There's a reason why I referred to handheld vlogging, which is one specific shooting style that most vloggers use for at least some of their content. When they're shooting things other than themselves, or shooting themselves from a camera position other than handheld, of course other lenses are used.
You want a 20-24mm equivalent ideally for shooting yourself handheld with arm extended. 18 is usable, but too much wider is too wide and longer can result the shot being too tight. There's a reason why 16-35's and the Sony 20/1.8 are very popular for this use and a major reason why Panasonic's 20-60 goes out to 20mm.
Like I said, there's a lot of misconceptions on this thread. I'll leave it at that, you believe what you want to believe .
Have you actually done this? Or do you follow many vloggers?
I've tested this myself and follow quite a number of vloggers. Almost all of them use the handheld camera at the end of their arm for at least some of their work.
There's a couple exceptions in the vloggers I follow, but they tend to be folks who use only set piece setups for their content (noted law vlogger Steve Lehto for example does 99% of his work on a single set with 1 camera on a tripod)
24 is tight but usable, 18-20 is nice, 28 is too tight, 16 getting too wide unless you want a big background
Note even in the link you provided the guy used a lens in this range for a lot of his work (16-35 in his case).
The first segment shot in this video by the guy you linked shows exactly this sort of work. He's using a wide (20-24mm or equivalent) on a selfie stick or handgrip for exactly the sort of work I'm talking about (the fan bit before Louis comes on is doing exactly the same, but probably on a phone or action cam based on quality). He switches up shot styles, but all the video I watched (the first 20% or so) is clearly shot around that exact focal length. Even the video thumbnail is showing that sort of setup (20-24mm at arms length)
It's the third or fourth link on his stream right now.
There's a reason why I referred to handheld vlogging, which is one specific shooting style that most vloggers use for at least some of their content. When they're shooting things other than themselves, or shooting themselves from a camera position other than handheld, of course other lenses are used.
You want a 20-24mm equivalent ideally for shooting yourself handheld with arm extended. 18 is usable, but too much wider is too wide and longer can result the shot being too tight. There's a reason why 16-35's and the Sony 20/1.8 are very popular for this use and a major reason why Panasonic's 20-60 goes out to 20mm.
Like I said, there's a lot of misconceptions on this thread. I'll leave it at that, you believe what you want to believe .
Have you actually done this? Or do you follow many vloggers?
I've tested this myself and follow quite a number of vloggers. Almost all of them use the handheld camera at the end of their arm for at least some of their work.
There's a couple exceptions in the vloggers I follow, but they tend to be folks who use only set piece setups for their content (noted law vlogger Steve Lehto for example does 99% of his work on a single set with 1 camera on a tripod)
24 is tight but usable, 18-20 is nice, 28 is too tight, 16 getting too wide unless you want a big background
Note even in the link you provided the guy used a lens in this range for a lot of his work (16-35 in his case).
The first segment shot in this video by the guy you linked shows exactly this sort of work. He's using a wide (18-20mm or equivalent) on a selfie stick or handgrip for exactly the sort of work I'm talking about (the fan bit before Louis comes on is doing exactly the same, but probably on a phone or action cam based on quality). He switches up shot styles, but all the video I watched (the first 20% or so) is clearly shot around that exact focal length. Even the video thumbnail is showing that sort of setup (18-20mm at arms length)
It's the third or fourth link on his stream right now.
There's a reason why I referred to handheld vlogging, which is one specific shooting style that most vloggers use for at least some of their content. When they're shooting things other than themselves, or shooting themselves from a camera position other than handheld, of course other lenses are used.
You want a 20-24mm equivalent ideally for shooting yourself handheld with arm extended. 18 is usable, but too much wider is too wide and longer can result the shot being too tight. There's a reason why 16-35's and the Sony 20/1.8 are very popular for this use and a major reason why Panasonic's 20-60 goes out to 20mm.
