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Benefits of using fast primes
- Rich, when we began off this week, we mentioned that fast prime lenses are, kind of, addiction. And I can attest to that. I have a rather large collection of lenses that I keep acquiring. The problem, of course, is that I require different prime lenses, I mean fast lenses, for different camera systems that I use. - Yeah. - And so I end up with, I have Cannon lenses, I have third party lenses. The reason to shoot with a fast lens, in my mind, is two- or three-fold. Fist, you want to have the most light-gathering capability that you can have. Right? -Yeah. - And shooting wide open on a very fast lens, you know, f/1.2, 1.4, is going to let in a lot of light compare to, say, consumer lenses that you'll find out there, you know, slower lenses that might be a f/3.5 or f/4. That's a couple stops different. - Well, it really depends on your style of shooting, you know. For example, here I've got a decent Lumix lens. This lens goes down to 1.4. That's an attractive lens. 25 millimeter, this…
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Evaluating the keying footage from a Canon camera5m 34s
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Evaluating the keying footage from a Panasonic Lumix GH43m 7s
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Evaluating the keying footage from a Sony a7S5m 29s
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Blending a key with the background with Light Wrap by Red Giant5m 58s
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Blending a key with the background with Lighwrap by Digital Anarcht3m 39s
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