Overview
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Learn the pros and cons behind using a prime lens for photography and video production.
Syllabus
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Welcome
- What you’ll learn in this course
- What is a prime lens?
- How are prime lenses different from zoom lenses?
- Common mounts for photo primes
- Common mounts for video and cinema primes
- Using lens adapters
- Testing an adapted lens
- Sensor coverage requirements for lenses
- Stabilizing prime lenses
- Working with vintage primes
- Enhancing shallow depth of field
- Using a macro lens for closeup details
- Improving low-light performance
- Precise controls with prime lenses
- Reducing lens distortion and profiling prime lenses
- Aesthetic characteristics of prime lenses
- The impact of weight reduction
- Increased movement caused by fixed focal lengths
- Increased skill requirements for focus
- Managing client expectations
- Shooting with a fisheye lens
- Shooting with a wide-angle lens
- Shooting with a tilt-shift lens
- Shooting with Lensbaby lenses
- Shooting with Lomography lenses
- Developing a working style
- Choosing a coverage range
- Next steps
