Directions Unit: DSLR Workshop

Today we were having a DSLR (Digital single-lens reflex) camera workshop where we were learning how to use the Canon 7D and compared them to the Sony EX.

Both the  DSLR and Sony EX have positive and negative aspects. Either way quality is by no means a sacrifice.With the DSLR, you can change lenses which gives you more creativity, and depending on what style you want to film in, means you can vary your style. However, the Sony EX has a fixed lens, so is un-upgradable. On the other hand, the minus of the DSLR is that the microphone is very small and doesn't work well when it comes to picking up sound from a distance. You'll therefore have to employ more crew to have someone on sound. DSLRs have this problem because they are predominantly designed for photography purposes.


As a group we looked at different DSLR lenses and compared the differences between them. Fergus allowed us to pass some of these lenses around. We also talked about the sensor, difference between full frame and crop frame.

The amount of light hitting the sensor creates the field depth in a picture. Fullframe therefore creates more cinematic images than crop frames (bigger sensor = more light = more depth). Though this also depends on the amount of light that you’re using. Not having enough light can still make the images grainy even with full frame, and good light will make a crop frame look cinematic.

At the end of the workshop we were asked to take the cameras and just play around and test the gear to learn how to use them. Using DSLR isn't anything new for me since I've been using it for 3 years now, (first a Canon 7D and now using a 70D). Even so it was an interesting and fun workshop and I also learned more about the difference in frame size and what it does to the image.

Here's some images of the workshop and a short clip of our experiment:

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  1. SimonWelsford6 February 2017 at 05:26

    some really good work showing through in your blog, George. Don't forget your contextual research into directors and drama. great to see you finding a great cast. s

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