It's becoming clear that Amy and I are getting increasingly serious about Freetime and the places we can take video production for the web. After a lot of thinking about it, I'm starting to think that it's time for me to roll my pennies and consider getting a new camera. I've been using a Panasonic GS-150 for the past year, and it's been a wonderful little camera, but I feel I'm starting to really butt my head against certain limitations. The most difficult of these has been its light response. I have a lighting kit we use when "in studio" that really helps, but when we're out in the field, I can't keep carrying 1250W of light with me. It'd be nice to own something that will cope with slightly cloudy days or with normal indoor lighting (even bar lighting) without becoming muddy and super-grainy.
So, I'm asking for suggestions here. Of course, I need the usual features (manual control, external mic, etc), but I'd like to move up the camera food chain and get something that's going to be more versatile in more challenging environments. Any recommendations you guys could offer, possibly with a price range, would be useful in helping me plan how to burn my budget this year. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime
