ronaldl911 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Hi. I'm fairly new to DSLR Video - Only had my DSLR for a few weeks now. (Canon 600D) Anyway, I have a basic 18-55mm kit lens - which shouldn't put me off filming for now. I encounter something strange - When I try to set the aperture at 3.5 (lowest value it can get), to get an increased depth of field, it always seem VERY over exposed when I'm shooting outdoors ( which is common sense as the lens is obviously now wide open). I don't want to play too much with the shutter speed, as most tutorials / ebooks I have read recommends that you keep your shutter double your frame rate. I always keep my ISO at 100 when shooting outdoors. Any tips, how I can get a better image outdoors, while still be able to maintain a very shallow depth of field? Thanks in advance. Ronald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 ND-filter(s). You might buy two. Vari-NDs (two pol-filters rotated to dim steplessly) are easy to use, but for quality reasons the normal NDs are better. [u]If[/u] you buy a Vari-ND, you better buy a bigger one than your usual filter thread and adapt it with a step up ring (or is it step down?), because of vignetting. There is another reason to use ND-filters than shallow DoF. Most lenses do not perform well when closed too much. The danger of chromatic aberrations rises (coloured outlines on sharp edges, often green or purple). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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