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Response to Film effect XL-1

from Greg Steiner (gsteiner@q-station.com)
If you'd like to invest in a great filter to get a more "film" like look to your video. I would recommend Tiffin's 1/2 Black Diffusion FX filter. There was an independent cinematogrpaher who did an independent study of DV cameras and filters and published a chart of which filters worked best with each camera. This was his recommendation for the XL1 series. I purchased one of these and leave it screwed onto the stock lens and it looks fantastic...but there is one catch. You can't pull back full wide on the zoom or you'll see the diffusion markings on the filter. To compensate, I just move the camera back and zoom in about 20% and that solves the problem. The filter that screws onto the XL1 runs around $50, or you can invest $250 for the 4x4 if you have a matte box.
(posted 7549 days ago)

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