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The R7 finally solves Canon’s 4K 60fps dilemma

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Re: The R7 finally solves Canon’s 4K 60fps dilemma
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Daniloribeirodeabreu wrote:

Hey, man..

Which canon lenses you use more often?

I mean, there is the 8-15 fisheye, probably the most used lens for skate... even people who use Sony cameras, normally put the canon fisheye on it...
Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM Lens 4427B002 B&H Photo Video (bhphotovideo.com)

Maybe there will be a new one with RF mount coming:

Patent: Canon RF 11-24mm f/4L and Canon RF 8-24mm f/4L Fisheye | Canon Rumors - Your best source for Canon rumors, leaks and gossip

But my question is, what about the telephoto smooth zooming kind of lens?

I'm a skater myself, I want to buy a kit, but have not decided about Canon or Sony. I have seen some people praising the Sony pz 18-105 f4 (APSC).

I've serched for Canon PZ lenses, without success. So, is there a Canon lens i can zoom smoothly? Power Zoom is really necessary?

Personally, I don’t think power zoom is important. A lot depends on your shooting style and what you want from your kit. Most power zoom systems do not act rapidly but do give a lovely smooth transition. With a good manual zoom you can do this, plus you can do rapid focal length changes which do not really need to be smooth, If you have an 8K camera like the R5, you can also zoom quite nicely in software. If you are publishing in 4K that is quite a nice zoom without loss of quality. For rapid shots you could crop even more in your zoom maybe down to 1080 and nobody would notice a lack of quality.

Far more important than kit is IMO your knowledge of the sport and your creativity. I’ve seen some amazing skating movies shot with really basic kit. Modern AF really helps, but it is you and your story telling that counts.

Just as an example here is a film Andre shot 14 years ago mainly using GoPros and DSLRs of the era, nothing as advanced as we have today. His skilful editing made for a nice short movie, which given it was 14 years ago doesn’t look too shabby today. Andre is the blonde guy in the video with almost no hair. That was because he was being treated for the big C at the time which took him not long after that film. Had he still been with us today I am sure we would have seen some really amazing work - https://youtu.be/jOEbihnsZwI

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