Shooting Tiffen Black Pro-Mist 1/8 Filter + Sony A7S III

I wanted to make a video showcasing the beautiful effect from the Tiffen Black Pro-Mist filter 1/8 density. It manages to create a stunning bloom effect around light sources and softens the image up altogether. It's great for creating a romantic or dream-like mood in your videos. Some of my favorite applications for this filter include wedding receptions and creative work. It would also be a perfect addition to footage taken in urban areas at night, full of streetlights and building signs. This filter is one of the few that I use all the time and can confidently say that it is a must-have for any aspiring filmmaker. The only real downside to this filter is that there sometimes are some reflective artifacts that show up and you will have to change your perspective angle to get rid of them because they do burn into the footage permanently.

Shooting Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 + Sony A7S III


I wanted to make a video highlighting the Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 lens. It's a fully manual lens with durable metal construction and is designed with Sony video shooters in mind with its de-click aperture feature. The lens is compact and has a beautiful look and rings reminiscent of the old Zeiss and Leica manual lenses. Its a soft lens, so where it doesn't necessarily fit best for use in sharp photography applications, it shines in helping create filmic, cinematic video at 4K resolution. If you're a Sony video shooter this is a must-have lens! The only thing I didn't like about this lens is that is has a significant amount of "focus breathing" where there is a zooming effect when pulling focus. This isn't ideal, but the other features make it a wonderful lens for my kit.

Lens: Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2

Camera: Sony A7S III

Graded with: Phantom LUTS, Film Convert

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