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

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"The Moron Mile" is a go-cart racing extravaganza that my wife's family hosts every year. This year I decided to bring my camera along with a vintage lens to capture the madness. Somehow it turned into me making one of my favorite projects ever. Grab a snack, this one's a wild ride.
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0:00 - Intro
0:41 - Mini Doc/Short Film
9:11 - Breakdown
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@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

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

@jan-hendrikswanepoel3744 2 года назад

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

@enregistreur Год назад

"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 2 года назад

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

@carlos.sierra 4 месяца назад

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

@a1isonpereira 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@streetskier 9 месяцев назад

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

@I.o.a.n.n.i.s Год назад

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

@tylerjames4713 2 года назад

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

@abestunts 2 года назад

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

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

that makes me happy, have fun making stuff!

@malozfilms 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

@@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 😉

@MartinAaberge 9 месяцев назад

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

@danep99 Год назад

This is so good. Excellent work!!

@FHOM19 5 месяцев назад

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

@ethangarz 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@siwakornsetthadechaphirom6357 Год назад

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

@LiquidLensPhotography 2 года назад

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

@wilb954 9 месяцев назад

Love this! Very well shot!

@shawn3d 4 месяца назад

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

@tuckerhoranmedia 2 года назад

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

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

I love me a Tucker Horan Media comment

@chrisjollylikestofilm Год назад

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

@camshand Год назад

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

@chrisbrockhurst 2 года назад

Alright seriously fella, this is sick.

@yakkun1926 Год назад

Great work!

@seet9n 6 месяцев назад

amazing work!

@WernerNoethe 2 года назад

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

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

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

@burgeroraclefilmco Год назад

dude, you did such a great job with this!

@MiguelMorenoGP 10 месяцев назад

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

@taylorpearson6266 2 года назад

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

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

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!

@d4nky967 Год назад

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

@willfulmattergonefr 2 года назад

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

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

I'm farkin thankful that you loved it homie

@3h33am 4 месяца назад

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

@robertadams3666 2 года назад

This was awesome! Please do more!

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

Thanks Robert! I'm on it ;)

@JaymesMedia 2 года назад

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

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

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

@JaymesMedia 2 года назад

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

@hannovereye 2 года назад

@@ZachMayfield which lut bro?😄

@HybridHanger 11 месяцев назад

Rad movie, man. I genuinely enjoyed it.

@PaulRadaker 3 месяца назад

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!

@guptageneralstores5243 4 месяца назад

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

@ProdChikara Год назад

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

@efword1200 6 месяцев назад

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

@t3chnicolor 5 месяцев назад

What a fun little piece.

@namonty4 9 месяцев назад

I love the ending. Perfect.

2 года назад

I loved it 😍 great job! 👍

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

thank yee!!

@MarylandDroneMedia 2 года назад

This was amazing.

@vi8918 Год назад

This is art

@AlanDoveKarting 2 года назад

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

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

Well I really appreciate that!

@nerdydan6638 11 месяцев назад

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

@johnbanks9392 Год назад

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

@ZachMayfield Год назад

Man thank you!!

@jairo.cabello 2 года назад

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

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

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

@wilsonjunior4446 Год назад

really cool great video

@XavierJordanMusic 5 месяцев назад

I love this 😂

@demetriushenderson412 10 месяцев назад

I love this lens🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@tridentroy 2 года назад

Awesome 😎

@chrisbrockhurst 2 года назад

Don't ever change.

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

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

@chrisbrockhurst 2 года назад

@@ZachMayfield the world isn’t ready for us

@L6XXMEDIA Год назад

Intro made me subscribe 👏🏿

@naeemashaari 2 года назад

fun watch !

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

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

@WastelandChrome Год назад

"text me when you get home" 🤣

@GodlyAttire 2 года назад

Loved this 😂

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

THX

@romankuhler 2 года назад

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 Год назад

Thanks so much for the kind words mate!!

@romankuhler Год назад

@@ZachMayfield oh yeah by the way HAPPY BIRTHDAY😉

@tuckerandersonfilms 2 года назад

This is the greatest fricking documentary I have ever seen

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

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

@tuckerandersonfilms 2 года назад

@@ZachMayfield OMG YES. It will happen

@cinema-q 2 года назад

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

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

Shelbz, thank youuu!

@joseacarrasm 2 года назад

I really enjoyed the video

@WastelandChrome Год назад

this was great lmao

@ShafferN 2 года назад

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

@jdavidwall 2 года назад

this is epic bro!

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

davidddd thanks dude!

@theninetytwofilm 2 года назад

lmao bro your personality fit so well with these folks

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

our marriage is about to create the dumbest family combination hahah

@spencertorok 2 года назад

prank at the end was priceless😂

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

all orchestrated by Lauren's dad hahah

@starskymedia Год назад

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

@V1ZNS. 9 месяцев назад

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

@MrFreddGG 2 года назад

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

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

fredd you are the best

@davnesto 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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.

@cole2943 2 года назад

Halo music never fails to get the nostalgia going

@thehynesgroup7579 Год назад

BRO, I FUCKING LOVE THIS VIDEO.

@ZachMayfield Год назад

Hahahahahaha

@kyneticfilms 2 года назад

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

@EspenJohan 2 года назад

It was great Zach👍

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

thx friendo

@mydearriley 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@gibsguitars Год назад

Mate, that was fuckin awesome

@daaddyo1249 Год назад

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?

@carbonwhiskey8535 Год назад

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

@greenlightstudios3469 Год назад

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

@ZachMayfield Год назад

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 Год назад

@@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

@bruddy287 2 года назад

100th like! Solid Doc

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

hi bl@z

@tomaszbejnarowicz Год назад

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

@ZachMayfield Год назад

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

@jon112media 2 года назад

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

@ZachMayfield Год назад

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

@mikemike9703 8 месяцев назад

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 8 месяцев назад

You're so kind, thank you!

@checkeredflagfilms 3 месяца назад

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

@iCamProductions Год назад

at 3:55 it's my movie song !

@ReachFilms 2 года назад

The Halo music had me

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

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

@ReachFilms 2 года назад

@@ZachMayfield …… Maybe…. ;)

@benfohdo 2 года назад

Zaky M you Are such and insssperrr Racetion :)

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

brother you are both funny and sweet, I apreesh you

@tomaszbejnarowicz Год назад

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

@motivefilms. Год назад

So rad event, wanna apart to :0

@Darox91 2 года назад

"not sponsored by rode" xD

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

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

@joshhartmedia 2 года назад

I have so many questions and concerns for your future

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

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

@akamikeg 2 года назад

How American can you get that they played the national anthem

@jlinc187 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

Never mind just saw the end

@ZachMayfield 2 года назад

@@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 2 года назад

@@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 2 года назад

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

@jlinc187 2 года назад

@@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!