Arnold Finkelstein

We are starting a doc that will have older female celebrities - 60's to 70's. At least one of them enjoys legend status, is 77 years old, and will be justifiably protective of her image. We will likely shoot on the C300M3 with Tokina Vista primes. We will light them appropriately, but what filters should we consider? I was thinking 1/4 or 1/2 Black Pro Mist.

Unfortunately, no. Virtually all of our shoots are on the road and this production company likes to travel light, so the largest monitor I have with me is a 7" Atomos. The other camera uses only the C300 stock monitor. That's his business, not mine.

Yes, shims, which don't get changed between the PL and EF mounts.

I think it's fair to say I wing it. I have been changing the mount to accomodate Canon EF still lenses, and my employer's Tokina Vista PL lenses, both primes and zooms. I haven't noticed any issues, but I don't do anything special to make sure back focus is okay. I typically use a 7" Atomos monitor. Is there something I should be doing to be more careful about back focus, or will I generally easily see a problem.?

Thank you. The camera I'll be using it on, a C300M3, has a user-changeable lens mount. Would this also possibly a source of back focus issues? So, after I have a lens checked by someone, what about my camera's lens mount?

I have been looking at the Sigma 18-35 as well, but that is also a re-housed lens, and is almost the same price as the Tokina Vista 11-20, which is a "proper" cinema lens.

All my research indicates that the Tokina 11-20 is a manufacturer rehoused lens, meaning it is optically the same as the still version.

I'm looking for a wide zoom in PL. I'm trying to find a balance between image quality and size, and am hoping to avoid simply buying a manufacturer's rehousing of a still lens, unless the image quality is really outstanding. I had been looking at the Sigma 18-35 and the Tokina ATX 11-20, but my understanding is that they are both just re-housed still lenses.

I spent years shooting on film. I was so glad when digital came and I never want to go back to film.

Lookking for thoughts from other C300M3 users about shooting in RAW. We are about to start a new doc and we wish to improve our look. We are thinking of going to the RED or Arri, but we are currently equipped with C300M3's and wish to know how much better, if at all, Canon's RAW is over AVC.