I agree with Rob on the Panasonic. We do a lot of indoor and outdoor
filming and find the quality excellent.... and yes in my opinion
firewire connection is a must have.
Another thing to consider is the film loading... if the tape loads from
the bottom forget it unless you can make a special adapter to raise the
camera up and off to the side of the tripod bottom loaders are the pits
when the tape ends and another is needed quickly. And apart from the
tripod problem bottom loaders are in my experience mechanical tape
ejection which is also slower than the press open, lift out of the top
loaders.
Oh and while i am here another thing you may wish to consider. Again
from my experience if the camera is on a tripod the filming tends to be
static and can become quite boring even if that being filmed is not....
i prefer to be able to pan and zoom etc which i find jerky if using a
tripod. But.... even as small and light as the cameras are these days
they can still get very heavy if filming hand held for any length of
time so i would recommend you consider a monopod. If you are unsure and
would like to try one give me a shout and you can borrow ours for a few
days to try it.
Yvonne
On 17/11/2005, at 10:49 AM, Rob Davies wrote:
On 16/11/2005, at 12:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi WAMUGers
I think i have to purchase a Digital Video camera for school before
the end of
the year.
I have around $1300 to spend.
I have been happy with the Sony that we have had for a few years.
Canon seem very good.
The Panosonic 3CCD range sound good. Especially for indoor shooting.
r
I would go with the 3CCD as it enables a lot more information to be
recorded to the tape, hence easier to correct in post and edit.
Panasonics sub 2k machines are excellent and do a fairly reasonable
job of taking Photo's also.
Sony and Cannon do reasonable models in this price range, but I feel
the Panasonic has a fairly reasonable lens and those 3CCd's, a good
all round package.
Do not forget a very good tripod and carry case allow a reasonable
amount from budget for these. Especially tripod as it will survive
more cameras than this one.. Lights are another thing, but I have
managed some interesting jobs with the workman floods usually on
special at Bunnings or similar outlets for 50 or under. Just remember
to be very careful with White Balance using these, although with the
3CCD,s FCP will be able to correct most problems(Yellow Tinge). But,
as much care should be taken to record scene / imagery correctly first
time around as post-production costs.
Any advice would be appreciated please.
Do I still have to ensure they have firewire, dv in/out?
or is USB 2 now fastt enough?
MinDV standard is for Firewire, USB is not and will not sustain the
throughput required for capturing. Exception being for Digital
Photographs captured on camera, hence most DV will have a USB
connector and that is what it is for .
Sustained Throughput means dropping of frames incorrect time-codes
lots of headaches, same problem exists for the HardDrive versions.
Cheers!
`Rob...
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