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I'm upgrading to the BMCC from a Sony V1 - I never entered the DSLR revolution so have no pre-existing glass, and very little experience of working with anything other than video cameras except for a couple of projects with a DoP friend who has a 7D with Canon lenses.
My primary interest is in directing and writing, but I have to wearily concede after a few experiences at film festivals recently that, no matter how much people say it, and no matter how right they are, in the real world it isn't just storytelling sadly. Everyone, even an experienced judge, is swayed by a bit of eye-candy and so I reckon it's about time I stepped up and learnt how to make even my smaller projects have a cinematic look.
(By the way I'm not against cameras, gorgeous cinematography etc, and I'm excited to learn, I just worry that all this latest-technical-chasing stuff and obsession with pixels can be distracting for someone primarily interested in writer-directing - but I don't mean any disrespect to people for whom that's their main interest, just to make that clear).
I'm one guy, not a production company or anything, so I have a limited budget.
After a LOT of agonising and reading through forums until I feel my eyes are watering, I've decided on balance the best option for me is going to be the BMCC MFT mount. I'm trying to price up a realistic package and I figured I needed one wide prime, for which I'd go for the SLR magic 12mm (can't afford Voigtlander, it's just too much, but yes I have figured in SSD cards, batteries, rig, post-production etc - even within that envelope, that expense for a single lens just doesn't add up for me).
So my question is: what's the best zoom lens in people's opinion to then cover the mid-to-tele range?
My primary interest is in directing and writing, but I have to wearily concede after a few experiences at film festivals recently that, no matter how much people say it, and no matter how right they are, in the real world it isn't just storytelling sadly. Everyone, even an experienced judge, is swayed by a bit of eye-candy and so I reckon it's about time I stepped up and learnt how to make even my smaller projects have a cinematic look.
(By the way I'm not against cameras, gorgeous cinematography etc, and I'm excited to learn, I just worry that all this latest-technical-chasing stuff and obsession with pixels can be distracting for someone primarily interested in writer-directing - but I don't mean any disrespect to people for whom that's their main interest, just to make that clear).
I'm one guy, not a production company or anything, so I have a limited budget.
After a LOT of agonising and reading through forums until I feel my eyes are watering, I've decided on balance the best option for me is going to be the BMCC MFT mount. I'm trying to price up a realistic package and I figured I needed one wide prime, for which I'd go for the SLR magic 12mm (can't afford Voigtlander, it's just too much, but yes I have figured in SSD cards, batteries, rig, post-production etc - even within that envelope, that expense for a single lens just doesn't add up for me).
So my question is: what's the best zoom lens in people's opinion to then cover the mid-to-tele range?