐĮůĞƐ production is ƚŽĂŶĞĚŝƚĂďůĞĨŽƌŵĂƚ;ƚŚĞŝƌŶĂƟǀĞƐĮůĞƐĂƌĞŶ͛ƚŽƉƟŵĂůĨŽƌĞĚŝƟŶŐͿĂŶĚƐǇŶĐŚŝŶŐĂƵĚŝŽ;ŝĨǇŽƵ transcoding your camera’s ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚŝƚƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞůǇͿ͘dŚĂŶŬĨƵůůǇĂŶŽŶŚĂƐƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚƚŚĞŝƌŽǁŶƉůƵŐŝŶĨŽƌ&ŝŶĂůƵƚͲďĂƐĞĚ ﬁles to an ĞĚŝƚŽƌƐƚŚĂƚƚĂŬĞƐĐĂƌĞŽĨƚŚĞƚƌĂŶƐĐŽĚŝŶŐ͕ďƵƚƌĞĂĚŽŶĨŽƌŵǇƐƵŐŐĞƐƚĞĚǁŽƌŬŇŽǁ͕ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ editable format. ƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ͕ƚƌĂŶƐĐŽĚŝŶŐƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĂƟŽŶƐ͕ĂŶĚŽƚŚĞƌǁŽƌŬĂƌŽƵŶĚƐ͘/ĨǇŽƵǁĂŶƚƐŽŵĞŽŶĞĞůƐĞ͛Ɛ ;ůŽŶŐĞƌͿƚĂŬĞ͕ĐŚĞĐŬŽƵƚKůŝǀĞƌWĞƚĞƌƐ͛ƉŽƐƚ͘

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STORAGE (FOR THE EDIT)

How can I ensure I avoid data loss?

dŚŝƐĂƉƉůŝĞƐƚŽǀŝĚĞŽĞĚŝƟŶŐŝŶŐĞŶĞƌĂů͕ŶŽƚũƵƐƚ^>ZͲŽƌŝŐŝŶĂƚĞĚĨŽŽƚĂŐĞ͕ďƵƚďĞĐĂƵƐĞŽĨŵǇ ƉĂƐƚĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐǁŝƚŚĚĂƚĂůŽƐƐ͕/ŚŽƉĞ/ĐĂŶŚĞůƉŽƚŚĞƌƐĂǀŽŝĚƚŚĞƐĂŵĞĨĂƚĞ͘^ŽŵĞŽĨƚŚŝƐǁŝůů Never edit video ďĞŽďǀŝŽƵƐĂĚǀŝĐĞĨŽƌƚŚŽƐĞŽĨǇŽƵǁŝƚŚǀŝĚĞŽĞĚŝƟŶŐĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͕ƐŽĨĞĞůĨƌĞĞƚŽƐŬŝƉƚŽƚŚĞ on the same ŶĞǆƚƐĞĐƟŽŶŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞĂƐĞĂƐŽŶĞĚĞĚŝƚŽƌ͙ hard drive that you’re running &ŝƌƐƚŽī͕ŶĞǀĞƌĞĚŝƚǀŝĚĞŽŽŶƚŚĞƐĂŵĞŚĂƌĚĚƌŝǀĞƚŚĂƚǇŽƵ͛ƌĞƌƵŶŶŝŶŐǇŽƵƌŽƉĞƌĂƟŶŐ your operating system on. ƐǇƐƚĞŵŽŶ͘tŚŝůĞǇŽƵĐĂŶƐĂǀĞǇŽƵƌprogramĮůĞƐŽŶǇŽƵƌŝŶƚĞƌŶĂůĚƌŝǀĞ͕ĨŽƌƚŚĞǀŝĚĞŽĮůĞƐ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐǇŽƵ͛ƌĞŐŽŝŶŐƚŽǁĂŶƚĂƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞĚƌŝǀĞ;ƵƐƵĂůůǇĂŶĞǆƚĞƌŶĂůĚƌŝǀĞͿ͘

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AUDIO SYNC, DRIFT

How do I ensure my audio perfectly matches my video?

/ĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞƐŚŽŽƟŶŐƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞͲƐǇƐƚĞŵƐŽƵŶĚ͕ǇŽƵ͛ůůŚĂǀĞƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞĂƵĚŝŽĐůŝƉƐŽŶĂƌĞĐŽƌĚĞƌŽƌ ŵĞŵŽƌǇĐĂƌĚĂŶĚǁŝůůŶĞĞĚƚŽƐǇŶĐƚŚĞŵƚŽǇŽƵƌǀŝĚĞŽĮůĞƐ͘,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ƵŶůŝŬĞǇĞŽůĚŵĞƚŚŽĚ Pluraleyes ŽĨƵƐŝŶŐƐƟĐŬƐ;ĂŬĂĂĐůĂƉƉĞƌͿĂŶĚǀŝƐƵĂůůǇŵĂƚĐŚŝŶŐƵƉƚŚĞĂƵĚŝŽǁĂǀĞĨŽƌŵƚŽƚŚĞǀŝĚĞŽďǇ will take your ŚĂŶĚ͕ǇŽƵĐĂŶƵƐĞĂŶĂƵƚŽŵĂƚĞĚƉůƵŐŝŶĐĂůůĞĚWůƵƌĂůĞǇĞƐ͘dŚŝƐƉůƵŐŝŶǁŝůůƚĂŬĞǇŽƵƌŚŝŐŚͲ high- quality ƋƵĂůŝƚǇĂƵĚŝŽĮůĞƐĂŶĚĂƵƚŽŵĂƟĐĂůůǇƐǇŶĐƚŚĞŵƚŽǇŽƵƌ͞ĚƵŵŵǇ͟ƚƌĂĐŬ;ƚŚĞŝŶĨĞƌŝŽƌĂƵĚŝŽ audio ﬁles and automatically ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚŽŶͲĐĂŵĞƌĂͿ͕ĂƐŝůůƵƐƚƌĂƚĞĚŝŶWŚŝůŝƉůŽŽŵ͛ƐƚƵƚŽƌŝĂů͘ sync them to your “dummy” WůƵƌĂůĞǇĞƐŝƐĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞĨŽƌ&W͕sĞŐĂƐ͕ĂŶĚWƌĞŵŝĞƌĞWƌŽ^ϱ͘/ĨǇŽƵĚŽŶ͛ƚǁĂŶƚƚŽ track. ƐƉĞŶĚΨϵϵƚŽƐĂǀĞĂůŽƚŽĨƟŵĞ͕ŽƌŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞŶŽƚƐǇŶĐŚŝŶŐĂůůƚŚĂƚŵƵĐŚŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů͕ǇŽƵĐĂŶĚŽŝƚ ďǇŚĂŶĚ͘,ĞƌĞ͛ƐĂǀŝĚĞŽƚƵƚŽƌŝĂůŽŶƚŚĞďĂƐŝĐƐŽĨƐǇŶĐŚŝŶŐĂƵĚŝŽŵĂŶƵĂůůǇŝŶ&W͕ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐƐƵďͲ

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/audio-sync-dri$ 105 ĨƌĂŵĞĂƵĚŝŽĞĚŝƟŶŐƚŽŵĂŬĞƐƵƌĞƐǇŶĐŝƐĞǆĂĐƚ͗

This video can be watched on the online version of this chapter, at: http://noﬁlmschool.com/dslr/audio-sync-drift/

