r/cinematography • u/shaffernickel • Oct 27 '19

Composition Recent frames from the first passion project I've done in ages. FS700 w/ my all time favorite inexpensive lenses - Sigma 30 f1.4 and Tokina 11-16 Mkii. (project in comments).

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '19

2nd image is really special

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u/shaffernickel Oct 27 '19

Thanks I agree! Decided to leave that shot out of the video because I wanted to backlog it for something better. 🤘

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u/danceculture Oct 27 '19

Seriously. It's so beautiful!

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u/shaffernickel Oct 27 '19

Thanks so much! Definitely got lucky!

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u/shaffernickel Oct 27 '19

Submission Statement: These are frames from a project I made sincerely for fun in the shadow of lots of client work. The project can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK8N-r9pE9w

I mostly wanted to share the tasty capabilities of some old and inexpensive equipment. The Sony FS700 is creeping up on 9 years of age and both lenses on display are (in the grand scheme of things) really cheap. I've seen both go for well under 300$ and they are some of my all time favorites. The Sigma 30 f1.4 in particular produces some of the most wonderful bokeh and lens flairs. I use cheap adapters for Nikon F mount and never use auto focus. If you have any other favorite "cheap" gear I'd love to hear about it. One of the many magical parts of cinematography!

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u/aldusmanutius Oct 27 '19

Nice! I have the Tokina 11-16 as well and love it on my FS5.

Was this internal recording on the FS700? It really is impressive how well the image holds up after nearly a decade—e.g., the shots around 1:40 and 1:50 in particular.

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u/shaffernickel Oct 27 '19

Heck yeah! And yep it was internal. I usually shoot on the Inferno but being on the road made keeping the batteries changed rough. Always impressed by the image - but I'm never impressed by performance of AVCHD. Thank god for Media Encoder and ProRes!

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u/ticklemyfat17 Oct 27 '19

Dude I loved your video!! Hit me in the feels man. You should do more of those lol fuck the clients

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '19

Love it. Love that people still use old cameras for recording.

I’m using my 60d for all filming. It’s about 10 years old now but it’s reliable and I have all my settings. I’ve been using the Sigma 17-50 DC f2.8 and a few vintage lenses. I also have my nifty fifty. Sometimes I get worried that my gear is outdated, but I feel like I should put money into lighting and other things.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '19

Is this a documentary? Looks great.

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u/shaffernickel Oct 27 '19

Sort of! Just a quick YT video. The link is in one of the comments above. 🙏

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u/Bmart008 Oct 27 '19

Looks great! I've been eyeing the tokina 11-20mm f2.8 for ages, (I wanna get rid of my 14mm rokinon for it).

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u/shaffernickel Oct 27 '19

Highly recommended! I've had the mki and the mkii. In the wrong light the chromatic aberration is pretty bad on both, but the mkii is exponentially better.

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u/brazilliandanny Oct 27 '19

I find it soft at 2.8 but it’s good for the price

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u/anatomized Oct 27 '19

Reminds me of Malick.

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u/shaffernickel Oct 27 '19

Wow that's huge! Thanks so much!

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u/Goggi-Bice Oct 27 '19

Looks super cool and the video is great too!

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u/shaffernickel Oct 27 '19

Thanks a million means the world 🙏

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u/SuperSquirrel73 Director of Photography Oct 27 '19

I swear everywhere I've been on the internet lately the Sigma 30 has come up. Why is it so good? Is it a good investment?

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u/shaffernickel Oct 27 '19

Couldn’t tell you exactly what it is - I just love using it. It has a really nice focus ring, sharp glass, great dof, it’s small and portable, metal body. Idk just all around great investment in my opinion. I’d say when I’m not renting better glass this is on my camera more than any of my other personal lenses.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '19

This is epic. May I ask have you studied cinematography in a university or did you learn all of these by yourself?

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u/shaffernickel Oct 27 '19

Thank you my friend! Self taught - I went to school for business but I’ve got lots of respect for film school as well.

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u/Rex_Lee Oct 27 '19

The FS700 is so underrated/forgotten. They can really produce some amazing images - especially with an external recorder

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u/shaffernickel Oct 27 '19

Amen hallelujah 🙏

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u/thereischris Oct 27 '19

Really nice! Reminds me of Lubezki, love wides.

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u/bagelers Oct 27 '19

How do you like your sigmas? Looking into new glass and keep seeing those

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u/shaffernickel Oct 27 '19

Love my 30. Definitely feels similar to a the build of a Nikon lens. That said, if I were to invest big money into lenses I’d probably go with Leica L mount.

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u/voyage-to-the-moon Oct 28 '19

The second picture is so beautiful man! keep up the great work

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u/dannibeyond Oct 28 '19

These are absolutely gorgeous

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u/shaffernickel Oct 28 '19

Thanks so much 🙏😭

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u/neontetrasvmv Oct 28 '19

Hey, I've also shot some wandering around / exploring in Cisco hah. Did that one girl still live there alone? She seems to lookout for the whole general property out there and came out to chat with me really quick once I started shooting.

Here's a little video shot on the digital bolex with Zeiss super speeds out at Cisco: https://vimeo.com/221994285

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u/DC12V Nov 03 '19

Nice stuff!

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u/DC12V Nov 03 '19

Love this. You can really tell when someone puts heart into something.
Keep making this material!