Tyler P
Hello.
I'm an amateur cinematographer, and I'm looking to upgrade from my Standard Definition Canon XL2, to a more crisp, and clean High Definiton camera.
I will be mainly using the camera for outdoor shooting, event shooting, and some greenscreen interviews. I will be mainly using this camera on a Camera Jib/Crane.
I'm looking for a Video Camera, not a DSLR, that can shoot full 720p/1080p High Definition 60i. My budget is for the camera to be under $2,000 U.S.D. It absolutely has to have Secure Digital (SD) Card recording capabilities, as it is easier than using DV tapes for what I am going to use it for.
Here are my following required qualifications:
-Must be capable of recording in 720p/1080p High Definition.
-Secure Digital (SD) Recording Capabilities
-HDMI/Component Video Output (External Monitors)
-Hot Shoe
-Microphone Input (XLR/Standard Input)
-Viewfinder (Of course)
-Tripod Screws onboard camera
-Low-Light shooting capable
-Firewire Port
-Under $2,000 U.S.D
* -Power Zoom
* -LANC Controller input
*Although I know several cameras cannot perform power zoom, It would be quite hard for me to film on a camera crane, which is my main essential use, without using a LANC Remote to zoom. Manual Zoom is impossible while a camera is mounted on a crane high in the air without anyone to operate the zoom.
*Now if there is absolutely no way to have power zoom, is there a way to have a lens converter that will convert a manual zoom, to a power zoom?
Some Perferred Qualifications: (Not Required, but I would like them.)
-XLR Microphone Inputs
-Dual Battery Inputs
-Dual SD Inputs
-Internal Memory
-Interchangeable Lens System
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Answer
You have not budgeted enough for the "prosumer video camera".
There is no "prosumer" camcorder with XLR inputs under $2,000. Use of an XLR adapter is required - no cable tails. So one of the units from BeachTek or juicedlink. We don't know which mics are planned - best if you get an XLR adapter that can supply phantom power.
There is no flash memory-based camcorder under $2,000 with a firewire port.
If the camcorder is far away on a camera crane, what is the purpose of the viewfinder?
Assuming "low light capable" = good, clear, low light, video capture, there is no camcorder less than $2,000 that has a large enough lens filter diameter (on built-in fixed lens mount) + LARGE 3CCD or 3CMOS imaging chip array (1/3 inch or larger).
"Tripod screws onboard camera"? Never heard of this. All camcorders and cameras from about $100 to about $5,000 use a 1/4"x20 tripod mounting screw supplied by the tripod manufacturers - not the camcorder manufacturers.
How can XLR mics be both required and "Not Required, but I would like them"?
There is no camcorder or camera with "dual battery inputs". There is a single battery + external power input from an external power source. Since you are running the LANC cable, run power, too. Another option is to have an optional rechargeable battery from the camcorder manufacturer charged and ready to go - When one is in use, the other is charging. Or you can get a "battery plate" see Anton Bauer - they make them for different cameras - the plate usually sits between the camera and tripod - or in your case, between the camera and crane "stage". Be sure the crane is rated for ALL the weight: camera, battery plate, cables, mic(s), light(s), anything else on the crane/jib. And keep in mind that the stand - tripod or whatever - holding the jib is rated to carry everything. It would be a bummer to watch the whole thing fall over because the weight rating for the crane and support was not taken into consideration.
The memory storage type is unimportant. The important part is the low-compression format that camcorder records... No AVCHD. There is no DV/HDV format camcorder under $2,000 that records to flash memory unless you include an external memory recording device (like the Vitec - Firestore devices or the external recorder from Sony - HVR-MRC1). Other good, low compression, formats include MXF (Canon and Sony) and DVCPro HD (Panasonic). None of the camcorders that support these formats are "under $2,000".
The Sony HVR-Z7 get you close but misses the budget. Same with the Canon EOS Cinema Cam. Black Magic Design might have something (if the features requirements are reduced).
Good luck!
You have not budgeted enough for the "prosumer video camera".
There is no "prosumer" camcorder with XLR inputs under $2,000. Use of an XLR adapter is required - no cable tails. So one of the units from BeachTek or juicedlink. We don't know which mics are planned - best if you get an XLR adapter that can supply phantom power.
There is no flash memory-based camcorder under $2,000 with a firewire port.
If the camcorder is far away on a camera crane, what is the purpose of the viewfinder?
Assuming "low light capable" = good, clear, low light, video capture, there is no camcorder less than $2,000 that has a large enough lens filter diameter (on built-in fixed lens mount) + LARGE 3CCD or 3CMOS imaging chip array (1/3 inch or larger).
"Tripod screws onboard camera"? Never heard of this. All camcorders and cameras from about $100 to about $5,000 use a 1/4"x20 tripod mounting screw supplied by the tripod manufacturers - not the camcorder manufacturers.