ĞƉĞŶĚŝŶŐŽŶǇŽƵƌ^>Z͕ǇŽƵŵŝŐŚƚĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĂƵĚŝŽĚƌŝŌǁŚĞŶǁŽƌŬŝŶŐǁŝƚŚůŽŶŐĞƌ ƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞƐ͘ƵĚŝŽĚƌŝŌŝƐǁŚĞŶĂƐŚŽƚ͛ƐĂƵĚŝŽĂŶĚǀŝĚĞŽĂƌĞŝŶƐǇŶĐĂƚƚŚĞďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŽĨƚŚĞƐŚŽƚďƵƚŶŽƚĂƚƚŚĞĞŶĚ͘dŚŝƐŝƐŵŽƐƚĐŽŵŵŽŶǁŝƚŚĂŶŽŶϱĨŽŽƚĂŐĞƐŚŽƚĂƚϯϬ ĨƌĂŵĞƐƉĞƌƐĞĐŽŶĚ͕ǁŚŝĐŚĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚĐŽŶĨŽƌŵƚŽƚŚĞŝŶĚƵƐƚƌǇͲƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚϮϵ͘ϵϳĨƉƐ͘ 7 DŽƐƚ E>ƐĂƌĞĐŽŶĮŐƵƌĞĚƚŽŝŶƚĞƌƉƌĞƚŝŵƉŽƌƚĞĚĂƵĚŝŽĂƚϮϵ͘ϵϳ͕ŶŽƚĂ͞ƚƌƵĞ͟ϯϬƉ͕ĂŶĚƚŚŝƐ ĚŝƐĐƌĞƉĂŶĐǇĐĂŶĐĂƵƐĞĂƵĚŝŽƐǇŶĐƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ͘DĂŶǇƵƐĞƌƐŚĂǀĞƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚƚŚĂƚƐůŽǁŝŶŐ ĂƵĚŝŽĐůŝƉƐƚŽϵϵ͘ϵϵйŝŶƚŚĞĞĚŝƟŶŐƟŵĞůŝŶĞĮǆĞƐƚŚĞƉƌŽďůĞŵ͕ďƵƚĂďĞƩĞƌƐŽůƵƟŽŶŝƐƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚǁŝƚŚƚŚĞĐŽƌƌĞĐƚƐĞƚƵƉŝŶ&W͕ǁŚŝĐŚŬĞĞƉƐďŽƚŚǀŝĚĞŽĂŶĚĂƵĚŝŽĂƚŶĂƟǀĞƐĞƫŶŐƐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚĂŶǇĚƌŝŌ͘

ƌƵĐĞ^ŚĂƌƉĞŝůůƵƐƚƌĂƚĞƐƚŚŝƐĂŶĚĞǀĞŶŽīĞƌƐƚŚĞĐŽƌƌĞĐƚ&WƐĞƚƵƉĮůĞĨŽƌĚŽǁŶůŽĂĚ͘/Ĩ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞƵƐŝŶŐŝŶĞĨŽƌŵEĞŽ^ĐĞŶĞĨŽƌƚƌĂŶƐĐŽĚŝŶŐ͕ŝƚƐŚŽƵůĚĂƵƚŽŵĂƟĐĂůůǇĐŽƌƌĞĐƚƚŚŝƐ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ͕ĂŶĚŝĨǇŽƵ͛ƌĞƐŚŽŽƟŶŐĂƚϮϰƉ͕ǇŽƵƐŚŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚŚĂǀĞƚŽǁŽƌƌǇĂďŽƵƚĚƌŝŌĂƐůŽŶŐ ĂƐǇŽƵƌƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞƉƌĞƐĞƚƐĂƌĞĐŽƌƌĞĐƚ͘

7 29.976 frames per second is an industry standard as a result of the legacy NTSC ﬁeld rate of 59.94 Hz.

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NOISE REDUCTION

What’s the best way to get rid of noise in post?

dŚĂŶŬƐƚŽƚŚĞŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚƐĞŶƐŝƟǀŝƚǇŽĨůĂƌŐĞDK^ƐĞŶƐŽƌƐĨŽƵŶĚŝŶ^>ZƐ͕ŵĂŶǇƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐĂƌĞ ŶŽǁĂĐĐƵƐƚŽŵĞĚƚŽƐŚŽŽƟŶŐŝŶĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞůŝŐŚƚ͕ŶŝŐŚƫŵĞƐĞƫŶŐƐ͕ĂŶĚŽƚŚĞƌĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ͛ǀĞďĞĞŶƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐůǇŝŵƉŽƐƐŝďůĞƚŽĮůŵƵŶĚĞƌ͘dŚŝƐŝƐĂďůĞƐƐŝŶŐĂŶĚĂĐƵƌƐĞ͖ƚŚĂŶŬƐƚŽ ƐŽŵĞŚŝŐŚůǇƉƵďůŝĐŝǌĞĚĚĞŵŽƐ͕ŵĂŶǇ^>ZƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐŶŽǁƚŚŝŶŬƚŚĞŝƌĐĂŵĞƌĂƐĐĂŶƐĞĞŝŶƚŚĞ ĚĂƌŬ͘ŶĚǁŚŝůĞ^>ZƐĂƌĞŵƵĐŚŵŽƌĞƐĞŶƐŝƟǀĞƚŚĂŶĮůŵƐƚŽĐŬƚŚĂŶŬƐƚŽƐŽƉŚŝƐƟĐĂƚĞĚŶŽŝƐĞ ƌĞĚƵĐƟŽŶĂůŐŽƌŝƚŚŵƐ͕ŚŝŐŚ/^KƐĞƫŶŐƐĂƌĞƐƟůůĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞĚďǇŶŽŝƐĞ͘

