HDSLR 101 #9: Choosing the Right Lens

In episode 9 we show different lens options such as zoom vs. prime and Canon vs. Zeiss. We also go over some lens features and filters.

[afthefragile]

@gteam2 Those are the Distagon lenses. They're relatively cheap for what they are so it's excellent value. The lens case with 5 primes costs about 5500 euros.

[cybercab]

Great! Just what i need. I'm getting my 5D tomorrow and probably going to get the higher end lens as well.

[shonky]

@ChristopherJManess It's called "Tilt Shift" If you google tilt shift, you'll find many examples. There are special tilt shift lenses to achieve this effect and there are some instances where this effect can be done in post production too.

[ChristopherPinto]

@Mrawesomeball if you put your two hands parallel to each other, picture your subject to be in between your two hands and everything in between them is in focus and everything else, isnt. now depth of field basically means how blurry or not in focus the background or foreground can get when shooting a scene. so when people say they have a shallow depth of field your hands would then be closer together thus decreasing the focus range. when its wide then your hands are far apart. hope this helped!

[bouchandre]

@johnjohansson 600d is the new t3i. Almost same price, manual control, swivel Lcd. Yes it's better

[Jokker]

@RoathRipper pros: you can focus closer, cons: you loose the ability to focus to infinity.

[grahamulax]

@johnjohansson awesome! yeah that swivel is very nice to have but not worth the upgrade I think at this moment. Focus peaking hmmm I'll have to look into that more! I think I'll try it out tonight! Just got to find a good tutorial so I won't brick this thing

[GertJanMes]

Thanks for the video! There is a lot of discussion about UV filters because of the already build in UV filtering features of many high end cameras and why buy good glass and put poor glass infront of it?

[presseault]

I love Zeiss lenses but I only use Canon primes:
24mm f1.4, 35mm f1.4, 50mm f1.2, 135mm f2.0, 70-200mm f2.8.
It's tough when deciding between Canon or Zeiss I just love the Canon lenses. But if you do use a follow focus, Zeiss if prob the way to go because of the slip on the Canon.

[johnjohansson]

@grahamulax I'm using it and I love it! Focus peaking is very useful! You won't believe how many useful functions it will add to your camera! :-) The only thing that I miss from the 600D is the swivel lcd and the crop zoom function.

[grahamulax]

@johnjohansson wow, yeah I installed it that night and I'm so glad I did. There is no way I can ever go back now! I gotta get a faster memory card though to change the bit rate higher otherwise it just overloads all the time haha. This is GREAT

[NUMBLIFEUSA]

you feed my mind and you have touched my heart i love you guys no homo!

[roathripper]

very helpful guys. but what are the pros and cons of using a 'macro tube'?

[Rolwhite]

What is the best Carl Zeiss lens to use for shooting low light and fast moving action.

[grahamulax]

@johnjohansson have you used it? I am quite nervous to put it on my camera for fear of bricking it...

[ChristopherJManess]

Ok, I have a question. I saw a video, where the shot was of traffic on a road, and the focus seemed to be about 75 meters out with only about a 20 meter focal tolerance, and it gave the image a minute feeling, like the road was a miniature model. Anything within 50 meters and beyond 75 meters was blurry. Do you know how that effect was made? Was that a lens or editing effect?

[Jcbproducoes]

amazing, as always learned a lot, thanks! :)

[johnjohansson]

@bouchandre I disagree. 550D with Magic Lantern is better.

[johnjohansson]

@grahamulax Just search for magic lantern t2i install ;-) I think it's pretty safe, but there is no warranty that it's 100% safe. Stay away from newer builds if you want to be sure :-)

[Mrawesomeball]

what's depth of field. you said it like a billion times but i dont know what it is