My friend is negotiating a deal to get a grant for a TV pilot episode of a documentary on traveling. He wants me to be the camera operator he says, cause I know the most of out of everyone he has met so far. I know I'm not the best but I can't say no, to this opportunity since we will go to a different country to shoot it, and it will be something to put on the resume.
He needs to know what equipment is being used and what it will cost for the deal. I don't know as much about it, cause he is being a bit vague. He doesn't know near as much about cameras. But what we have both determined that will be best for a documentary on traveling, is a camera that has a telephoto lens that can remain open at f1.4 or even higher for night shots, since we cannot light, much less light busy places far away that we are zooming into.
However we do not want shallow DOF cause we will want to be able to get a lot in focus on the fly, with a steadicam. He wants a steadicam and says that will be the best for movement. The problem with DSLRS is their shallow DOF, when wide open, so is there a camera that has a telephoto lens that can open to f1.4, but will look f4, when compared to a DSLR? I helped on a feature last year with a camera sort of like this, but do not know what it was called.
I guess it would be best to get him the cheapest price one, for the deal, and still waiting on how much he is allowed to spend on the camera and lenses, alone. But what would be the cheapest ones that are good choices, if any?
Thanks.
He needs to know what equipment is being used and what it will cost for the deal. I don't know as much about it, cause he is being a bit vague. He doesn't know near as much about cameras. But what we have both determined that will be best for a documentary on traveling, is a camera that has a telephoto lens that can remain open at f1.4 or even higher for night shots, since we cannot light, much less light busy places far away that we are zooming into.
However we do not want shallow DOF cause we will want to be able to get a lot in focus on the fly, with a steadicam. He wants a steadicam and says that will be the best for movement. The problem with DSLRS is their shallow DOF, when wide open, so is there a camera that has a telephoto lens that can open to f1.4, but will look f4, when compared to a DSLR? I helped on a feature last year with a camera sort of like this, but do not know what it was called.
I guess it would be best to get him the cheapest price one, for the deal, and still waiting on how much he is allowed to spend on the camera and lenses, alone. But what would be the cheapest ones that are good choices, if any?
Thanks.