What is the purpose of a matte box? Reduce lens flares Using a matte box can remove unwanted lens flares from your scene. Protects your lens Another advantage of using a matte box is that if your camera were to fall, the matte box will protect your lens and significantly reduce the chances of breakage. Do you need a matte box? Download the free Filmstro App Take full control of your dynamic Soundtrack and keyframe your music.
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Do you really need a matte box? Taking those in reverse order: A matte box looks good on your camera Not necessarily as vain and trivial as it might seem.
Keeping stray light off the lens A crucial task which matte boxes perform supremely well, but how often does it take a full matte box to do the job? How many filters do you actually need?
The cinematographer's box of tricks The problem with cheap matte boxes If you want your matte box to accommodate all those kinds of filters, you are going to need multi-stages, with a rotating stage for the polariser and adjustable rectangular filter for the grad.
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Signup to RedShark Subscribe Here! About Redshark RedShark is a multiplatform online publication for anyone with an interest in moving image technology and craft. Signup on Social. Looking pro and having pro gear does not help much at all. Put the money to whatever helps the aesthetic of the captured picture, and sound recording. Haha - ya was the closest tune I could find in my budget.
It was either that or a scorpion jacket ;. Redrock microMattebox actually isn't too bad for a clip-on mattebox, though I find the eyebrows and sidebrows fall off of it too easily. Though not practical in every scenario, as a camera assistant, I enjoy swing-away matte boxes for obvious reasons -- especially if your lens package is all the same size.
I'll second that Evan. Sad to hear I'm not the only one with issues. We typically have to gaff the things on, the little blue shiny knobs fall off with great consistency. The loud crash of the eyebrow even ruined a great take on set. Not cool for the pricey-price. Speaking of price I just feel the cost of some dslr gear is beyond comprehension for what you're getting.
I mean for the mattebox, I'm thinking a black drain pipe end, for example. I'm with you on that. If I use it a lot and it keeps falling apart I get more expensive pro part. But many times it just get's used here and there and the hack is fine. Am making my own mattbox for all the cameras for years. Built a vacuum forming machine and turn out any size, shape I need for a particular camcorder or DSLR.
I may make it available for anyone to get a formed unit from us and finish it anyway to fit their camera. I have pictures but don;t have time to make a link for this. Yo thanks for posting Koo. What a matte box does for the clouds is impressive, and I wonder how much of that filter effect can't be done in post with color correction?
For what i'm going to be doing I think flares can only help the feel. I'm really curious though about how to affordably get that steadicam look and how much to invest in a rig I can carry around with me everywhere.
This site has been awesome though and it's perfect for a new guy like myself. Getting rid of that glare in post wouldn't give nearly the same result as physically filtering out the wavelengths during shooting. Just to add to what Koo's saying, although I know it doesn't exactly answer your question: Trying to eliminate glare in post is like trying to recover blown out highlights.
In face, in many cases that's exactly what it is; in other words, generally impossible. Imagine also that you have a strong reflection on a pane of glass such that you can't see your subject behind it. Those reflections aren't, for example, a matter of colour correction; they're physically obscuring your subject.
It'd be the same job as removing a white sheet from in front of your subject in post. Basically to put a pin in what Koo and Luke said- never, ever, ever, let yourself consider that "fixing it in post" is the first, second, or tenth option.
Even on a guerrilla shoot, it's worth it to think ahead of what time of day, and how the shoot is to be staged to prevent unintended lens flare or object glare. I got an Indian knock-off matte box to hold my Schneider 4x4" soft edge ND gradient filter. I can slide it up and down to match my horizon. A circular, screw-on grad ND would force me to put my horizon in the center, but the 4x4 can be positioned where I want it. When I want to go more low profile, I just slide the matte box off the rails and stick on my Canon lens hood.
Regular hoods on zoom lenses are optimized for the widest focal length. If I'm towards the longer end of my zoom, the flags on the matte box do a better job, because they can adjust to being a more narrow "tunnel," keeping out more extraneous light.
I've been using the Oconnor OBox and absolutely love it. Not only does a matte box help with making sure each of your scenes are similarly lit and shot, it can help with different effects. For example, some folks like to use them for intentional vignetting. There are different types of matte boxes but they perform similarly to a lens hood.
They range in size and weight and attach to different parts of the body or the lens, depending on the support that you have for your setup.
A lot of the time, they can be attached to a rod system that is attached to the underside of the camera body. The rods run the length of the unit to help support the weight that is in front. Rod systems are usually the main options when it comes to heavier-duty style matte boxes that are larger or will hold more filters.
The rod system is designed to take weight off of the lens itself. Lightweight matte boxes are recommended more for handheld shooting or for use without filters. There are matte box types that you can use with only specific types of rod sizes or proprietary camera brands. Others have moveable filter holders and bellows that let you position the sunshade at different angles if using different-sized lenses. There are some where the filter trays can be removed and stacked accordingly.
Here is a quick breakdown of what we currently offer:. As a camera assistant, there were a few things that I kept in my bag that made matte boxes my best friend. The first item was paper tape.
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