I Shot a Go-Cart Documentary on the Helios 44-2 | "The Moron Mile"

[@ZachMayfield]

Thank you all for the love on this project! What movie should I shoot next??

[@jan-hendrikswanepoel3744]

This was such a sick little film, man! 😀 Great job.

[@enregistreur]

"as a filmmaker as a camera boy I can't enjoy life events unless I'm looking at an EVF that's shooting in 4K 120 maybe" Dude. You made me realize I lack 4K 120 in my life. I have the same problem! Also, what a nice documentary, and family trip!

[@LudemanProductions]

This is amazing... AMAZING!!!!!!! I felt every little part of this race and the days leading up. Well done, Zach. Truly inspiring.

[@a1isonpereira]

Haha oh man. Zach, buddy. I can't wait for you to roll out some high end documentary or a feature film in the future. You're a brilliant, unique storyteller/filmmaker. Always eagerly waiting to see more stuff on your channel. More power to you always buddy, keep being you. Love ya!

[@ZachMayfield]

Man that's the dream! Or some sort of mockumentary series or something. Thanks for the kindess bro!

[@carlos.sierra]

Dude. I’m not even finished watching this but had to pause and leave a comment about how great this is 😂 I’m laughing my butt off

[@malozfilms]

Great and funny doc!! Love the result, the story and grading. Just get my Helios a couple of days ago for my fuji. After watching your project, can't wait to start trying it out! Keep it up with this kind of videos, they're inspiring!

[@ZachMayfield]

Dude I'm stoked you got the helios! I've been toying with the idea of getting a re-housed cine version. They're not too pricey on ebay

[@malozfilms]

@@ZachMayfield I found it in a flea market in very good condition so I couldn't resist. I didn't know you can find a re-housed cine version of this lens! If you get it, please make a video about it, can be interesting 😉

[@streetskier]

Loved it dude! Love your editing style with your commentary behind the camera. So good.

[@nerdydan6638]

9:03 Kid goes "You just got played" 😂😂😂

[@chrisbrockhurst]

Alright seriously fella, this is sick.

[@abestunts]

Love this! Keep up the good work. All the inspiration I need to get my camera and make some things happen.

[@ZachMayfield]

that makes me happy, have fun making stuff!

[@shawn3d]

What a vibe dood. The Helios looks amazing. Great edit and cool vibe you put across 😎

[@guptageneralstores5243]

What a family to marry into. Life's gonna be fun. And also that shot at 8:07 the skintones are god-like

[@tylerjames4713]

One of my favorite videos you’ve ever dropped brah 😭 this one hit different for sure homie good looks 🤌🏾

[@efword1200]

just discovered this channel, and as both a camera nerd and nakeyjakey enjoyer, I must say I am chuffed

[@JaymesMedia]

The color grade looked amazing, well done. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@ZachMayfield]

thank you dude! I slapped a fuji lut on there and tweaked it to work with Sony!

[@JaymesMedia]

@@ZachMayfield and it definitely worked 🙏🏽🙏🏽👏🏼👏🏼

[@hannovereye]

@@ZachMayfield which lut bro?😄

[@MartinAaberge]

Wow!!! Even nailing the focus on that lens is hard :) great job

[@siwakornsetthadechaphirom6357]

Dude! My kind of humor! It's never easy making documentaries interesting and fun to watch!

[@PaulRadaker]

I just got this lens a few days ago, and I'm very impressed with it so far. Can't wait to try using it in the field. By the way I knew your wife in college. Small world!

[@camshand]

Hahaha dude that ending, omfg 😂😂 I'm actually laughing out loud so hard right now, love this! Amazing storytelling 👏

[@3h33am]

Came for the lens, stayed for the story. Also, is the family recruiting? Sign me in!

[@chrisjollylikestofilm]

Incredible from start to finish!!!!!!!!

[@tuckerhoranmedia]

So fun to watch dude, killer story telling. Love me a ZachyMayfe filmy film.

[@ZachMayfield]

I love me a Tucker Horan Media comment

[@I.o.a.n.n.i.s]

That was epic! I am happy (and little jealous) that big families get together and have so much fun!

[@kyneticfilms]

“Something Race-Related.” Almost spit my drink.😂

[@chrisbrockhurst]

Don't ever change.

[@ZachMayfield]

I live to make you proud. Also imagine me and you actually making something together in person some day.

[@chrisbrockhurst]

@@ZachMayfield the world isn’t ready for us

[@namonty4]

I love the ending. Perfect.

[@cole2943]

Halo music never fails to get the nostalgia going

[@ethangarz]

Stumbled across a handful of your videos and have always enjoyed, but the start of this one tipped me over the edge and I subbed. This is such a beautiful blend of filmmaking and nakey jakey hahah I had no choice. I also just picked up this lens, excited to put It to work. Great vid homie

[@ethangarz]

also very impressed w your ability to hit focus on this lens. You using a monitor? Such a gorgeous piece of glass

[@HybridHanger]

Rad movie, man. I genuinely enjoyed it.

