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Wide angle lens help

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Dr.DRE
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I have been looking to buy a wide angle lens lately and I was wondering if they help with stabilizing the shot and making it look smoother (shakiness). When we film with a tripod its fine, but for follows or just holding the cam in are hands, the image looks all blurry. Like the skier is not clear and other fast moving objects look bad. Thanks a lot!
Dec 5 2010 12:22PM
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.jr
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Yes it will help, but dont expect to have smooth follow cams just because you put on a wider lens.
Dec 5 2010 1:06PM
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Dr.DRE
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Alright thanks man! Definitely need to work on the follows too.
Dec 5 2010 2:01PM
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Dr.DRE
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Bump for more info
Dec 5 2010 7:01PM
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SeanTom
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I think what you really need is a DIY (no idea what this stands for). there's a thread on here about ones that NS'ers have built. A wide angle lens would make filming easier but won't reduce shakiness in any sort of way.
Dec 5 2010 7:10PM
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Bryan*
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DIY=do it yourself.
Dec 5 2010 7:47PM
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deleted2
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diy is do it yourself, which really doesn't make sense how you said it, you may be talking about a steadicam, which will help, or you could just train yourself to have a steady hand haha
Dec 5 2010 7:57PM
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eheath
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nominated
Dec 5 2010 8:00PM
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nobody123
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I suggest you buy a reasonably decent wide angle and handle. Check amazon.com
Dec 5 2010 8:08PM
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Dr.DRE
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Thanks! Its just that it looks like their is a delay on the skier ( like a shadow image following him ) when we don't film with tripod. That is what we mainly want to fix. We can fix the shakiness of the follows with practice.
Dec 5 2010 8:16PM
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SeanTom
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wow i just herp derped everywhere. well fuck.
Dec 5 2010 8:22PM
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Ben.
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just use your tripod as a ghetto glidecam. its not as good as the real thing, but it helps infinitely.
Dec 5 2010 9:38PM
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rigzz
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And if you don't want to DIY. Then check this out, it even comes in pretty color now.
http://opteka.com/xgrip.aspx
Dec 5 2010 10:23PM
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alexat955
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I dont think that the handles will help as much as steadiness as a DIY glidecam kinda thing. I made one and it's pretty legit it's in the other thread
Dec 5 2010 10:46PM
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.jr
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Seconded.

This is why M&A is so fucking mislead.
Dec 5 2010 11:27PM
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GreenHorn
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which thread?
Dec 5 2010 11:47PM
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dergblerp
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Increase your shutter speed to at least twice your frame rate.  For example, if you're shooting 30 frames per second, set your shutter to at least 1/60th.
Dec 6 2010 1:03AM
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Dr.DRE
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My camera does not have this option since it is a lower end HD camera. Thanks because we might upgrade soon anyway.
Dec 6 2010 8:17AM
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alexat955
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the DIY one. it's not complicated or nice but it works decently and it was cheap and easy to make
Dec 6 2010 12:44PM
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GreenHorn
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will you give me a link to the other thread? and do you have instructions for how to make it?
Dec 6 2010 5:32PM
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alexat955
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thread:
https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/583417/

tutorial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rTRbGXJvrA
but i used metal caps rather than bike pegs. obviously theres way more complicated ways to make legit ones but this was quick and easy
Dec 6 2010 7:13PM
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GreenHorn
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thanks
Dec 6 2010 9:22PM
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