what type of wide angle lens do I need?

[nitro98 0]

I am just starting video, I got a sony PC8, what type of wide angle lens shall I get?

[PhreeZone 20]

Talk about a loaded question. What do you want to video? Whats your experience?

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[peterk 0]

I would strongly recommend a wide angle of .3-.65...

Hope this helps

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[nitro98 0]

I am just starting, so I want to flim small group of friends and tandem after i GET EXPERIENCE but I have 1500 jumps.

[Deuce 1]

Please update your profile.


If you get a .3, you can zoom it to about a .6 (depending on the type of lens you get) as your relative flying skills improve, you can back it out to .3.

Small blurry people are no fun to watch on video.

[piisfish 140]

the lens I use most (RW, freefly, tandems) on my PC8 is the Sony 0.6

I use it for everything, except "very" close, for that I use my Waycool BlackEye lens. Would also like to get a RedEye.

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[DaGimp 0]

its really a matter of personal prefrance....i have seen many flyers get great video weather they are shooting a .2 or no lens at all....just keep in mind that the wider lens you get the closer you will have to fly.......2-.3 you will have to be basically docked on their feet to get them full frame (4-way)

i personally fly a Stealth .5 from www.royal-lens.com And with tandems i can take a hand dock and dont have to feel overly uncomfortable when filming RW cause im so close.

But also if you get a lens from there, you can only zoom in half power before the subject becomes blurry, no matter the distance.

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[aerialcameraman 0]

do you have your stealth 0.5 on a pc style camera on a d-box. If so do you have problems with seeing the edge of the box in the frame.