[@MiguelMorenoGP]

So, even in private, Americans can only turn left. That figures... 😅 Beautifully done. I love my Helios for stills, but I'm still not comfortable pulling focus in video

[@LiquidLensPhotography]

3 minutes in and I am already LMAO! Footage looks amazing with the Helios.

[@ShafferN]

I loved this too much dude. God bless America. 😂

[@spencertorok]

prank at the end was priceless😂

[@ZachMayfield]

all orchestrated by Lauren's dad hahah

[@t3chnicolor]

What a fun little piece.

[@willfulmattergonefr]

This is the most bogan thing I’ve ever seen - farkin’ loved it dude! Excellent work as always

[@ZachMayfield]

I'm farkin thankful that you loved it homie

[@starskymedia]

Very cool! Did you splice in a few go-pro clips shot in first person from the go karts?

[@taylorpearson6266]

I'm gettin some NakeyJakey vibes here and I love it bro 😂 This was so much fun to watch!

[@ZachMayfield]

He's a huge inspiration to me. I grew up a couple hours away from him and he's genuinely my favorite creator on the platform. Can't wait for his album to drop too!

[@AlanDoveKarting]

Better and more interesting coverage than the FIA World Karting Championship!... I am not joking! Great vid!

[@ZachMayfield]

Well I really appreciate that!

[@FaresKherbane]

You just earned yourself a new subscriber, this is golden content

[@vi8918]

This is art

[@notarealperson2001]

This is the best thing I've watched on KZbin in quite a while. Fucking brilliant!

[@ZachMayfield]

Man thank you!!

[@FHOM19]

Good stuff. Keep it up, and keep having fun!

[@demetriushenderson412]

I love this lens🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@tuckerandersonfilms]

This is the greatest fricking documentary I have ever seen

[@ZachMayfield]

dude we need to shoot a lil movie together this year, for real

[@tuckerandersonfilms]

@@ZachMayfield OMG YES. It will happen

[@danep99]

This is so good. Excellent work!!

[@wilb954]

Love this! Very well shot!

[@robertadams3666]

This was awesome! Please do more!

[@ZachMayfield]

Thanks Robert! I'm on it ;)

[@V1ZNS.]

so good! was it hard to shoot with one focal length?

[@WastelandChrome]

"text me when you get home" 🤣

[@WernerNoethe]

This was fun to watch. Well orchestrated. Kept me watching.

[@ZachMayfield]

That's great to hear, thanks for the feedback!

[@ProdChikara]

I'm only 3 minutes in and I gotta say the storytelling is on point! so fire 🔥

[@naeemashaari]

fun watch !

[@ZachMayfield]

thank you friend. always nice seeing you in the comments :)

[@mikemike9703]

Hello! It is surprising that you manage to keep the entire video sequence in focus throughout the video, using manual optics. it looks like you are a super professional in your field or I don't understand something... In our country, in Russia, you can buy this lens for $ 5 or for 10-12 together with the Zenit camera. I am very impressed with your work and wish you further success! I'm sorry if the text is difficult to read, I use an electronic translator.

[@ZachMayfield]

You're so kind, thank you!

[@burgeroraclefilmco]

dude, you did such a great job with this!

[@jon112media]

Dude swirly bokeh! Where/when did you get this lens? Almost all the ones I see are from outside the US

[@ZachMayfield]

I snagged it off eBay, it was only like $60! Luckily my copy is super sharp

[@cinema-q]

This doc is so choice 👌🏾-and on-brand for Zach Mayf! 😆

[@ZachMayfield]

Shelbz, thank youuu!

[@seet9n]

amazing work!

[@jairo.cabello]

that was a really cool movie! Loved them, please be there next year!

[@ZachMayfield]

If I do it again this year, I gotta take the production up another level. Anamorphic maybe?

[@theninetytwofilm]

lmao bro your personality fit so well with these folks

[@ZachMayfield]

our marriage is about to create the dumbest family combination hahah

[@L6XXMEDIA]

Intro made me subscribe 👏🏿

[@greenlightstudios3469]

That looks great, what was your main aperture, did you go wide opened? did you have a motorized focus?

[@ZachMayfield]

I didn’t have any motorized focus, I mainly just went handheld with manual focus and an ND filter. I would adjust aperture on the fly depending on the exposure, but most of the time I’d say I was between F2 and F4

[@greenlightstudios3469]

@@ZachMayfield I’ve got one, I find it quite zoomed for video work but the results are fabulous, I do have motorized focus so I should be able to do some neat stuff with it

[@daaddyo1249]

So tempted to get this lens to pair with my a7siii, I have a question though. Seeing with how this is a vintage lens and isn't as tack sharp as modern lenses, would it be a good addition to a kit of sharp sony and sigma lenses? I love the look and character of this lens, but if I am pairing it with more modern lenses on a project, is there going to be a noticeable difference?

