Amazing latitude at DVinfo.net

Giovanni Speranza · May 8th, 2007, 05:31 AM

Or i should say: amazing latitude illusion!

I shot this at 12:00 with a Letus35fe attached to my DVX-100.
See how much more accettable are the whites when you use such an adapter! (best appreciated seen in a tv post)
download the DVPAL to be seen in your TV monitor
http://www.giovannisperanza.com/welc.../letu35feDVPAL

Mpeg4 movie:
http://www.giovannisperanza.com/welc...E-latitude.mov
The mpg4 movie seen on the computer monitor really doesn't render the quality of the video seen in the tv post
(i didn't exactly rotated the letus thus the small edge upper left..)

Ben Winter · May 8th, 2007, 03:18 PM

What f-stop are you shooting at typically? It looks like you could benefit from a little tighter aperture.

Giovanni Speranza · May 8th, 2007, 03:35 PM

It was wide open. I wanted that shallow DOF. Sincerely, i love infinite DOF only on IMAX films. For TV i prefere the shallowest DOF possible.
I think that the smaller the screen the film is aimed at, the shallower the DOF should be.

Once i saw a 35mm film at the IMAX and it was fatiguing to see 10% of the image being in focus and hundreds square meters of blur!

Ben Winter · May 9th, 2007, 08:13 AM

It's not just a question of depth of field. Lenses perform better if stopped down a bit. It's a bad habit to shoot wide open, all the time. You'll find the image to be sharper, and the bokeh better, if you stop down around f3 or f4, and you'll still have that nice dof.

Of course it does have to do with dof, part of the reason I asked is that it seems that too much was out of focus even when it was your subject, i.e. the computer desk.

Giovanni Speranza · May 9th, 2007, 09:07 AM

I think it's a decision related to style. Some want more bokeh some less. In that case i wanted only her to be in focus.

Ben Winter · May 9th, 2007, 12:38 PM

Oh absolutely, I said its bad habit to do it all the time, also I said bokeh quality, not quantity. You'll find a much more pleasing, diffusive out of focus quality to your backgrounds if you stop down. Depending on the diffusor screen you might begin to see the blades of the aperture in the spectral highlights as soon as you begin to engage them.

Giovanni Speranza · May 9th, 2007, 03:51 PM

I will try.

May 8th, 2007, 05:31 AM	#1
Giovanni Speranza Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lugano, Switzerland Posts: 149	Amazing latitude Or i should say: amazing latitude illusion! I shot this at 12:00 with a Letus35fe attached to my DVX-100. See how much more accettable are the whites when you use such an adapter! (best appreciated seen in a tv post) download the DVPAL to be seen in your TV monitor http://www.giovannisperanza.com/welc.../letu35feDVPAL Mpeg4 movie: http://www.giovannisperanza.com/welc...E-latitude.mov The mpg4 movie seen on the computer monitor really doesn't render the quality of the video seen in the tv post (i didn't exactly rotated the letus thus the small edge upper left..) Last edited by Giovanni Speranza; May 8th, 2007 at 09:52 AM.

May 8th, 2007, 03:18 PM	#2
Ben Winter Trustee Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 1,675 Images: 1	What f-stop are you shooting at typically? It looks like you could benefit from a little tighter aperture. __________________ BenWinter.com

May 9th, 2007, 08:13 AM	#4
Ben Winter Trustee Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 1,675 Images: 1	It's not just a question of depth of field. Lenses perform better if stopped down a bit. It's a bad habit to shoot wide open, all the time. You'll find the image to be sharper, and the bokeh better, if you stop down around f3 or f4, and you'll still have that nice dof. Of course it does have to do with dof, part of the reason I asked is that it seems that too much was out of focus even when it was your subject, i.e. the computer desk. __________________ BenWinter.com

May 9th, 2007, 12:38 PM	#6
Ben Winter Trustee Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 1,675 Images: 1	Oh absolutely, I said its bad habit to do it all the time, also I said bokeh quality, not quantity. You'll find a much more pleasing, diffusive out of focus quality to your backgrounds if you stop down. Depending on the diffusor screen you might begin to see the blades of the aperture in the spectral highlights as soon as you begin to engage them. __________________ BenWinter.com

May 8th, 2007, 03:35 PM	#3
Giovanni Speranza Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lugano, Switzerland Posts: 149	It was wide open. I wanted that shallow DOF. Sincerely, i love infinite DOF only on IMAX films. For TV i prefere the shallowest DOF possible. I think that the smaller the screen the film is aimed at, the shallower the DOF should be. Once i saw a 35mm film at the IMAX and it was fatiguing to see 10% of the image being in focus and hundreds square meters of blur!

May 9th, 2007, 09:07 AM	#5
Giovanni Speranza Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lugano, Switzerland Posts: 149	I think it's a decision related to style. Some want more bokeh some less. In that case i wanted only her to be in focus.

May 9th, 2007, 03:51 PM	#7
Giovanni Speranza Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lugano, Switzerland Posts: 149	I will try.