/ŶĂŶŝĚĞĂůǁŽƌůĚ͕ǇŽƵ͛ĚƐƟůůďƌŝŶŐŝŶĞŶŽƵŐŚůŝŐŚƚĨŽƌĞǀĞƌǇƐĐĞŶĞ͘ƵƚƚŚĞƌĞĂůŝƚǇŽĨ ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚĂŶĚŐƵĞƌŝůůĂĮůŵŵĂŬŝŶŐŝƐƐƵĐŚƚŚĂƚƚŚŝƐŝƐŶŽƚĂůǁĂǇƐƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͘zŽƵƐŚŽƵůĚ

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr 107 ĂůǁĂǇƐƚƌǇƚŽƐŚŽŽƚǁŝƚŚĞŶŽƵŐŚůŝŐŚƚƚŽŬĞĞƉƚŚĞ/^KĨƵƌƚŚĞƌĚŽǁŶŽŶƚŚĞƐĐĂůĞ͕ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝŶĂĚĚŝƟŽŶƚŽďƌŝŶŐŝŶŐǁŝƚŚƚŚĞŵŵŽƌĞŶŽŝƐĞ͕ŚŝŐŚĞƌ/^KƐĞƫŶŐƐĂƌĞĂůƐŽůĞƐƐƐŚĂƌƉ͘ ^ŚŽŽƟŶŐŝŶƚŚĞĚĂƌŬĂŶĚĂƉƉůǇŝŶŐŶŽŝƐĞƌĞĚƵĐƟŽŶůĂƚĞƌŝƐŶŽƚĂƐƵďƐƟƚƵƚĞĨŽƌůŝŐŚƟŶŐʹ ďƵƚŶŽŝƐĞƌĞĚƵĐƟŽŶĐĂŶŐĞƚǇŽƵŽƵƚŽĨĂũĂŵ͘

DǇĨĂǀŽƌŝƚĞŶŽŝƐĞƌĞĚƵĐƟŽŶĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶŝƐEĞĂƚsŝĚĞŽ͘/ƚ͛ƐĂŶĂŵĂǌŝŶŐůǇŇĞǆŝďůĞ͕ ĐƵƐƚŽŵŝǌĂďůĞƉůƵŐŝŶĨŽƌ&ŝŶĂůƵƚ͕ŌĞƌīĞĐƚƐ͕WƌĞŵŝĞƌĞWƌŽ͕sĞŐĂƐ͕ĂŶĚŽƚŚĞƌŚŽƐƚ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐĂƐǁĞůů͘dŚĞWƌŽǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ;ǁŚŝĐŚŝƐǁŚĂƚǇŽƵ͛ůůǁĂŶƚʹƚŚĞ,ŽŵĞƉůƵŐŝŶŝƐ Shooting in ƌĞƐƚƌŝĐƚĞĚƚŽ^ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐͿĐŽƐƚƐΨϵϵĂŶĚƉĂǇƐĨŽƌŝƚƐĞůĨƚŚĞĮƌƐƚƟŵĞǇŽƵƵƐĞŝƚ͘EŽƚĞ the dark and applying noise ƚŚĂƚǇŽƵƐŚŽƵůĚŬŶŽǁǇŽƵƌǁŽƌŬŇŽǁŝŶĂĚǀĂŶĐĞ͕ĂƐĞĂĐŚĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚŚŽƐƚƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƌĞƋƵŝƌĞƐ reduction ĂĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞ͖/ƵƐĞƚŚĞŌĞƌīĞĐƚƐǀĞƌƐŝŽŶďĞĐĂƵƐĞ/ĂůŵŽƐƚĂůǁĂǇƐĮŶŝƐŚƵƐŝŶŐ later is not a ͕ďƵƚ/ǁŽŶ͛ƚůŝĞ͗/ǁŝƐŚEĞĂƚ͛ƐůŝĐĞŶƐĞǁĂƐŵŽƌĞůŝďĞƌĂů;ĂůŽŶŐƚŚĞůŝŶĞƐŽĨ͕ƐĂǇ͕ZĞĚ substitute for 'ŝĂŶƚ͛ƐDĂŐŝĐƵůůĞƚƐĞƚŽĨƉůƵŐŝŶƐ͕ǁŚŝĐŚǁŽƌŬŝŶĂŶǇŚŽƐƚƉƌŽŐƌĂŵǁŝƚŚŽŶĞƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞͿ͘ lighting – but ZĞŐĂƌĚůĞƐƐ͕ƚĂƐƚĞĨƵůƵƐĞŽĨEĞĂƚsŝĚĞŽĐĂŶƐĂǀĞŵĂŶǇƐŚŽƚƐ͕ĂŶĚŝƚĂůƐŽŽīĞƌƐƐŽŵĞ noise reduction can get you out ƐŚĂƌƉŶĞƐƐĐŽŶƚƌŽůƐ of a jam. ƚŽƌĞŐĂŝŶƉĞƌĐĞƉƚƵĂů ƐŚĂƌƉŶĞƐƐƚŚĂƚŵŝŐŚƚ͛ǀĞ ďĞĞŶůŽƐƚĚƵĞƚŽŚŝŐŚ/^K ƐĞƫŶŐƐ͘

