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Common mounts for video and cinema primes

Common mounts for video and cinema primes

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Common mounts for video and cinema primes

- Okay, so we've covered the still cameras and still lenses. The natural next step is to talk about the video cameras and how still lenses and video lenses are used in this medium, which is moving pictures. - I see here you've got two cameras from Canon that are very similar, the C300 Mark 1 and Mark 2, but they have two different types of lenses on 'em. - Right, so they categorize lens mounts often according to brand, and in this case it's no different. We have Canon, we have Sony, we have Panasonic, they all have their own mounts. Canon has an EF mount just like the still cameras, but you can not only order the mount you want for the lens you're using, but you can also in some cases order the camera with the mount that you want. There's choices there as well. So if we are going for Canon still lenses with EF mounts, which we saw before, you can order your camera with a hard EF mount. - That might be really useful if you're a still photographer moving into the world of video, or…

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