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by: Schaefer11 November 22, 2012 8:56 AM PST

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Recommendations for Semi Pro Camera

by Schaefer11 - 11/22/12 8:56 AM

Looking for recommendations for a good Video Camera
in the range of $1500 to $2000.
We are very new to all this video camera stuff and have a lot of learning in front of us, but we are willing to learn.
We will be using this for interviews and recording races at a local dirt car race track.
Just a clip of things are wanting to do are in this link
https://www.dirtondirt.com/video.php?watch=4350
A lot of the recording will take place at night with not much lighting at all.
We will be using Adobe premier to do editing, if we can learn any of it (looks complicated).
And we are not opposed to buying used from reputable sources.
Hopefully our hopes are not to high.
Thanks for any help in advance.


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What have you found in your price range?

by boya84 - 11/26/12 5:59 AM

In Reply to: Recommendations for Semi Pro Camera by Schaefer11

Does your budget include mics and video lights (for the interview)?

Low light and good video capture behavior = large lens diameter and large imaging chip (to let light in and to process the available light).

Thank you for letting us know the editing software. Can you provide any information on the computer hardware to be used for editing? Does it have a firewire or IEEE1394 port? How much RAM and available hard disc drive space? Are you willing to invest in an external hard disc drive? What are your plans for the video a year, 3, 5 or 10 from now - or is it just discarded after editing and posting?

The video to which you provided the example link was standard definition video in 4:3 aspect ratio. Is that what you want?

Space looks challenging. Keeping steady looks like a priority.


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