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Wide lenses
Now let's turn our attention to wide lenses. Now officially a wide lens is anything in the 24 to 35 mm range, however we tend to use the terminology a little bit looser so it's not unusual for somebody to put on a 16 mm or an 18 mm also call that a wide, not that big a deal. Technically though, anything below that 24 mm is considered an ultra-wide. Now as far as the wide lenses, these come in primes or zoom. So I'm holding in my hand right here a 28 mm wide lens right here, but over here I have a 16 to 35 mm wide zoom, so you can get a zoom lens that covers a whole wide range. And as you can see this one even goes a little bit below. What are some of the qualities about wide lenses? Well, apart from the fact that they have a wide field of view, of course, they can also focus on things very close. So you can get things very close to the lens. These are great for shooting in close quarters, which is one of the main things that they're very useful for in documentaries. If you were…
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Introduction to shooting discreetly1m 1s
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Scouting locations for a stealth shoot1m 47s
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Traveling and shooting low profile1m 25s
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Recording audio discreetly1m 25s
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Using discreet cameras and camerawork2m 22s
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Running interference1m 24s
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Adding production value with local resources1m 13s
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Always have a plan B55s
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