ElenaH
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I've got my Z9 and actually I bought it preferably for video-making. I am still better in BIF with my D850! Perhaps, it will change in the future ;-) But my main goal for Z9 was filming.
I saw one thread about filming on Z9 but it didn't answer my questions.
The first one is where to find information about right settings or right settings for right condotions on Z9 for Wildlife filmming? Can anybody post some links on videos, articles and web-sites? Please! Very appreciated!
The other question about the lens. I don't have any Z-lens and I am thinking to buy one for filming (my parner has only Z 800mm). I was OK for years taking pictures and videos with F-Mount lenses on Z7 but if I film the silent scene then I can hear the lens-motor.
I am going to make videos in Africa in September of Wild Dogs and other mammals. That means - normally during the day light but sometimes in the dusk. I don't need long focal lenght becasue I need to show the scenes rather than film portraits or details. I have an experience that you can still make videos in the dark when there is no enough light for taking pictures becasue for pictures you need the shutter speed according to the moving subjects to get the sharp pictures and it can be about 1/80s if the enimal sits and not less than 1/120s when it is moving. For video I can go with 1/30s (or frame-rate) because in video the sharpness is not so important but the story.
Some videos live from sound and or me it is important, that lens-motor is not heard (I use video-mic from Rode). Threfore, I thought about Z-Mount lens for video. I ordered one lens, it is 100-400mm, but it will be rather for photography. I think, it will be too long to film the wildlife scenes. However, I used 300mm/f4 IF-ED sometimes...
I was thinking about those lenses:
24-70/4 - 500g - 749€
24-70/2.8 - 805g - 2129€
24-120/4 - 630g - 1299€
28-75/2.8 - 565g - 919€
24-200/4-6.3 570g - 819€
The price is not really so important! I was just thinking why shound I pay 2129€ for 24-70/2.8 if 24-70/4 will do the job? The sharpness on the edges is not really important for videos, I think. The weight is important becasue perhaps, I need to put it on the rig. Camera = 1,34kg. Normally rigs/gimbals allow max 2,5kg.
I also love landscape photography but I can use F-Mount lens for landscapes because I don't need fast reliable AF and silent motor for that but of course, it is "nice to have" a lens which I can use for landscapes as well.
So, I was thinking about 28-75/2.8 but it has a Tamron design of generation 1! for info: now Tamron 28-75 (for Sony E only) has already generation 3. So much about "better" Z-lens... obviously not better than Tamron of first generation ;-) . But for filming it would be good enough. Unfortunately, I cannot find some sample pictures or reviews for that lens. Does anybody have it?
The other option would be 24-120/4. I think it has a god IQ for landscapes as well. The 24-70/2.8 looks rather expensive and heavy... The 24-70/4 is nice and light but 24-120/4 is probably better... ?
I am not sure if 24-200/4-6.3 will be an option becasue of f6.3 already by 100mm (as I heard).
In any case I have none of those lenses and never filmed with them. Somebody of you did? What do you think? Is somebody filming with Z9? What would you recommend? What is your experience? Please, share your thoughts. Thank you
I saw one thread about filming on Z9 but it didn't answer my questions.
The first one is where to find information about right settings or right settings for right condotions on Z9 for Wildlife filmming? Can anybody post some links on videos, articles and web-sites? Please! Very appreciated!
The other question about the lens. I don't have any Z-lens and I am thinking to buy one for filming (my parner has only Z 800mm). I was OK for years taking pictures and videos with F-Mount lenses on Z7 but if I film the silent scene then I can hear the lens-motor.
I am going to make videos in Africa in September of Wild Dogs and other mammals. That means - normally during the day light but sometimes in the dusk. I don't need long focal lenght becasue I need to show the scenes rather than film portraits or details. I have an experience that you can still make videos in the dark when there is no enough light for taking pictures becasue for pictures you need the shutter speed according to the moving subjects to get the sharp pictures and it can be about 1/80s if the enimal sits and not less than 1/120s when it is moving. For video I can go with 1/30s (or frame-rate) because in video the sharpness is not so important but the story.
Some videos live from sound and or me it is important, that lens-motor is not heard (I use video-mic from Rode). Threfore, I thought about Z-Mount lens for video. I ordered one lens, it is 100-400mm, but it will be rather for photography. I think, it will be too long to film the wildlife scenes. However, I used 300mm/f4 IF-ED sometimes...
I was thinking about those lenses:
24-70/4 - 500g - 749€
24-70/2.8 - 805g - 2129€
24-120/4 - 630g - 1299€
28-75/2.8 - 565g - 919€
24-200/4-6.3 570g - 819€
The price is not really so important! I was just thinking why shound I pay 2129€ for 24-70/2.8 if 24-70/4 will do the job? The sharpness on the edges is not really important for videos, I think. The weight is important becasue perhaps, I need to put it on the rig. Camera = 1,34kg. Normally rigs/gimbals allow max 2,5kg.
I also love landscape photography but I can use F-Mount lens for landscapes because I don't need fast reliable AF and silent motor for that but of course, it is "nice to have" a lens which I can use for landscapes as well.
So, I was thinking about 28-75/2.8 but it has a Tamron design of generation 1! for info: now Tamron 28-75 (for Sony E only) has already generation 3. So much about "better" Z-lens... obviously not better than Tamron of first generation ;-) . But for filming it would be good enough. Unfortunately, I cannot find some sample pictures or reviews for that lens. Does anybody have it?
The other option would be 24-120/4. I think it has a god IQ for landscapes as well. The 24-70/2.8 looks rather expensive and heavy... The 24-70/4 is nice and light but 24-120/4 is probably better... ?
I am not sure if 24-200/4-6.3 will be an option becasue of f6.3 already by 100mm (as I heard).
In any case I have none of those lenses and never filmed with them. Somebody of you did? What do you think? Is somebody filming with Z9? What would you recommend? What is your experience? Please, share your thoughts. Thank you