Everything you Need to Know About Lenses

       Hosted by Bill Turner, VP - Schneider optics, this program explores the Century Line of Lenses, filters and accessories to provide the videographer the knowledge needed for digital video production. The information in this program covers the widest range of choices in terms of the framing the type of shots and field of view. The program demonstrates the use of: Fisheye Lenses - Commonly used in action sports and music Videos, Fisheye Lenses are adapters, they do not allow the camera’s lens to be focused and zoomed normally, The Camera’s Lens must be set to the widest mode or close up mode, Macro – Mode, Bending of Straight Lines, Edge of the Field of View, Size of Lenses 37 MM Threaded to HD Broadcast lenses, Point of View (POV), Bayonet Lens Mounting, Extreme FishEye Lenses 180 degree field of view, Mounting on Camera Rail System, Single Element Adapters, Adapter Sizing - 0.5 to 0.7 field of View, Increasing the Transmission = Absorbing Less Light, Reducing Lens Flare and Ghosting, Wide Angle Lenses, Speed of Movement, Wide Angle Converter VS Wide Angle Adapter, Wide Angle Converter allows full range camera focus. Zoom Lenses: Zoom Range 10x 12x 15x 20 Lenses. Telephoto Lenses: Tele Converters for close up shooting 1.6 to 2.X sizes, Vignetting in the Frame, Lens Supports, Lens Hoods. Diopter or Close UP Lenses: Achromatic Diopters, Minimum Focus Lengths, A Diopter Magnifies a very small part of the image and fills the frame with it, Diopter Strength. Lens Filters: Round Screw In Filters, Rectangular Filters, ND Filters - Neutral Density (Neutral Grey), Graduated ND Filters - Hard Edge (HE) - Soft Edge (SE), Polarizing Filters, Color Filters, Contrast or Diffusion Filters, Filters Affecting Aperture - F Stops, Glass Filters VS Camera Built In Gell Filters.