Today we're looking at the M50 again with the streaming setup through USB.
You have that beta software. Have a bunch of lenses I'm going to try out with
autofocus. With the focal length, so you can get an idea of what type of lens you
might want to use for your setup. With the lens here I'm decently far. I can
measure that and put it on the screen. We're starting with the 15 to 45
millimeter kit lens. I have ISO set to auto. -2/3 exposure just so the
highlights on this side don't totally blow out. And also we've got f/3.5 for
this one at 15 milliliters. I'll switch it up the 24 and 45. See how it looks...
Now we're around 24 milliliters. In this case is f/4.5 for the maximum aperture.
Same setup...
Still nice autofocus, no issues there. I'll go to 45mm. Pretty tight!
You can definitely see the grain here. Because we're at f/6.3 for that longer
focal length.
Here we're on the 11 to 22 millimeter lens. In this case at f/4 is the maximum on
11 millimeters, so you lose a little bit of light compared to the standard kit
lens. But you get a lot more to it. So if you want super ultra wide, it's pretty nice.
If you go ultra wide you can put your camera a lot closer to you, but there is
a limit because of the minimum focus distance. Which is still pretty close on
this lens. Nice autofocus very similar to the kit lens. Here's the 11 to 22 millimeter
set to 22 millimeters. In this case we're at f/5.6 so we're losing quite a bit of light...
Here's a 22 millimeter f/2 lens. I think this is one of the best options. It's
lower cost. Has the larger aperture. The focal length is pretty decent for most
setups like this. Sitting in about the same position that it was to start off.
The downside, I can hear the autofocus a little bit more than the other lenses. So
that might not be a good thing. It depends on how sensitive your setup is from the
microphone. Alright, here's a sigma 56 millimeter at f/1.4. See, very close. Super
not usable at this distance. But it does focus.
Now we have the 50 millimeter f/1.8 with the standard adapter. It's going to
look very similar to the Sigma. Just had a little bit less aperture for it.
Now we have the 50 millimeter f/1.8 with the Viltrox speed booster. So in the
settings you'll have f/1.2 available. I'm about where I would be with the kit lens,
and stuff like that. Still is very tight. So not ideal, but again, working distance...
If you're able to with your mic and all that, might work.
Here's the EF-M 32 millimeter f/1.4. Still pretty tight. So it's not an ideal
lens for this, but you do get that really nice blurred background. We're at
f/1.4... Do a little autofocus.
So this lens can focus pretty close. It's nice...
These are just the lenses I have on-hand. There are a lot of other options out
there in EF-M and also EF lenses that you'll get autofocus. See what
might work best. The Viltrox speed booster actually did decently well with
the 50 millimeter lens. Of course, it'll depend on the lens and I haven't tested
a lot of lenses with that adapter. But it is an option to consider. I think I would
personally go with the EF-M stuff because it's more consistent. You're not
gonna have any issues. The kit lens itself works just fine. But you won't have the super
blurry backgrounds. I do like the 22 millimeter f/2 lens. Gives a nice
little bit of blur in the background. And autofocus, as long as you're not moving
around a bunch, you won't have any auto focus sounds. It's not super loud, but you...
it's slightly audible. So just something to think about. The Sigma
lenses.. the 16 millimeter f/1.4 and the 30 millimeter f/1.4. I think those could
be nice options. Especially the 16. You don't have a lot of working distance,
that would be probably very very nice. So something to think about. The key
takeaways here are focal length, aperture, and also the motor inside. How loud it is.
With the 22 millimeter that's really nice in general, but then you have to
deal with the slightly louder motor. And it's not quite as quick as some of the
other ones. The kit lens is just fine, but you have the slower apertures. Just stuff to
consider. 11 or 22 if you want that super ultra wide, that's good. I think the Sigma 16
millimeter at 1.4. I don't have it, but I think that would be a nice one
potentially for this stuff. Of course it depends on your setup, but
my case it's about an arm's length away from me right now. So you've got the microphone. You've got
the camera and the focal length to consider.
Anyways, hope enjoyed this quick video. Not super exciting, but I think it's
informational. Help you out with your setup!
Scott from Photography Banzai, thanks!