I just watched guy in a movie "zoom in" with a Canon 500mm f/4.0 lens...

On 3/30/20 3:12 PM, RichA wrote:
Quite the trick.


I have the Canon 500mm f/5.6 FL-F lens. The only way to "zoom" with that
lens is with your feet.

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Ken Hart

In article , Ken Hart
wrote:

I have the Canon 500mm f/5.6 FL-F lens. The only way to "zoom" with that
lens is with your feet.

moving with your feet is not 'zooming' and changes the perspective.

In article , nospam
wrote:

moving with your feet is not 'zooming' and changes the perspective.

I rather suspect anyone reading these posts knows that. The key phrase
was "in a movie." The OP was pointing out how little people in the
movie business seem to care for how their props would actually be used.

Matter of fact, there's a guy posting on YouTube specifically on how
cameras are or are not used correctly on screen. Most recently, he
decided that a very obscure Brooke Veriwide was indeed used correctly
in "Ghostbusters II"

In article , Scott Schuckert
wrote:

moving with your feet is not 'zooming' and changes the perspective.

I rather suspect anyone reading these posts knows that.

doubtful. there are a lot of myths that still live on.

many photographers incorrectly assume that a wide angle, normal and a
telephoto lens create different perspectives simply by virtue of having
different focal lengths, and that someone can 'zoom' with their feet
instead of turning a ring on the lens or pressing a button on the
camera and get the same results.

that is, of course, completely false.

The key phrase
was "in a movie." The OP was pointing out how little people in the
movie business seem to care for how their props would actually be used.

Matter of fact, there's a guy posting on YouTube specifically on how
cameras are or are not used correctly on screen. Most recently, he
decided that a very obscure Brooke Veriwide was indeed used correctly
in "Ghostbusters II"

lots of things in movies aren't entirely correct.

one of the more amusing ones is trying to crack a password one
character at a time. encryption doesn't work that way.