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Originally Posted by Grapesoda
here's then info I got about focus and DSLR Robbie... the chips can handle focus but the glass can't keep up and what do you really think is gonna happen with a 2K lens anyway, right? so the guys at Brown and Sawyer told me that I could adapt an ENG lens over to the DSLR and then I could auto focus all day and all night... I forgot what it would cost for them to make the adapter, like 10K I think.... and the ENG zoom is about 70K... so I'm missing something here in spending 5K for glass for shooting video... I don't think it will pull auto focus at that price..
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No DSLR does continuous focus (I take that back...there is a cheaper Canon that does). But yes...the Cine prime lens will pull focus VERY fast. And not only that...but I prefer to tweak it with manual focus afterwards anyway...just in case (sometimes an autofocus focuses on the wrong thing...you can pull manual focus much more precisely)
As for the zoom...well I've never really used a zoom much anyway. Shooting porn is always in pretty close spaces and I prefer physically moving in and out on the subject anyway.
What happens with the zoom lens is you get lens distortion happening.
I usually keep mine zoomed BACK as far a possible anyway (at 24 mm) because the zoom is practically useless in a small room with 2 people fucking and you trying to shoot around it with lighting everywhere as well.
The Cine Prime lens is pretty much distortion free. And has the "roundest" lens of all (11 points).
Trust me, the glass is where it's at.
