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Canon M50 with 300m EF 1/4 problems

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Re: Canon M50 with 300m EF 1/4 problems

Stevecamera wrote:

Hi All,

Welcome to the Forum!  Sorry to hear about your troubles.

very new to videography and wanted to use my M50 with a telephoto lens to capture outdoor fitness competions.

Borrowed a 300mm EF lens and bought a EF-M adaptor

All seemed ok, paired it with an ND Filter as very bright outdoors and wanted the cinematic look.

Most of my footage came out garbage from a recent event I went to

Its blurry mostly and some psychadelic effects on it

First off, lose that ND filter!  You can still shoot the (EF 300mm f/4L IS?) wide open @ f/4 in direct sunlight without it.  It will cause all sorts of woes, especially if it's not top quality.

I have come back and done some more testing. The only thing that has improved it here was for some reason I had digital IS disabled in IS Settings on the camera. Would this have caused it ?

Digital IS is a double-edged sword.  Better stabilization, but worse IQ.

Below are some stills from some of the footage.

Any help appreciated

Shutter speed is way too slow.

I've shot video with the EF 400 f/5.6L (handheld with no stabilization at all) on crop in direct sunlight tracking airshow planes where the stills were rock solid.

IMHO if you remove the filter, shoot at a higher shutter speed, and turn digital IS on, then you'll do much better. 

Best of luck!  Report back.

R2

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