Sony FX6 and Canon FD 50mm Test
Project: Personal technical test
Sony FX6 - Canon FD 50mm1.8 Sony -Lens Review
About the project
In 2022, David-Olivier Gascon shot and edited this personal technical test in Montreal: the Sony FX6 camera with a Canon FD 50 mm lens, to evaluate their look for cinematography.
- Project
- Personal technical test
- Project type
- Technical test, sony FX6 and canon FD 50 mm
- David-Olivier Gascon's role
- Cinematography, Editing
- Year
- 2022
- Location
- Montreal, Quebec
- Format
- 1 video (about 2 min)
This page features a lens test filmed by David-Olivier Gascon: a Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 mounted on a Sony FX6 camera. The video shows how this combination renders an image and serves as a visual reference when choosing lenses for his shoots.
Tests like this are part of a cinematographer's prep work. Before a job, David-Olivier Gascon compares cameras and lenses to pick the look that suits the project. He works as a cinematographer and videographer in Montreal on commercials, corporate videos and fiction. The test also documents how a vintage manual lens behaves on a modern cinema camera.
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