krasnogorsk s16 and zooming

Post by **Arriflex** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 6:20 pm

From k3camera.com:

"Q: Can I still "zoom" with the lens?
A: Since the optical center of the lens stays in the center of the regular 16mm image, you should not zoom while filming. Unless for zany "artistic effect.""

Could anyone tell me what exactly is this "artistic effect"?

Post by **mattias** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 6:32 pm

the image will shift to the side while zooming. or another way to look at it is that the zoom will be towards a point that's not in the middle.

/matt

Post by **gianni1** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:00 pm

Theoretically, anyone watching this sort of off centered zoom,
while standing on their feet, feels pressure to fall over to the side.
Mis-framed zoomming subjective objects unbalances centering persistence of vision.

This is about filing the gate of a 16mm camera without recentereing the lens mount? The center of the frame is moved over to the side and makes zooms looks weird, or not traditionally part of the grammar of visual media. Something like singing out of key, or off tone, or maybe talking backwards, a bit strange.... not normal.

A nicer or shorter way is just to say artistic.

Gianni