I was previously unaware of these clever devices, but I apparently picked this up in a kit of other stuff that I purchased. If you know someone who is trying to achieve Hollywood looking video with a consumer video camera, pass this along to them please...
If you shoot video, you know that the thing that separates the BIG EXPENSIVE video cameras from the consumer cameras is the size of the sensor and (thus) the nice shallow DOF that makes video look "Hollywood" and allows you to isolate your subject while blurring out everything else. Well, THIS clever device allows you to get that nice thin DOF with small-sensor video cameras. One one end of this adapter you put a Canon EOF lens. (F/2.8 or faster is recommended. A lot of people use the common EOS 50mm f/1.8). That lens image is projected on a screeen on the back of the filter. On the other end is a 49mm thread that you screw onto the front of your video camera. My kit includes a 37-49mm stepdown ring so that it will screw onto video cameras with the common 37mm thread (like a lot of Canon Vixia models, etc.) Also included are two 37mm Neewer close-up filters (+1 and +10). For some cameras you may need the close-up filter to focus on the filter's screen. To see how much the shallow DOF adds to the production values, check out https://youtu.be/rHwFipV7Po8 Mine is like new in the box and priced at $129 plus actual shipping to your address. -- “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
