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D7100
Best Lens(es) for Cinematography?
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<blockquote data-quote="speedandstyle" data-source="post: 140270" data-attributes="member: 10745"><p>First off cinema lenses{often shortened to just "cine"} are not necessarily better lenses optically speaking. What makes a cine lens is the following. First off they have a clickless aperture so that you can change it while filming. Second they use t-stops instead of f-stops. T-stops are rated for the actual light that is "transmitted" so that lenses match each other. Another thing that cine lenses have is a geared focus ring so that a follow focus can be used. Lastly they have the markings on the side of the lens instead of the top.</p><p>Some brands such as Zeiss go an extra step with their cine lenses and make them the same size or as close to the same size as possible. This is done so when you change a lens it takes less time. On a cine camera rig there is a matte box and follow focus that attaches to the lens and if the lens is larger/smaller it takes much more time to change. On a production set time is money! 10 minutes could cost as much as $10k on a big budget production.</p><p>SamYang{sold under other brands like Rokinon} make some very nice and affordable cine lenses in Nikon mount.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="speedandstyle, post: 140270, member: 10745"] First off cinema lenses{often shortened to just "cine"} are not necessarily better lenses optically speaking. What makes a cine lens is the following. First off they have a clickless aperture so that you can change it while filming. Second they use t-stops instead of f-stops. T-stops are rated for the actual light that is "transmitted" so that lenses match each other. Another thing that cine lenses have is a geared focus ring so that a follow focus can be used. Lastly they have the markings on the side of the lens instead of the top. Some brands such as Zeiss go an extra step with their cine lenses and make them the same size or as close to the same size as possible. This is done so when you change a lens it takes less time. On a cine camera rig there is a matte box and follow focus that attaches to the lens and if the lens is larger/smaller it takes much more time to change. On a production set time is money! 10 minutes could cost as much as $10k on a big budget production. SamYang{sold under other brands like Rokinon} make some very nice and affordable cine lenses in Nikon mount. [/QUOTE]
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