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Technique for smooth video zooming

Started Mar 14, 2016 | Questions thread
OP AnthonyL Veteran Member • Posts: 3,686
Re: Technique for smooth video zooming

dwalby wrote:

AnthonyL wrote:

Am I paying the price for a budget lens, is this initial stiffness normal? Anything I can do about it?

I think the reality is you're paying the price for shooting video on a platform that was designed for still photography. I don't know how stiff is "stiff" but most likely your lens is normal. I rarely use my DSLR for video because, like you, I have a dedicated video camera that I feel does a much better job of video recording when all things are considered.

Gauging by the lack of input in this forum I suspect you are right.  Whilst stiffness is subjective both my kit lenses are not what I would call silky smooth to get (the zoom) started but I had never given it a second thought during normal photography.

I guess a "silky smooth" zoom would also always be creeping.

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