Manual/Servo Zoom
I don't know about anyone else on this forum, but this drives me crazy.
The shots I do a lot of for B-Roll are to snap-zoom in or out, followed by a nice slow zoom in or out using the servo. I wish Sony had a servo zoom that could also be 'snapped' in like a lot of auto-focus lenses out there for digital SLR cameras. On my Nikons, I can manually focus or auto focus using the same setting. Anyone else run into this? Anyone else have a solution? This is a dumb question, but does it hurt the servo if I snap in manual using 'Servo' zoom? I would think so, as I had forcing anything. But maybe it doesn't. Thanks, Jim |
You can set up a snap/servo zoom by using the "shot transition" feature. This requires you predefine the in-focus and out-of-focus endpoints, then actuate the shot transition.
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I'll have to try that, but I'm thinking that it won't be as fast as a manual snap zoom.
I don't think the motor can move as fast as I need it to. |
Don't force the zoom if you're in servo mode. You'll damage it.
A workaround is to "time remap" the clip to shorten the part where you zoom in. I've been seeing that a lot with some National Geographic shows. |
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