Q. I make ski movie shorts but this year I am making my first full length film. I have a pretty expensive consumer camcorder but I was not satisfied with its performance this past season. I need something professional, cheap, durable, fairly light weight, and easy to operate. I know I will have to compromise on some of these things - but do you have any suggestions?
A. What is your budget?
What are you planning to edit with and on?
"Cheap" is a relative term and means different things to different people.
Why weren't you satisfied with what you are using? It is difficult to know what issues we are trying to resolve.
Professional grade - to me - means:
Lens diameter: 72mm or larger
Imaging chip size: 1/4" or larger
XLR audio connectors
Lots of easy to reach manual controls (audio, zoom, focus, aperture, white balance, etc.) on the outside of the camcorder - not buried in the menu.
Prosumers (all of the above, but 1/8" audio in jack, not XLR):
Standard definition: Canon GL2
High Definition: Sony HDR-FX7, HDR-FX1000
Pro grade (meets all the above requirements):
Standard definition: Panasonic AG-DVX100, Canon XL2
High Definition: Sony HVR-Z1U, HVR-Z5U, HVR-Z7U (then they jump to the more expensive XDCAM and HDCAM families), Canon XH and XLH series, Panasonic AG-HVX200, HVX205, JVC GY-HM series.
All are larger than consumer-grade cameras - but all have fully automatic or fully manual settings - and variations in between.
What are you planning to edit with and on?
"Cheap" is a relative term and means different things to different people.
Why weren't you satisfied with what you are using? It is difficult to know what issues we are trying to resolve.
Professional grade - to me - means:
Lens diameter: 72mm or larger
Imaging chip size: 1/4" or larger
XLR audio connectors
Lots of easy to reach manual controls (audio, zoom, focus, aperture, white balance, etc.) on the outside of the camcorder - not buried in the menu.
Prosumers (all of the above, but 1/8" audio in jack, not XLR):
Standard definition: Canon GL2
High Definition: Sony HDR-FX7, HDR-FX1000
Pro grade (meets all the above requirements):
Standard definition: Panasonic AG-DVX100, Canon XL2
High Definition: Sony HVR-Z1U, HVR-Z5U, HVR-Z7U (then they jump to the more expensive XDCAM and HDCAM families), Canon XH and XLH series, Panasonic AG-HVX200, HVX205, JVC GY-HM series.
All are larger than consumer-grade cameras - but all have fully automatic or fully manual settings - and variations in between.
Whats the difference from Prosumer and Consumer?
Q. From what i understand an HD camera has better quality than a non HD. But somehow a prosumer camera without HD quality is worth more than non HD consumer camera.
What makes the prosumer camera worth it?
For the purposes of making a professional DVD to sell that includes medical rehabilitation exercises what type of camera would be best? (for as cheap as possible)
These exercises are things like a doctor moving around someones head with their hands indoors, not like jumping around exercise.
What makes the prosumer camera worth it?
For the purposes of making a professional DVD to sell that includes medical rehabilitation exercises what type of camera would be best? (for as cheap as possible)
These exercises are things like a doctor moving around someones head with their hands indoors, not like jumping around exercise.
A. Consumer camcorders have small lenses and small imaging chips. Mostly, they do not have an audio in jack (some do), and if they do have a mic in jack it is 1/8" (3.5mm) stereo only. Manual controls are difficult to get to - if they are available... and there is typically no manual audio control.
Prosumers start with manual audio control, have an audio in (stereo) 1/8" mic jack... Some even use XLR connectors for audio-in... and can have larger lenses and bigger imaging chips (allows for better low-light capture characteristics). Manual controls are easier to get to and use.
Pro grade have big lenses, big imaging chips, everything can be manual or auto (audio, zoom, exposure/iris, shutter, focus, etc) XLR audio connectors and 1/8" mic-in...
Typical high-end consumer: Canon HV20, HV30, Sony HDR-HC7, HDR-HC9
Typical prosumer standard definition: Canon GL2, Sony DCR-VX2100, Panasonic DVX100B
Typical prosumer or low-end pro high definition: Canon XHA1, Sony HDR-A1U, HDR-FX1, HDR-FX7,
Typical end pro-grade: Panasonic HVX200, Sony HVR-V1U, HVR-Z1U...
There are others, but this is a place to start.
For what you say you want to do, I would stay in the "Typical prosumer or low-end pro high definition" category. This is because theses camcorders can shoot in standard definition and high definition...
The camera is only part of the equation - tripod, crane, mics, lighting, makeup, wardrobe, editing, experience... there is lots more that goes into making pro-grade video... but the first step is to start with decent equipment.
Prosumers start with manual audio control, have an audio in (stereo) 1/8" mic jack... Some even use XLR connectors for audio-in... and can have larger lenses and bigger imaging chips (allows for better low-light capture characteristics). Manual controls are easier to get to and use.
Pro grade have big lenses, big imaging chips, everything can be manual or auto (audio, zoom, exposure/iris, shutter, focus, etc) XLR audio connectors and 1/8" mic-in...
Typical high-end consumer: Canon HV20, HV30, Sony HDR-HC7, HDR-HC9
Typical prosumer standard definition: Canon GL2, Sony DCR-VX2100, Panasonic DVX100B
Typical prosumer or low-end pro high definition: Canon XHA1, Sony HDR-A1U, HDR-FX1, HDR-FX7,
Typical end pro-grade: Panasonic HVX200, Sony HVR-V1U, HVR-Z1U...
There are others, but this is a place to start.
For what you say you want to do, I would stay in the "Typical prosumer or low-end pro high definition" category. This is because theses camcorders can shoot in standard definition and high definition...
The camera is only part of the equation - tripod, crane, mics, lighting, makeup, wardrobe, editing, experience... there is lots more that goes into making pro-grade video... but the first step is to start with decent equipment.
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