I’m currently on the look out for a Professional camcorder (Not Hand-held!).. It needs to record high quality footage and such..
Can anyone recommend a website or a specific camera for me that is of a good price?
Thankyou.
I need to create a short promotional video, its going to essentially be an interview at a desk/office setting. I need some tips on making the video look as professional as possible. To start, I’ll be using a handheld HD camcorder mounted on a tripod. I’m just looking for any tips or suggestions on everything from lighting, to staging, to editing. Thank you!
My friends and I are looking to make an amateur, low-budget film. We’re only 16, and we need a new camcorder. The ones we’ve been using are generic ones that don’t look very good when the videos are posted. I’ve looked online, and professional camcorders seem to be $3,000+, which is obviously out of our league. Are there any professional camcorders in the lower price range? Or maybe some consumer camcorders that have good quality?
I am transferring my videos from Canon Z60 mini DV camcorder using FIREWIRE 1394 port and Windows Movie Maker. When I watch the same video by connecting the camcorder directly to TV via AV port, the quality of videos is very good. But when I transfer the videos to my PC, using firewire port and windows movie maker, I just receive a resolution of 320×240 pixels. This is very poor resolution. Is their any other form of transferring the Videos from mini DV cassettes to PC, keeping the QUALITY of the videos? Will using any other professional Video software while transferring will help? Do somebody know which FORMAT windows movie maker save the video in? Is is MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 for anyother format?
I want to achieve more than the home video look, so any readily available software and possibly a list of some camcorders that could help me achieve a more professional look…….
I have an old JVC camcorder and I set out to make a short film, upon finishing when I uploaded to Adobe premiere, I selected the best format, the DV 24fph format. So, when I view it on a bigger screen, there are all these lines and pixels and poor quality that makes it look like someone enlarged a youtube video with the TV screen on to the big screen. I was told that DV camcorders can’t produce HD quality footage when uploading to PC, so is there no way to have DV camcoreders footage to look like it was HD?
Can i shoot the entire film in my old Camcorder and then borrow a professional HD camera from somewhere and use the tape with the camcorder footage and upload to my pc through the HD camera? Or will the footage and quality remain the same no matter what kind of camera I upload it from because it was shot on my old JVC camera?
I need help…
I’ve tried it on Sony Vegas and I have the IEEE 1394 Firewire USB port, but it’s not working. Maybe I’m choosing wrong formats. I need help, step by step help. I’d really appreciate it, thanks
im want to buy a camera that i can shoot and edit quality movies with. I need to be able to use it for work and for family use.this would be an investment for me, so im not to concerned with the initial cost.any advice ?
Okay, so I need an answer ASAP! I’m a professional cameraman from the LA area and I’ve recently been under contract work from an adult film company. Up until now my arsenal of recording equipment has suited all of the company’s desires outstandingly, but now they want me to work on something I’ve never dealt with before. They sent me an address and told me to prepare for outdoor lighting, but when I arrived to the set I was shocked to see a young lady having intercourse with a horse! After the initial shock, I remembered how much the job paid and began to set up my equipment, but I soon realized that I didn’t have a wide enough lens to accommodate the horse’s “endowment”, so we had to reschedule, hence why I need an answer so soon. In addition to my original question, I’d like to add that it’d be best if the camera was not HD like my other cameras, because otherwise the clients and my bosses would be able to count every wrinkle on the animal. My price range is up to $5,000. And yes, I swear this a real question. I’d normally just ask my industry buddies, but none of them have ever needed a camera that meets the sheer expectations of width, quality and affordability that I need. Any suggestions are welcome, because I’m frankly stumped. I don’t mean to beat a dead horse, so to speak, but I really do need answers as quick as possible!
Now almost anyone can get a great quality video camera for cheap and shoot professional-looking short films. It may not be Panavision but technology continues to improve and before you know it they’ll make cheap video cameras with that quality that anyone can use!
A good miniDV camcorder by Canon or Sony is what you need. The high price is well worth it for the quality of a $100 camera is for amateurs. A camera is only half though. The other half of it is getting the lighting and audio right. A camera with a microphone port would be a good idea because external microphones have much better sound quality and don’t record the clanks of the zoom control and other workings of the camera.