dŚŝƐŝŵĂŐĞ͕ŽĨƚŚĞ DĂŶŚĂƩĂŶƐŬǇůŝŶĞĂƐ ƐĞĞŶĨƌŽŵƌŽŽŬůǇŶĂƚ ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ǁĂƐĂŶŽŝƐǇƐŚŽƚ ĂƐĂĐĂŵĞƌĂŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů͘Ɛ

noﬁlmschool.com/dslr 108 ŝƚƐŚŽƵůĚ͛ǀĞďĞĞŶʹƚŚĞŽŶůǇůŝŐŚƚƐǁĞƌĞƚŚĞĂŵďŝĞŶƚůŝŐŚƚƐŽĨƚŚĞĐŝƚǇ͘ƐĂƐƟůůŝŵĂŐĞ͕ ŝƚůŽŽŬĞĚĮŶĞʹďƵƚŝŶŵŽƟŽŶ͕ƚŚĞƐŬǇůŝŶĞƐŚŝŵŵĞƌĞĚǁŝƚŚŶŽŝƐǇĂƌƟĨĂĐƚƐ͕ǁŚŝĐŚ/ǁĂƐ ĂďůĞƚŽƌĞŵŽǀĞĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇƵƐŝŶŐEĞĂƚsŝĚĞŽ͘dŚĞĮŶŝƐŚĞĚŝŵĂŐĞŝƐƌŽĐŬͲƐŽůŝĚ͕ƐŚĂƌƉ͕ĂŶĚ ƵƐĂďůĞʹĂƉĞƌĨĞĐƚĞǆĂŵƉůĞŽĨĂƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶǁŚĞƌĞǁĞĐŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚďƌŝŶŐĂŶǇůŝŐŚƚƐ͕ĂŶĚƚŚƵƐ ŚĂĚƚŽƌĞůǇŽŶŶŽŝƐĞƌĞĚƵĐƟŽŶŝŶƉŽƐƚ͘

