All Things Joey
My friends and family spend a few days at Skytop Resort up in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania.
In this video we show what is going on at the resort’s activity lake and we let young Cole free with the Go Pro.
While the footage is not steady, the comments are priceless.
My self-education of videography and lighting continues. I recently purchased a black/white pop up background and a fairly professional light.
I did some experiments on both background colors with different lights to see if I could get desired outcomes… with mixed results.
Genaray AK-230 Light:
https://bhpho.to/2SO8tv8
Black/White Background:
https://amzn.to/3pbSK5o
This is a short video of me messing around with a new green screen.
I bought a pull-up style green screen (vs the bendable version) to see if it would be easier to set up and create less shadows (since it wasn’t hanging).
Set up was definitely easier, but lighting is lighting (unfortunately).
Link to Neewer Green Screen:
https://amzn.to/3hIFpzT
A quick follow-up on the “Old Canon Lenses” vlog I posted a few weeks ago…
Those over-exposed pictures really bothered me and I realized that the aperture blades in the lens were not moving when I moved the ring.
Canon FD aperture blades will lock at 5.6 if you don’t manually unlock them or make sure you have an adapter that has an unlocking mechanism. The K&F Lens Mount Adapter does have this feature.
Even though I figured out the issue, I am not sure if these manual lenses are for me. But I am learning more.
This video also has detailed instructions on how to unlock Canon FD aperture blades:
I am so tired of having to take mounting plates off my camera and screwing new ones on when I need to use different sized tripods.
After looking at a Peak Design video for their newish tripod, I saw how their one mounting plate interchanged with all of their capture systems – and I wondered if I can find a 3rd party adapter so I can use ONE PLATE for all of my tripods.
Spoiler: The answer is yes.
(The key is to find something Arca-Swiss Standard)
Here are links to the products I discussed in the video:
I found a two Canon FD lenses that I bought on ebay a while ago. I wondered if they would work with my Sony E-mount cameras, so I ordered an adapter ring and started playing around.
The lenses:
I took pictures indoors and out, and did some talking head video indoors.
My general conclusion is – while it is nice to play with old lenses, the new technology is far superior and makes life so much easier. You can not self-film/vlog with old manual lenses. I also really needed a ND filter outside.