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Ideal focal length

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Tsams
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What's the best all around focal length range for filming backcountry/big mountain skiing?
Jun 3 2013 7:39PM
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Mitchell.
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gotta put this in M&A dude
Jun 3 2013 7:43PM
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Steezy_P
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whats the zipper length
Jun 3 2013 7:45PM
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Drew_ski.
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It depends what your filming. You could be filming from across a valley and need a super telephoto. or just under a cliff where a wide angle is needed. For me I like to take my tamron 17-50 out to shout most bc stuff. 17 is really wide for scenic shots or shots while standing at the top of the line and 50 is a pretty good reach for filming from below the line. Sometimes 50 isnt enough on the long end though. It all depends on if you plan on taking more then one lens.
Jun 3 2013 9:29PM
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zbphoto
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Ideally you should have 17-200mm covered, or whatever the equivalent is. Most people have more than one lens, if I could only have one I'd take a 24-105L...
Jun 3 2013 9:43PM
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jkauffman22
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This. I've been using my 24-105 as my primary walk around lens for awhile now and it's an all around amazing lens
Jun 3 2013 10:23PM
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p.hawks
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on crop or full frame?
and I like using a 50mm (equivalent) and a fisheye, but it really depends. I like these two for most, but if I was shooting kiteboarding, I would go with a mid wide and a super-tele, so like my kit lens and a 400mm (equivalent)
Jun 3 2013 10:40PM
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jkauffman22
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On a crop...
Jun 4 2013 12:42AM
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p.hawks
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was just wondering, 38.4-168 (equivalent) is slightly different than 24-105, you get a lot more reach, but the tradeoff is on the wide end, and for some people the 38.4mm equivalence may not be what they are looking for, like if it was on a glidecam for example (I know longer focal lengths are possible, I personally think the look cool, but I would say something in the 15-28mm range is more typical).
Jun 4 2013 9:42AM
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jkauffman22
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If you're going to be gliding on a crop I would get a wider lens. I love putting my 35 on the glidecam but having a lens like a tokina is nice too. I haven't tried the 24-105 at all though. Basically what it comes down to for me is having multiple lenses for different jobs, like a lot of people do. There isn't one key lens.
Jun 4 2013 2:07PM
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Tsams
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Is a 70-300mm over kill then?
Jun 4 2013 4:53PM
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Jwenz
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8mm is good...especially from the bottom!
Jun 5 2013 10:37AM
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michael_bc
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First and most important backcountry lens is a telephoto zoom. On an APS-C crop I really like my 50-135mm f/2.8 for this purpose (though I shoot photo not video). I think the 50-100mm range is very important to have on a crop sensor, though a 70-200mm style lens could also work really well.

Lack of zoom (e.g. 50mm f/1.8) can be frustrating because 99% of the time you can't zoom with your feet when in the backcountry.

And the second thing would be a wide angle lens to shoot things close up. Here you could choose a prime over a zoom. I'd say something between 16mm and 20mm is ideal for this purpose. Most people here will have a 11-16mm set to 16mm or a 17-50mm set to 17mm.
Jun 6 2013 7:59AM
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