dŚĞĞīĞĐƟǀĞŶĞƐƐŽĨEĞĂƚsŝĚĞŽĐĂŶďĞŵŽƌĞƌĞĂĚŝůǇƐĞĞŶŝŶŵŽƟŽŶƚŚĂŶŝƚĐĂŶŝŶĂŶǇ ƐƟůů/ĐĂŶƐŚŽǁǇŽƵ͕ƐŽƚĂŬĞĂůŽŽŬĂƚƚŚŝƐǀŝĚĞŽďǇWŚŽƚŽĨƌĂŵĚĨŽƌĂŶĞǆĂŵƉůĞŽĨEĞĂƚ sŝĚĞŽŝŶĂĐƟŽŶ͘EĞĂƚ͛ƐĞǆĂŵƉůĞƐƉĂŐĞĂůƐŽĐŽŶƚĂŝŶƐƐŽŵĞŐŽŽĚĞǆĂŵƉůĞƐ͖/ĐĂŶƐƚĂƚĞ Too much noise reduction ĨƌŽŵĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƚŚĂƚEĞĂƚĐĂŶƐĂůǀĂŐĞŵĂŶǇƐŚŽƚƐǁŝƚŚĂŵĂǌŝŶŐƌĞƐƵůƚƐ͘ can result in an image :ƵƐƚďĞĐĂƌĞĨƵůŶŽƚƚŽŽǀĞƌĚŽŝƚ͕ĂƐƚŽŽŵƵĐŚŶŽŝƐĞƌĞĚƵĐƟŽŶĐĂŶƌĞƐƵůƚŝŶĂŶŝŵĂŐĞƚŚĂƚ that appears ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐƉůĂƐƟĐŬǇ͘KŶĞĨƵƌƚŚĞƌĐĂƵƟŽŶ͗EĞĂƚsŝĚĞŽŝƐĂďůĞƚŽƵƐĞŵƵůƟƉůĞƉƌŽĐĞƐƐŽƌ plasticky. ĐŽƌĞƐ͕ďƵƚŝƚĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ;ĂƚƉƌĞƐƐƟŵĞͿƵƐĞǇŽƵƌ'WhƚŽĂĐĐĞůĞƌĂƚĞŝƚƐƌĞŶĚĞƌŝŶŐ͕ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĞĂŶƐŝƚ͛ƐƐůŽǁ͘ZĞŶĚĞƌƟŵĞƐĐĂŶĂĚĚƵƉƋƵŝĐŬůǇ͕ƐŽ/ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĂƉƉůǇŝŶŐEĞĂƚĂƐĂůĂƐƚ ƐƚĞƉĂŶĚƌƵŶŶŝŶŐŶŽŝƐĞƌĞĚƵĐƟŽŶŽǀĞƌŶŝŐŚƚŝĨǇŽƵŵƵƐƚ͘ƵƚǁŚĞŶŝƚĐŽŵĞƐƚŽŐĞƫŶŐƚŚĞ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞďĞƐƚŝŵĂŐĞŽƵƚŽĨǇŽƵƌ^>Z͕ƵƐŝŶŐEĞĂƚsŝĚĞŽŝƐǁŽƌƚŚƚŚĞǁĂŝƚ͘

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COLOR GRADING

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ŽůŽƌŐƌĂĚŝŶŐŝƐĐŽŵŵŽŶůǇŬŶŽǁŶĂƐ͞ĐŽůŽƌĐŽƌƌĞĐƟŽŶ͕͟ďƵƚ/ƉƌĞĨĞƌƚŚĞŵŽƌĞƌŝƟƐŚƚĞƌŵ ͞ŐƌĂĚŝŶŐ͟ƐŝŶĐĞ͞ĐŽƌƌĞĐƟŽŶ͟ŝŵƉůŝĞƐĂĐŽůŽƌŝƐƚ͛ƐũŽďŝƐƚŽĮǆŵŝƐƚĂŬĞƐ͕ǁŚĞŶŝƚ͛ƐƌĞĂůůǇŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞĐƌĞĂƟǀĞƚŚĂŶƚŚĂƚ͘/ŶĨĂĐƚ͕ƚŚĞůŝŶĞďĞƚǁĞĞŶĐŝŶĞŵĂƚŽŐƌĂƉŚĞƌĂŶĚĐŽůŽƌŝƐƚŝƐŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐůǇ The line between cinematographer ďůƵƌƌŝŶŐ͕ĂŶĚƚŽĚĂǇǇŽƵĐĂŶ͛ƚďĞŐƌĞĂƚĂƚŽŶĞũŽďŝĨǇŽƵĚŽŶ͛ƚŚĂǀĞĂŐŽŽĚƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐŽĨ and colorist is ƚŚĞŽƚŚĞƌ͘ increasingly blurring. ^ŝŶĐĞƚŚŝƐŝƐĂ͞ĐŝŶĞŵĂƚŽŐƌĂƉŚǇ͟ŐƵŝĚĞ͕/ǁŽŶ͛ƚŐŽƚŽŽĚĞĞƉŝŶƚŽŐƌĂĚŝŶŐŽƚŚĞƌƚŚĂŶƚŽƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚǇŽƵƐŚŽƵůĚĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůǇŚĂǀĞĂƉƌŽũĞĐƚͲƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂĞƐƚŚĞƟĐŝŶŵŝŶĚďĞĨŽƌĞǇŽƵƐŚŽŽƚ͕ĂƐ

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