Для крупного плана использовали кинокамеру с другим объективом.

Because для requires the genitive case.

• крупный план = close-up / close shot in dictionary form
• After для, both words change to genitive:
  • крупный → крупного
  • план → плана

So:

• крупный план = a close-up
• для крупного плана = for a close-up

This is a very common pattern:

• для фильма = for a film
• для работы = for work
• для хорошего кадра = for a good shot

Literally, крупный means large / big, and план means plan, but in film vocabulary план also means shot or framing.

So крупный план is a standard cinema expression meaning close-up.

It is best learned as a fixed phrase, not translated word-for-word as big plan.

Related film terms:

• общий план = long shot / wide shot
• средний план = medium shot
• крупный план = close-up

Because it is the direct object of использовали (used), so it has to be in the accusative case.

The dictionary form is:

• кинокамера = movie camera / film camera

Feminine nouns ending in -а usually change like this in the accusative singular:

• -а → -у

So:

• кинокамера → кинокамеру

This is the normal pattern:

• книга → книгу
• машина → машину
• камера → камеру

Because с here means with, and when с means with, it normally takes the instrumental case.

So:

• объектив = lens
• с объективом = with a lens

And because другим describes объективом, it also has to be in the instrumental:

• другой объектив = a different lens
• с другим объективом = with a different lens

Compare:

• с другом = with a friend
• с новой камерой = with a new camera
• с длинным объективом = with a long lens

Here другим most naturally means a different or another.

So с другим объективом means:

• with a different lens
• or with another lens

It usually implies a contrast with some lens already known from context. For example, maybe one lens was used before, and for the close-up they switched to a different one.

The base form is:

• другой = other / another / different

Its exact English translation depends on context.

This is a very common Russian pattern.

Использовали is third person plural past tense: they used. But Russian often uses this form without saying who exactly did it when the subject is unknown, unimportant, or obvious from context.

So the sentence can mean something like:

• They used a movie camera with a different lens for the close-up
• A movie camera with a different lens was used for the close-up

In English, we often translate this more passively, but in Russian the active plural with no stated subject is very natural.

Yes. A more passive-sounding version would be something like:

• Для крупного плана была использована кинокамера с другим объективом.

That means essentially the same thing:

• For the close-up, a movie camera with a different lens was used.

The difference is style:

• использовали = more natural, more direct, very common
• была использована = more formal, more written, more explicitly passive

Russian often prefers the active plural construction where English might prefer a passive.

Because Russian word order is flexible, and the speaker often puts the context or purpose first.

Starting with Для крупного плана highlights the purpose:

• For the close-up, they used...

This sounds natural because it sets up the filming situation before telling you what equipment was used.

Other word orders are possible, for example:

• Кинокамеру с другим объективом использовали для крупного плана.

That is also grammatical, but the emphasis shifts slightly toward the camera.

Yes, somewhat.

• камера can mean camera, but it can also mean other things in Russian, such as a chamber, cell, or compartment, depending on context.
• кинокамера specifically means a movie camera / film camera / cine-camera.

So кинокамера is more precise here because the sentence is about filmmaking.

In modern everyday speech, depending on context, people may also say:

• камера
• видеокамера = video camera

But кинокамера fits especially well in film/cinema language.

Because Russian has no articles like English a/an and the.

So Russian simply says:

• кинокамеру
• объективом
• крупного плана

Whether you translate these as a, the, or sometimes no article at all depends on the context.

For example:

• кинокамеру could be a movie camera or the movie camera
• с другим объективом could be with a different lens or with another lens

English requires an article; Russian does not.

In this sentence, it most naturally describes the camera as equipped with a different lens.

So the meaning is:

• they used a movie camera fitted with a different lens

Russian often uses с + instrumental this way to describe something together with one of its features or attached parts.

For example:

• человек с бородой = a man with a beard
• дом с балконом = a house with a balcony
• камера с новым объективом = a camera with a new lens

So here, с другим объективом is part of the description of кинокамеру.

Yes, absolutely.

In film context, English often needs shot to sound natural:

• for a close-up shot

Russian does not need to repeat a word meaning shot separately, because крупный план already functions as that technical term.

So depending on translation style, you could render it as:

• for the close-up
• for a close-up shot
• for the close shot

The first two are the most natural in English.

A simple breakdown is:

• Для крупного плана = for the close-up
• использовали = they used / was used
• кинокамеру = a movie camera
• с другим объективом = with a different lens

So the structure is roughly:

[Purpose/context] + [verb] + [object] + [description of object]

That is:

For the close-up, they used a movie camera with a different lens.

This is a good sentence for noticing how Russian uses:

• genitive after для
• accusative for the direct object
• instrumental after с meaning with