I don't know what Lee's budget is, but the 100-300mm Panasonic zoom
lens costs about 500 euro and the GH2 body costs about 700 euro so
it's 1200 euro in total. The GH2 has a crop function due to which the
300mm would work as a 500mm lens and this would be 1000mm compared to
full frame DSLR.
I ordered this 300mm zoomlens for the purpose of wildlife
videography. Maybe this combination is a bit heavier than smaller
video camcorders but again, the image quality is fantastic. I can't
think of anything better.
Rieni
At 2-12-2010 14:10, Uwe Soltau wrote:
>
>
>Rieni,
>
>The question which camera to buy is the most asked one but the most
>difficult one to
>answer.
>Another hundred people will recommend another hundred cameras - all with
>valid reasons
>which suit THEM.
>I agree with all you wrote, a very good camera!!
>I don't think though that it is the right camera for what Lee wants to do.
>
>He wants to go to the Serengeti and as I wrote, that means wildlife. I
>have been recording wildlife
>in Africa for the past 40 plus years and in all modesty can say that I
>have a bit experience.
>
>You can put people where you want them to be and tell them what you want
>them to do, not so with
>animals. You as camera man have to react to what they are doing and that
>means you have to be
>very quick sometimes. You are not in a zoo.
>Animals are often far away and you will therefore need long focal length
>lenses and they most
>definitely do not come cheap for DSLRs and are heavy to schlepp around.
>
>I don't know whether Lee comes here with the main purpose of making a
>movie or as a tourist
>who wants to make a travelogue type video.
>
>I had a Beaulieu movie camera once (actually long ago) with
>interchangeable lenses.
>Great for general work. I lost more wildlife shots by changing lenses
>than what I scored by having them.
>
>I had the advantage of being able to travel around in a Landrover with
>cameras, tripods, dolly,
>crane etc. A tourist has very strict weight limitations. I have three
>Sony cameras and found them to be
>very robust, never had a problem.
>
>Lee also has to take everything he needs, in Africa you can not simply
>go to the next town and try to
>get what you forgot.
>
>Anyway, these are my thoughts, Lee is the one who has to decide.
>
>Greetings from the dark continent
>
>Uwe
>
> > >
> > >
> > >Lee,
> > >1. I am not the moderator but this is probably the wrong forum to get
> > >advice on cameras.
> >
> > Discussing cameras here is ok but if someone wants an advice on
> > choosing a new camera maybe once of the many dedicated
> > brand-specialized forums or websites would be better.
> >
> > My advice for a new camcorder is the new Panasonic GH2 though. It's a
> > DSLR with amazing HD video capabilities and probably has the best
> > image quality / price ratio.
> >
> > The GH2 records to AVCHD though and that is still an issue for
> > Premiere I believe, but it's also possible to record the HDMI output
> > to an external recorder from which can be imported to the Premiere
> > timeline directly.
> >
> > Rieni
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