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MillimeterTest Drive: Cinevate Brevis35, Part 2
Nov 24, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jan Ozer
Figure 4. Here’s the setup.
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Proof of the Pudding
The proof of the pudding is in the eating, so I set up the shoot shown in Figure 5. The subject stood about 3ft. from the camcorder and about 4ft. from the back wall, and I was shooting with the 35mm lens set to maximum aperture.
Here’s a frame shot with my subject in focus:
Figure 5. The back wall is about 4ft. away from the subject.
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Here’s a frame shot with the back wall in focus:
Figure 6. Same distances, back wall in focus.
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Overall, with this setup, the depth of field was pleasingly shallow, and with two subjects only 2ft.-3ft. apart, you would have no trouble selectively focusing on either, with the other out of focus. Basically, the Brevis more than worked as advertised, and it is a relatively inexpensive (compared, say, to a Red Digital Cinema camera) option for creating that filmic look.
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