Clair Popkin

Those lenses tend to breathe quite a bit, I would set it to hyperfocal distance and not pull if you can avoid it- Otherwise, wrap chart tape on the lens and use a fine tip pen or pencil for your marks, you can get a bit more precise, I use this technique for car commercials and long lens shots a lot. Hope that helps.

Hey I was wondering what settings/techniques you all use to reduce the noise in the blacks and dark areas, I seem to always have noise/grain even with out any gain, I have been playing around with the master ped and seeing what happens lately to try and change it- Any tips or techniques would be appreciated- Thanks!

hey guys, first time pulling focus on a camera like this, two questions I was hoping you could help me with, what do I make my marks to hit? chalk on outside of lens or something of that nature- totally rookie question I know, one other this is do I measure to the end of the lens with this camera or is there a different spot to measure to? Thanks so much guys!

I think it looks really great I would love to know what settings you used to get this, I like the diffusion in some of the frames its more soft and film looking. I also would like to know about the red balloon! What settings were those? Thank & Great job!