I am just getting started in production of videos for a membership based group I am involved in, and wanting to produce information vides for use by home schoolers. I will have three basic needs, talking head videos, filming speakers at meetings and live streaming as I am still working from home and do a lot of Zoom Meetings. Being a neophyte, I have decided to go with the M50 MKII for the clean HDMI output, I am in no way a professional but am trying to set up to do a decent job of production. I have obtained a decent lighting system and have studied the various uses and types. (My cheap webcam now produces much better results with the upgraded lighting) I have a soundboard and good quality mics, the last piece I think for my purposes is the camera system. My studio (laughingly describing half of an upstairs bedroom repurposed from being a catch all for grown children's memorabilia they refuse to shed but have no space for) The distance would be 5-6 feet from teleprompter to subject with another 4 feet to green screen for virtual backgrounds. Filming meeting would vary from 25-45 feet approximate but that is the lessor of the needs. Which two lenses would satisfy the listed criteria?
Hello, Richard, I filmed some some videos for my local community house at which i teach a photography class, all done on my 60D and the community house's 80D. most of the filming was done using a 24 to 104 zoom lens. All the editing was done in Photoshop. 2017. If you need any help with editing in Photoshop my I suggest you check out you tube as there is a wealth of info there. any other question we are here to help.
Sounds like you may want a wide and a medium length zoom. Have you considered the 15-45 and the 55-200?
or the 11-22mm and 18-150mm both native efm lenses. Question which lenses do you already have? if you can go to a shop to do a couple of focal distance tests you might want to try out a couple of faster primes (yes i read your bit about lighting) when i got my M50 i got it with the 15-45 and 55-200 so i was able to use those lenses to test out what primes i might also like if you can try out some zoom lenses at you studio it might help choose between a zoom or faster prime
I have the kit lens, and I plan on doing mostly talking head videos of just myself or at most one other person, as an interview. Secondarily, I am seriously thinking of the 55-200mm for shooting my grand daughter's Senior year of volleyball. I am an absolute novice and have been trying to research and watch as many you tube videos as possible. Prime lenses look good but I am not sure I am ready at this point to jump in. The Sigma 16 f1.4 looks great for a lot of things, but I suspect i need to get a little down the road for that.
55-200mm is a great lens, it works well with the standard kit lens. if you get it grab a set of efm extension tubes too, i have the Dorr ones, the bring the minimum close up distance down from its normal distance to 0 for great close ups of near things like bugs or flowers. if you dont have any plans on getting a 100-400mm lens its a good option, reason i say this is after having the lenses i have the efm 18-150mm and sigma 100-400mm make a great pair for covering a long range of focals. i personally dont do video stuff but my gf does some youtube vlogs and does fine with the standard kit lens and no extra lighting as for a prime , the set sigma have for the efm seem popular and get great reveiws, i've not heard anyone say they are rubbish as they have a ƒ1.4 aperture they would make a great indoor talking head lens i went with the canon efm 32mm 1.4 its a bit more pricey but its a fantastic lens, works great for everyday shooting, i aslo like its native body size to the efm. as for the volley ball session its a choice of the 200mm long end vs the usability of the 18mm on the 18-150mm the IS on both lenses is great. i decided a while back i love the M50's compact side so i invested in the M lenses quite a bit, i have similar ef and efm focal ranges, there are times when taking out big ef glass is good and there are times when i just want to take the camera and one lens out so the efm lenses come in really useful
