Zoom with your feet. I would suggest a 60 Micro (Macro) Nikkor the non G
version.
On Aug 18, 2011, at 10:01 AM, David Irisarri wrote:
> Which Nikkor lens should I use? Using wide angle lenses with a full frame
> sensor probably is not a good idea. What about a focal length between
> 50-200? I want to avoid distortion, chromatic aberration and vignetting as
> much as possible. is it possible to zoom in and out with a computer?
>
> Regards,
>
> David
>
>
> 2011/8/18 Mark Kronquist <mak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> Not to stray from the pack but I suggest a Nikon D3 series for high ISO
>> performance and high shutter speeds and superb color accuracy
>> On Aug 18, 2011, at 9:50 AM, David Irisarri wrote:
>>
>>> Dear zuikoholics,
>>>
>>> As you probably know I have come to NY to live and today I met a guy who
>> is
>>> creating movies. I showed him my portfolio and he really likes it and we
>>> have been taking for a couple of hours to know each other. He loves
>> retaking
>>> pictures of his movies being projected in a huge wall and he also likes
>>> cropping them. He told me if I can help him with this issue in a couple
>> of
>>> weeks and I have been carefully thinking about the right procedure for
>>> maximizing quality. He normally enlarges pictures a lot to be displayed
>> in
>>> galleries and I was thinking about several possibilities.
>>>
>>> First, I think we should rent an Olympus E-5 with the 35-100 f2 lens for
>>> some reasons. The constant aperture and super high quality of the lens
>> but
>>> on the other hand I think a movie projected in a dark room it will
>> require
>>> using a high ISO even the aperture is high and the resolution is awesome.
>>> Also 35-100 will help him to go inside the projected image and cropping
>> the
>>> part of the seen we wants.
>>>
>>> I also have been thinking that the camera should be working in manual
>> mode
>>> for some reasons:
>>>
>>> 1. I need to project the light in a white card and use manual white
>> balance
>>> because if I use AWB the camera depending on the scenes will get the
>> wrong
>>> WB for sure.
>>>
>>> 2. Manual exposure. If the scenes are dark or bright the camera will try
>> to
>>> get the right exposure leading to a wrong exposure in most of the scenes.
>> I
>>> wonder how I should calibrate the camera in order to get perfect
>> exposures.
>>> is it possible to project a middle grey to adjust the exposure of the
>>> camera? I want to adjust the dynamic range of the camera according to the
>>> projector contrast ratio. I was thinking to read the full specs of the
>>> projector and adjust the exposure to capture deep shadows and bright
>>> highlights.
>>>
>>> 3. If the movie is being played at 25 fps in a dark light, I need a
>> minimum
>>> shutter speed to capture a random frame of the movie.
>>>
>>> So maybe E-5 maybe is not the right tool for doing this. I also was
>> thinking
>>> in a PENTAX P65+ camera for capturing huge images with very high
>> resolution.
>>> The movie has a 16:9 format or even wider close to 2.11:1 aspect ratio.
>> If I
>>> use a four thirds sensor I´ll lose too much resolution.
>>>
>>> I really would appreciate your feedback, ideas, regarding to exposure,
>>> etc...I would be glad to hear from you what is the best solution as I
>> want
>>> to create perfect pictures for him. Probably I should use Capture ONE
>> Phase
>>> V to control the camera from the Apple computer we are going to use.
>>>
>>> David Irisarri
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