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Canon HF 100 Fight Scene Best Lens?
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I think your question's much too open-ended to give it a considered answer. Do you have any lens adapters already? Do you like to get the camera in the middle of the action with a wide-angle lens, or prefer the camera as a voyeur, on a telephoto lens from far away?
If you have a brilliant choreographer, it could be great to imitate some of the Asian martial arts films and let the whole fight play out on a wide master. In recent years, Hollywood has often gone for much tighter shots with faster cuts, which can work to great effect (as I believe it did in the Bourne films) but often seems to be used out of laziness more than anything else.
The academic David Bordwell has written a great essay on these two significantly different approaches - Bond vs. Chan. I'd recommend reading this and thinking about how you want your fight scene to play out before getting too involved in the technical details.
If you have a brilliant choreographer, it could be great to imitate some of the Asian martial arts films and let the whole fight play out on a wide master. In recent years, Hollywood has often gone for much tighter shots with faster cuts, which can work to great effect (as I believe it did in the Bourne films) but often seems to be used out of laziness more than anything else.
The academic David Bordwell has written a great essay on these two significantly different approaches - Bond vs. Chan. I'd recommend reading this and thinking about how you want your fight scene to play out before getting too involved in the technical details.
IMO..Do not use ANY lens adapter...You will have a soft image. The optics are not too good on most adapter lenses like those that would fit your cam