From the course: DSLR Video Tips: Cameras & Lenses
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Strategies for dealing with exposure changes
From the course: DSLR Video Tips: Cameras & Lenses
Strategies for dealing with exposure changes
Rich Harrington: We've gone ahead and switched out to the more expensive lens, but before we talk about that, let's address a couple of strategies for this. Boy, that feels a lot less. Robbie Carman: Well, lighter. Rich: Three pounds, nothing. Robbie: A couple of ounces, right. Rich, you are absolutely right. When talking about shooting with a lot of these kit lenses that have sort of a variable f-stop or the variable aperture, you do have to go into your shoot with some strategies in mind. The first strategy is not to zoom, right? It's to sort of frame your shot up to the focal length that you want, change your Exposure triangle, your lighting, and everything like that to match that particular focal reach that you have. Now, I know that's not ideal, but sometimes, especially if you are dealing with sort of these variable apertures or variable f-stop lenses, that's really your only choice, unless you visibly want to see that exposure change. Rich: Yeah, and to that end, another thing…
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