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Corey
How come the ones used in movies have a much better detail...? I am interested in buying a video camera for a documentary and am on a budget.
Would like to buy the best choice.
Answer
Unfortunately, there is no way you are going to buy a camera used in a movie. This is why. Movies arent shot with video cameras, theyre shot with film, 35mm in fact. Now remember how much it cost to buy a roll of 24 exposure film? Movies shoot 24 frames per second, which means that they use millions of feet of film for an entire movie, equivalent to hundreds of thousands of dollars. And I forgot to mention that an average movie camera costs $100,000.
As for documentaries, some are shot on film as well, but most are shot on video. Even though they are shot on video, the cameras used still cost at the very least $3000 (for an xl2, or a DVX100b). If you have the money, great! go for one of those cams, because they are great cams. However, if not, plan on getting a minidv cam with 3ccds, as many manual functions as possible, optical stabilizer and zoom, and a mic and headphone port, at the very least. The cams that fit these specs are the pv-gs cams by panasonic. A pv-gs300 costs around $700 new, but you could get a gs400 used for that price as well. Cheaper ones start at around $300-400, so go to froogle and do a search for gs250,300, 400 any of these are good. Dont go for the gs500, its still pretty expensive, and the gs400 has more functions. There are other cams as well, but these are the only cams in the consumer range that have 3ccds and good manual functions for a cheap price. If you have slightly more money, you could try going for a used canon gl2 for $1500 off of eBay (i got mine for $1475 plus $30 shipping). I'm into filmmaking as well, so feel free to contact me at evilgenius4930@yahoo.com. Hope this helps!
Unfortunately, there is no way you are going to buy a camera used in a movie. This is why. Movies arent shot with video cameras, theyre shot with film, 35mm in fact. Now remember how much it cost to buy a roll of 24 exposure film? Movies shoot 24 frames per second, which means that they use millions of feet of film for an entire movie, equivalent to hundreds of thousands of dollars. And I forgot to mention that an average movie camera costs $100,000.
As for documentaries, some are shot on film as well, but most are shot on video. Even though they are shot on video, the cameras used still cost at the very least $3000 (for an xl2, or a DVX100b). If you have the money, great! go for one of those cams, because they are great cams. However, if not, plan on getting a minidv cam with 3ccds, as many manual functions as possible, optical stabilizer and zoom, and a mic and headphone port, at the very least. The cams that fit these specs are the pv-gs cams by panasonic. A pv-gs300 costs around $700 new, but you could get a gs400 used for that price as well. Cheaper ones start at around $300-400, so go to froogle and do a search for gs250,300, 400 any of these are good. Dont go for the gs500, its still pretty expensive, and the gs400 has more functions. There are other cams as well, but these are the only cams in the consumer range that have 3ccds and good manual functions for a cheap price. If you have slightly more money, you could try going for a used canon gl2 for $1500 off of eBay (i got mine for $1475 plus $30 shipping). I'm into filmmaking as well, so feel free to contact me at evilgenius4930@yahoo.com. Hope this helps!
What is the name of the long pole you can attach a video camera to and video a soccer game?
Ryan
I want to video my daughter's soccer matches and have seen parents bring a large (20 ft) pole and attach their video camera to the top of it. They can watch the game through an attached monitor at eye level.
Answer
Hi Ryan:
There's a commercial product (I'll poke around & update, since my brain can't recall the tradename â EDIT: "Hi-Pod" X1, X2, thru X6 â see below) exactly as you describe that's been used for a lot of red-carpet events, where there are a lot of standing crowds or fences that wouldn't allow a good shot with just a tripod. It's designed for lightweight cameras, and has a simple LCD monitor and LANC camera control. It uses a simple mechanical tilt (panning is by the obvious pole-twist movement).
The usual method the "pro's" use is called a "jib" (after the Nautical term, like many other stage/theatre terms) or a "crane". So if you Yahoo!Search or Google those terms, you'll find other products similar to a "mini-jib", the "Jimmy Jib", etc.
There's one product called the "PoleCam" (see URL: http://polecamusa.com/ for a photo), but it's not the vertical-pole model I refer to above. Another similar product is the Hague K1 "HandyJib" from the UK: http://www.b-hague.co.uk/Handyjib.htm
hope this helps,
--Dennis C.
P.S. [UPDATE Edit] Thanks, new Y!A Contributor "Dave K."!
The Hi-Pod "X1-P" was the model I couldn't remember the name of. (They need to upgrade their MetaData on their site, 'cause thay didn't pop up in any of my Searches!)
Hi Ryan:
There's a commercial product (I'll poke around & update, since my brain can't recall the tradename â EDIT: "Hi-Pod" X1, X2, thru X6 â see below) exactly as you describe that's been used for a lot of red-carpet events, where there are a lot of standing crowds or fences that wouldn't allow a good shot with just a tripod. It's designed for lightweight cameras, and has a simple LCD monitor and LANC camera control. It uses a simple mechanical tilt (panning is by the obvious pole-twist movement).
The usual method the "pro's" use is called a "jib" (after the Nautical term, like many other stage/theatre terms) or a "crane". So if you Yahoo!Search or Google those terms, you'll find other products similar to a "mini-jib", the "Jimmy Jib", etc.
There's one product called the "PoleCam" (see URL: http://polecamusa.com/ for a photo), but it's not the vertical-pole model I refer to above. Another similar product is the Hague K1 "HandyJib" from the UK: http://www.b-hague.co.uk/Handyjib.htm
hope this helps,
--Dennis C.
P.S. [UPDATE Edit] Thanks, new Y!A Contributor "Dave K."!
The Hi-Pod "X1-P" was the model I couldn't remember the name of. (They need to upgrade their MetaData on their site, 'cause thay didn't pop up in any of my Searches!)
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