[@carbonwhiskey]

of course, there will be a stark difference when you switched lens

[@MarylandDroneMedia]

This was amazing.

[@yakkun1926]

Great work!

[@checkeredflagfilms]

where's the good old boy camera/lens rig/tech breakdown?

[@thehynesgroup7579]

BRO, I FUCKING LOVE THIS VIDEO.

[@ZachMayfield]

Hahahahahaha

[@tomaszbejnarowicz]

whats the name of lamp you were using in those night shots? on camera

[@ZachMayfield]

Honestly I’m not sure because that was my second shooter. I mostly use Aputure lights for everything tho, solid quality!

[@XavierJordanMusic]

I love this 😂

[@davnesto]

But what about the helios 😅... I was wondering what you thought about the experience of shooting with it. But man really high end quality of video. Love it

[@ZachMayfield]

Yeah I guess I could have talked more about that hehe. Honestly I love the lens. Shooting on it is a bit sketchy because the focus and aperture rings on my particular lens are loose, BUT I do plan on buying a re-housed cine version of the helios which I've heard is much more reliable like modern lenses. Check out Iron Glass dude, they make sick ass cine mods of old lenses.

I loved it 😍 great job! 👍

[@ZachMayfield]

thank yee!!

[@romankuhler]

Dude that’s so awesome and so your character 😄 as far as one can tell watching your videos. Just got myself one. So thx for the Motivation😄🤙🏼 stay awesome mate👍👍

[@ZachMayfield]

Thanks so much for the kind words mate!!

[@romankuhler]

@@ZachMayfield oh yeah by the way HAPPY BIRTHDAY😉

[@tomaszbejnarowicz]

bro why is this lens so sharp i mean what??

[@EspenJohan]

It was great Zach👍

[@ZachMayfield]

thx friendo

[@MrFreddGG]

omg, this is too beautiful, always making high quality videos. come on, give 5 ✋ or 10 ✋🤚

[@ZachMayfield]

fredd you are the best

[@joseacarrasm]

I really enjoyed the video

[@jdavidwall]

this is epic bro!

[@ZachMayfield]

davidddd thanks dude!

[@mydearriley]

How much do you think you rely on the image stabilization for both video and photo? I have an XT3 with a manual, unstabilized lens and wondering if not being stabilized is to blame for my blurry photos.

[@ZachMayfield]

For this project I think I had stabilization on the whole time just because it was super run-n-gun

[@WastelandChrome]

this was great lmao

[@GodlyAttire]

Loved this 😂

[@ZachMayfield]

THX

[@tridentroy]

Awesome 😎

[@gibsguitars]

Mate, that was fuckin awesome

[@wilsonjunior4446]

really cool great video

[@ReachFilms]

The Halo music had me

[@ZachMayfield]

Is your name inspired by.... . . . . . . . . . halo reech?

[@ReachFilms]

@@ZachMayfield …… Maybe…. ;)

[@bruddy287]

100th like! Solid Doc

[@ZachMayfield]

hi bl@z

[@iCamProductions]

at 3:55 it's my movie song !

[@joshhartmedia]

I have so many questions and concerns for your future

[@ZachMayfield]

at my wedding i need you to hold my face close to yours and whisper.. "do you realize what you've done?"

[@akamikeg]

How American can you get that they played the national anthem

[@benfohdo]

Zaky M you Are such and insssperrr Racetion :)

[@ZachMayfield]

brother you are both funny and sweet, I apreesh you

[@motivefilms.]

So rad event, wanna apart to :0

[@Darox91]

"not sponsored by rode" xD

[@ZachMayfield]

I should just refuse to use their lavs until they sponsor me haha

[@jlinc187]

Really with the wireless transmitter clipped on to people’s shirts? The five minutes to even just run a lav under their shirts doesn’t take much effort.

[@jlinc187]

Never mind just saw the end

[@ZachMayfield]

@@jlinc187 yeah forgot the dang lavs at home, wasn't sure how hard I was gonna go with filming. At first I was thinking of just snagging some b roll for a helios review or something, then the project consumed my body and mind

[@jlinc187]

@@ZachMayfield other than the clip on audio looking a little janky this was probably your best work to date in my opinion. Color matching between multiple sources could use a little work but most people who don't do professional video work probably wouldn't notice that. Honestly, your color was matched fine with the rain vs sun. It was much more noticable between A and B cams. A good example being @7:33 where the saturation difference was really extreme as it goes from A to B. That's just nitpicky feedback because otherwise I think you really did an awesome job capturing this whole thing and nailed telling their story.

[@ZachMayfield]

@@jlinc187 thanks mate! Yeah the matching between A7Siii and GH4 was pretty tough

[@jlinc187]

@@ZachMayfield I'm pretty sure you use film convert for grading. Have you tried their cinematch software? If not it's definitely worth a look. I'm far from a colorist but that has covered up for a lot of my ineptitude!