How can XLR mics be both required and "Not Required, but I would like them"?
There is no camcorder or camera with "dual battery inputs". There is a single battery + external power input from an external power source. Since you are running the LANC cable, run power, too. Another option is to have an optional rechargeable battery from the camcorder manufacturer charged and ready to go - When one is in use, the other is charging. Or you can get a "battery plate" see Anton Bauer - they make them for different cameras - the plate usually sits between the camera and tripod - or in your case, between the camera and crane "stage". Be sure the crane is rated for ALL the weight: camera, battery plate, cables, mic(s), light(s), anything else on the crane/jib. And keep in mind that the stand - tripod or whatever - holding the jib is rated to carry everything. It would be a bummer to watch the whole thing fall over because the weight rating for the crane and support was not taken into consideration.
The memory storage type is unimportant. The important part is the low-compression format that camcorder records... No AVCHD. There is no DV/HDV format camcorder under $2,000 that records to flash memory unless you include an external memory recording device (like the Vitec - Firestore devices or the external recorder from Sony - HVR-MRC1). Other good, low compression, formats include MXF (Canon and Sony) and DVCPro HD (Panasonic). None of the camcorders that support these formats are "under $2,000".
The Sony HVR-Z7 get you close but misses the budget. Same with the Canon EOS Cinema Cam. Black Magic Design might have something (if the features requirements are reduced).
Good luck!
What kind of video camera should I buy?
Erika
I have made a few documentary shorts with a point and shoot, Canon Powershot. They are on websites. I would like to improve quality, possibly even show it on a large screen. What do you recommend I purchase? I will be shooting two girls surfing, modeling, in plays, etc. I will also be interviewing the mom.
Answer
HD Camcorders and DSLR Cameras interpolate the video, which means of every 25 frames of video, 4 or 5 frames are taken by the lens assembly; the other frames in between these are filled in by the camcorder inner circuitry, thus giving you not true video. It looks like this -one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, from front to back of the video. Near impossible to edit, even when you have the Multi port processor computer with the big 1GB Graphics card and a Sound card that is required to edit, view, watch and work with the files these camcorders produce.
Consumer Level HD Camcorders and DSLR Cameras 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 and DSLR Cameras, 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 and DSLR Cameras 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 and DSLR Cameras. No event I have ever been to is that short. Either take multiple camcorders and DSLR Cameras or pack up with out getting the end of the event on video.
MiniDV is currently the most popular format for consumer digital camcorders. MiniDV camcorders are typically more affordable than their HDD and DVD counterparts. Each MiniDV tape will typically hold an hour of footage at normal recording speed and quality. MiniDV tapes are available for purchase at not only electronic and camera stores, but also at drugs stores and grocery stores, making them easy to find while your on vacation. There are literally hundreds of MiniDV camcorders available; both in standard and high-definition. And add the fact that to get a HD camcorder that could produce better video quality footage, one would have to spend in excess of $3500 for that camcorder that could produce higher quality video
http://simplevideoediting.com/learn/part1_camcorder_choices.htm
http://simplevideoediting.com/learn/part2_connect_camcorder.htm
http://usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/camcorders/consumer_camcorders/vixia_hv40#Overview
HD Camcorders and DSLR Cameras interpolate the video, which means of every 25 frames of video, 4 or 5 frames are taken by the lens assembly; the other frames in between these are filled in by the camcorder inner circuitry, thus giving you not true video. It looks like this -one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, from front to back of the video. Near impossible to edit, even when you have the Multi port processor computer with the big 1GB Graphics card and a Sound card that is required to edit, view, watch and work with the files these camcorders produce.
Consumer Level HD Camcorders and DSLR Cameras 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 and DSLR Cameras, 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 and DSLR Cameras 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 and DSLR Cameras. No event I have ever been to is that short. Either take multiple camcorders and DSLR Cameras or pack up with out getting the end of the event on video.
MiniDV is currently the most popular format for consumer digital camcorders. MiniDV camcorders are typically more affordable than their HDD and DVD counterparts. Each MiniDV tape will typically hold an hour of footage at normal recording speed and quality. MiniDV tapes are available for purchase at not only electronic and camera stores, but also at drugs stores and grocery stores, making them easy to find while your on vacation. There are literally hundreds of MiniDV camcorders available; both in standard and high-definition. And add the fact that to get a HD camcorder that could produce better video quality footage, one would have to spend in excess of $3500 for that camcorder that could produce higher quality video
http://simplevideoediting.com/learn/part1_camcorder_choices.htm
http://simplevideoediting.com/learn/part2_connect_camcorder.htm
http://usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/camcorders/consumer_camcorders/vixia_hv40#Overview
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