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Old 09-21-2011, 10:14 AM  
Grapesoda
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Originally Posted by DAMNMAN View Post
Hope this helps.
Killing 2 birds with 1 stone. I also bought Canon DSLRs to shoot all of my adult and non-adult videos with. A 5D and 2 60Ds. (7Ds get smokin' hot and you better have 2 on hand to switch every 10 minutes or they will eventually burn up)
After I did this for a few porn scenes I bought a new pro 1080P video camera to shoot porn on and left the DSLRs for my many non-adult, movies and projects. (and photos of course)
Shooting porn with the DSLR changed my shooting style so much that I wasn't getting the flow and camera movement that has become my trademark. Scenes became more static in order to pull good focus and keep it that way. Scenes weren't as fun for the talent as they took longer to shoot, this came across in the video. I hated it. Yes I can do it as I'm a very serious shooter, but it sucked balls and caused stress.
I don't need the depth of field "blah blah, blah" in porn as much as I need less grey hairs these days.
Also DSLRs are all manual focus if you want to use the best lenses. I have a seven inch HDMI monitor "SmallHD" and follow focus and it definitely helps, but you'll go insane trying to pull focus as you move or as talent moves in unexpected ways. Your eyes will strain to get focus right and none the less after 20 minutes you'll be jogging the follow focus wheel back and forth (this is a no-no) doubting your own eyes as focus becomes less easy.
Bottom line and no one else is gonna tell you this is that DSLR is a fucking pain in the ass for shooting porn. Yes, it's cheap and it will be high quality video, but the scenes will not be easy. Nor will there be the changes in distance that are easily possible with a video camera which makes scene interesting.
DSLR is awesome for projects where you have tripods and follow focus points worked out and the quality is the best for the buck. All of my non-adult productions these days are shot on DSLR and they look great.
DSLR is not for gonzo porn. Yes, there are guys doing it and they are pretty good at it. I can do it if necessary, I don't want to or need to do it. It's way easier not to shoot DSLR porn.
I would never recommend that anybody buy a DSLR for shooting porn video unless you are shooting full feature films and have planned moves where it's done just like a non-adult production.
good point, I have some scripted single camera coming up and was hoping to get a system and use the system for the scripted and the porn...ain't gonna happen... I did find that a DSLR, like the nex fs100 (which although billed as a video cam with interchangeable lens is in reality more of a DSLR) can be adapted to shooting with HQ/HD video lenses for 35K +/- and that will then provide the film look with video performance...
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