Like I said, there's a lot of misconceptions on this thread. I'll leave it at that, you believe what you want to believe .
Have you actually done this? Or do you follow many vloggers?
I've tested this myself and follow quite a number of vloggers. Almost all of them use the handheld camera at the end of their arm for at least some of their work.
There's a couple exceptions in the vloggers I follow, but they tend to be folks who use only set piece setups for their content (noted law vlogger Steve Lehto for example does 99% of his work on a single set with 1 camera on a tripod)
24 is tight but usable, 18-20 is nice, 28 is too tight, 16 getting too wide unless you want a big background
Note even in the link you provided the guy used a lens in this range for a lot of his work (16-35 in his case).
The first segment shot in this video by the guy you linked shows exactly this sort of work. He's using a wide (18-20mm or equivalent) on a selfie stick or handgrip for exactly the sort of work I'm talking about (the fan bit before Louis comes on is doing exactly the same, but probably on a phone or action cam based on quality). He switches up shot styles, but all the video I watched is clearly shot around that exact focal length. Even the video thumbnail is showing that sort of setup (18-20mm at arms length)
It's the third or fourth link on his stream right now.
There's a reason why I referred to handheld vlogging, which is one specific shooting style that most vloggers use for at least some of their content. When they're shooting things other than themselves, or shooting themselves from a camera position other than handheld, of course other lenses are used.
You want a 20-24mm equivalent ideally for shooting yourself handheld with arm extended. 18 is usable, but too much wider is too wide and longer can result the shot being too tight. There's a reason why 16-35's and the Sony 20/1.8 are very popular for this use and a major reason why Panasonic's 20-60 goes out to 20mm.
Like I said, there's a lot of misconceptions on this thread. I'll leave it at that, you believe what you want to believe .
Have you actually done this? Or do you follow many vloggers?
I've tested this myself and follow quite a number of vloggers. Almost all of them use the handheld camera at the end of their arm for at least some of their work.
There's a couple exceptions in the vloggers I follow, but they tend to be folks who use only set piece setups for their content (noted law vlogger Steve Lehto for example does 99% of his work on a single set with 1 camera on a tripod)
24 is tight but usable, 18-20 is nice, 28 is too tight, 16 getting too wide unless you want a big background
Note even in the link you provided the guy used a lens in this range for a lot of his work (16-35 in his case).
The first segment shot in this video by the guy you linked shows exactly this sort of work. He's using a wide (18-20mm or equivalent) on a selfie stick or handgrip for exactly the sort of work I'm talking about (the fan bit before Louis comes on is doing exactly the same, but probably on a phone or action cam based on quality). He switches up shot styles, but all the video I watched is clearly shot around that exact focal length.
It's the third or fourth link on his stream right now.
There's a reason why I referred to handheld vlogging, which is one specific shooting style that most vloggers use for at least some of their content. When they're shooting things other than themselves, or shooting themselves from a camera position other than handheld, of course other lenses are used.
You want a 20-24mm equivalent ideally for shooting yourself handheld with arm extended. 18 is usable, but too much wider is too wide and longer can result the shot being too tight. There's a reason why 16-35's and the Sony 20/1.8 are very popular for this use and a major reason why Panasonic's 20-60 goes out to 20mm.
Like I said, there's a lot of misconceptions on this thread. I'll leave it at that, you believe what you want to believe .
Have you actually done this? Or do you follow many vloggers?
I've tested this myself and follow quite a number of vloggers. Almost all of them use the handheld camera at the end of their arm for at least some of their work.
There's a couple exceptions in the vloggers I follow, but they tend to be folks who use only set piece setups for their content (noted law vlogger Steve Lehto for example does 99% of his work on a single set with 1 camera on a tripod)
24 is tight but usable, 18-20 is nice, 28 is too tight, 16 getting too wide unless you want a big background
Note even in the link you provided the guy used a lens in this range for a lot of his work (16-35 in his case).
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