Sony FS5 4K - Testing Canon 35mm F2 IS
14/05/16 11:30
Shot in a spare 2-3 hours around Ely on a hazy spring day to quickly test my new Canon 35mm F2 IS. Sony PXW-FS5 in 4K with Metabones MKIV EF to NEX Lens Adapter.
All shots were (deliberately) only with this lens and (again deliberately) hand-held - but even with image stabilisation I felt I had to stabilise a lot of them in post (edited in 4K with Adobe CC on a new Mac Pro). Using a 1.53x crop factor calculation I found the approx. 54mm FOV (frame of view) with this lens on the FS5 a bit challenging/too tight for some shots - I often wanted it wider. One shot (the sundial) was with Clear Image Zoom at maximum reach (1.5x in 4K mode on the FS5).
All shots were (deliberately) only with this lens and (again deliberately) hand-held - but even with image stabilisation I felt I had to stabilise a lot of them in post (edited in 4K with Adobe CC on a new Mac Pro). Using a 1.53x crop factor calculation I found the approx. 54mm FOV (frame of view) with this lens on the FS5 a bit challenging/too tight for some shots - I often wanted it wider. One shot (the sundial) was with Clear Image Zoom at maximum reach (1.5x in 4K mode on the FS5).
I have a Metabones Speedbooster Ultra on order which will give me a 38mm FOV with this lens (0.71x) and that should be more or less ideal for a walk-about fixed, fast prime for my needs. One other note. On a couple of shots I ramped up the Variable ND to try and get a shallow DOF but in the bright light I typically could open the Iris no wide than about F3.5.
This will be my last test with Firmware V1.11 on the FS5. Moving on up to V2.00 this weekend :-)