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I am part of a dancing group and I am in need for a camera. I'm looking for a camera with good zoom,lighting, audio recording, and video quality.... also it wouldn't hurt if it was cheap...
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Consumer level HD camcorders have 4 problems. 1) Blurry, fuzzy, out of focus areas closely around people in videos taken by consumer level HD camcorders. 2) Any movement, even a wave or lifting an arm, while in front of a recording consumer level HD camcorder, results in screen ghosts and artifacts being left on the video track, following the movement. Makes for bad video, sports videos are unwatchable. 3) These Consumer level HD camcorders all have a habit of the transferred to computer files are something you need to convert, thus losing your HD quality, to work with your editing software. 4) Mandatory maximum record times - 1 hour, 30 minutes, 8 minutes, 3 minutes â four different times advertised as maximum record time for some consumer level HD camcorders. No event I have ever been to is that short. Either take multiple camcorders or pack up with out getting the end of the event on video. Consumer level HD camcorders interpolate the video. This means they take one frame, make up the next 4 or 5 frames, take a frame and repeat this, over and over, for the remainder of the video, every video it takes is like this.With a MiniDV tape camcorder, record 60 or 90 minutes ( camcorder settings), 90 seconds or less to change a tape and record for 60 or 90 more and repeat till you run out of tapes.
You can get a Canon ZR960 for $250. It is a MiniDV tape camcorder, has a Mic jack. You will need a firewire (IEEE1394) card ($25 to 30) for the computer and a firewire cable (less than 10) to be able to transfer video to your computer. To say this is not HD, think about this. It would cost in excess of $3500 to get a HD camcorder that could equal the video Quality of a $250 Canon MiniDV tape camcorder.
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/camcorders/consumer_camcorders/zr960
Consumer level HD camcorders have 4 problems. 1) Blurry, fuzzy, out of focus areas closely around people in videos taken by consumer level HD camcorders. 2) Any movement, even a wave or lifting an arm, while in front of a recording consumer level HD camcorder, results in screen ghosts and artifacts being left on the video track, following the movement. Makes for bad video, sports videos are unwatchable. 3) These Consumer level HD camcorders all have a habit of the transferred to computer files are something you need to convert, thus losing your HD quality, to work with your editing software. 4) Mandatory maximum record times - 1 hour, 30 minutes, 8 minutes, 3 minutes â four different times advertised as maximum record time for some consumer level HD camcorders. No event I have ever been to is that short. Either take multiple camcorders or pack up with out getting the end of the event on video. Consumer level HD camcorders interpolate the video. This means they take one frame, make up the next 4 or 5 frames, take a frame and repeat this, over and over, for the remainder of the video, every video it takes is like this.With a MiniDV tape camcorder, record 60 or 90 minutes ( camcorder settings), 90 seconds or less to change a tape and record for 60 or 90 more and repeat till you run out of tapes.
You can get a Canon ZR960 for $250. It is a MiniDV tape camcorder, has a Mic jack. You will need a firewire (IEEE1394) card ($25 to 30) for the computer and a firewire cable (less than 10) to be able to transfer video to your computer. To say this is not HD, think about this. It would cost in excess of $3500 to get a HD camcorder that could equal the video Quality of a $250 Canon MiniDV tape camcorder.
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/camcorders/consumer_camcorders/zr960
What are some goog cameras to film dance videos?
Q. Hello! Im a Dancer.. I do hip hop (new style)... Yes a girl and im on the look for a good camera for these types of things... Im in the process of starting a project.. A dance film with my crew.. And i wanted to know what are some good cameras that can film and give it that good quality that i want.. For example: YAK Films has some of the sickest clips.. Can i achieve this quality? Any suggestions? Thank you
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Low compression video capture and storage. No AVCHD compression. DV/HDV, DVCPro HD, EXF file formats are useful.
Looks like YAK use dSLRs. Since you don't know about them, check the usual suspects from Canon, Nikon and Sony. They can overheat when used for log periods of video capture. It is prudent to have two - Use one while the other cools down. Later, when whomever is using the camera gets good, use them both at the same time - one for a close-up, the other for the wide shot. Use a tripod or other steadying device - don't capture handheld.
You may need a computer upgrade. FAST CPU, 8 gig RAM or more and LOTS of external hard drive space for the video project files. And a decent video editor. Final Cut, Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere - there are others.
There is no single best lens. It depends what you need for the sequence being captured.
You will also want:
Cables, lighting, mics (there is no single best mic - Audio Technica and Sennheiser should be on the short list), cases, maybe a camera crane to get things interesting (check Kessler), shock mount, boom pole, monitors... there's lots more, but learning's the fun part...
Clarification: There is no *film* involved with digital video capture. If you want to capture to film, those cameras get expensive and do not record any audio at all, so synching with music has its own special requirements. Panavision, Arri and many others make film cameras. They start at about $100,000 and the lenses cost more.
Low compression video capture and storage. No AVCHD compression. DV/HDV, DVCPro HD, EXF file formats are useful.
Looks like YAK use dSLRs. Since you don't know about them, check the usual suspects from Canon, Nikon and Sony. They can overheat when used for log periods of video capture. It is prudent to have two - Use one while the other cools down. Later, when whomever is using the camera gets good, use them both at the same time - one for a close-up, the other for the wide shot. Use a tripod or other steadying device - don't capture handheld.
You may need a computer upgrade. FAST CPU, 8 gig RAM or more and LOTS of external hard drive space for the video project files. And a decent video editor. Final Cut, Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere - there are others.
There is no single best lens. It depends what you need for the sequence being captured.
You will also want:
Cables, lighting, mics (there is no single best mic - Audio Technica and Sennheiser should be on the short list), cases, maybe a camera crane to get things interesting (check Kessler), shock mount, boom pole, monitors... there's lots more, but learning's the fun part...
Clarification: There is no *film* involved with digital video capture. If you want to capture to film, those cameras get expensive and do not record any audio at all, so synching with music has its own special requirements. Panavision, Arri and many others make film cameras. They start at about $100,000 and the lenses cost more.
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