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Alfonso C

Downey, CA Member since April 2019

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I feel weird typing in this about me section, but if you wanna read it, it's here.

I started out recording things with an old Sony HDRSR11 making dumb videos back in 2015.

I was having fun, although editing was a whole new world that I didn't know well. So i just kept recording and recording because I had Gigabytes of disk space.

From documenting a leaf falling from a tree and flowers blowing in the wind to a few crackheads doing hood rat stuff with their friends.

Sadly one day the HDRSR11 stopped working and all those videos were dead along with the camcorder.

So I upgraded to an A6300.. then sold it because the A6500 was announced about a week later.

In the meantime I downgraded to an A6000 because I was addicted to this recording stuff, although I bought it used with no lens.

Then my Prime Lens came and it blew me away! Especially the seeing at night part. I could finally record some of the crazy things that happen in this crazy neighborhood I was living in during the night.

Some situations I found myself in were definitely an adrenaline rush.

Then I heard about "Full Frame" and how you can see even better at night!

There was definitely many questions like which video editing software is the best? How to color grade? Why am I getting music copyright strikes on Youtube? What music making software is the best? How to setup a midi keyboard in Ableton Live? How to get that cinematic look. What gimbal is the best? What slider is the best? Is a dolly really necessary? Which cinema lenses are the best and why have i been shooting with photo lenses this whole time?

That's when I found myself shooting less and less.

Focusing on all the other areas that make up a video when you can do what my friend does and just hire people to do those other parts for you.

Then I remembered how I had the most fun with my cheap $70 Dollar HDRSR11 that had no lenses or any of that other gear. Just a zoom knob and a flippy screen.

I was to deep into the camera, lenses, gimbals, audio gear and music field to focus instead on what should have mattered the most.

The story.

Rokinon 21mm Prime Lens F1.4

Sony E Mount! Designed for APS-C cameras This is a good mediumish to wide angle lens. That F1.4 allows higher shutter speeds causing less blur in night shots. We really need these F1.4's for our smaller APS-C cameras. They're a good match.

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Sony E Mount!

Designed for APS-C cameras

This is a good mediumish to wide angle lens.

That F1.4 allows higher shutter speeds causing less blur in night shots.

We really need these F1.4's for our smaller APS-C cameras.
They're a good match.

$19
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$19
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Rokinon 16mm Prime Lens F2.0

*CROP SENSOR LENS* While this is a Canon Lens I do have a Canon to Sony Mount Adapter, usable on either. Very sharp. I use this lens the most! Rokinon 16mm that just has a good perfect wide angle for me and at F2.0 it's good enough for low light or just plain faster shots. Not too wide that it looks super distorted. One thing to note is that it is a bit on the heavier side.

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*CROP SENSOR LENS*
While this is a Canon Lens I do have a Canon to Sony Mount Adapter, usable on either.

Very sharp. I use this lens the most!

Rokinon 16mm that just has a good perfect wide angle for me and at F2.0 it's good enough for low light or just plain faster shots.

Not too wide that it looks super distorted.

One thing to note is that it is a bit on the heavier side.

$18
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$18
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Sony 50mm F1.8 Prime Lens

Large F1.8 maximum aperture. 7-blade circular aperture creates beautiful defocused bokeh and great in low light. Aspherical element controls spherical aberration and chroma. Double-Gauss configuration suppresses field curvature & distortion Metal mount adds solid durability as well as a sophisticated feel Fast DC motor focus actuator system drives all lens groups Personally I recommend this more for stills than video because of the internal motor. If you are going to record video with this lens I'd highly recommend you have an external recording device.

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Large F1.8 maximum aperture.

7-blade circular aperture creates beautiful defocused bokeh and great in low light.

Aspherical element controls spherical aberration and chroma.

Double-Gauss configuration suppresses field curvature & distortion

Metal mount adds solid durability as well as a sophisticated feel

Fast DC motor focus actuator system drives all lens groups

Personally I recommend this more for stills than video because of the internal motor.

If you are going to record video with this lens I'd highly recommend you have an external recording device.

$18
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$18
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Sony 55-210 Zoom Lens

*CROP SENSOR LENS* Minimum Focus Distance - 3.28 ft, Maximum Magnification ratio - 0.23x Provides a wide focal range of up to 315mm (35mm equivalent) ideal for sports or nature shooting Optical SteadyShotTM Image stabilization makes it easier to achieve stable images and video when zooming in on distant subjects Accepts 49mm Filters

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*CROP SENSOR LENS*

Minimum Focus Distance - 3.28 ft, Maximum Magnification ratio - 0.23x

Provides a wide focal range of up to 315mm (35mm equivalent) ideal for sports or nature shooting

Optical SteadyShotTM Image stabilization makes it easier to achieve stable images and video when zooming in on distant subjects

Accepts 49mm Filters

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$25
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Sony A6500 Body

Includes: 2 Batteries, Dual Charging Dock

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  • 2 Batteries
  • Dual Charging Dock

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This is essentially an a6000, but with longer Photo Buffer for those that need to take a BURST of shots to capture the moment.

It also has cleaner video with 4k and Picture Profiles for better Dynamic Range. They even fixed the MP4 video mode to be a cleaner better quality as well, if you want to just transfer video files onto your phone directly.

Oh yeah and it has 5 axis image stabilization. (Finally Sony)

Over all in comparison to the A6000 you have to ask yourself if you'll really need these features.

In my experience it's better to have all these extra perks than to not.

Note: This camera has a minor battery door issue that i will show you how to work around.

$45
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$45
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