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Best Skateboarding Camera....?

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JakeMusser
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Anyone who skates and likes to film, give some info about your camera. Was it worth the money? Plus fisheyes.

May 31 2008 3:29PM
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Ronix
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The most professionally used camera is probably a vx1k or vx2k with a death lens.
May 31 2008 3:35PM
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Snowcase
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There is no best camera. Go to skateperception.com and look around. It's a website for skate videography and photography.
May 31 2008 3:35PM
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alev
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get one of those 'red' cameras. theyre like 15k but pretty sweet
May 31 2008 4:12PM
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eheath
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Horrible suggestion. Do you realize that anyone, even someone that uses a gl2 or vk2100 would absolutely shit themselves if they got a red camera? Shit is not easy to use at all let alone even practical for an amateur filmer...
May 31 2008 4:27PM
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Ben.
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vx1k and 2k are the most used. or at least were. now people are stepping it up to hd though
May 31 2008 4:39PM
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statuswhitegirl
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vx2000 or vx2100
May 31 2008 4:43PM
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Ronix
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ya, alot of people are filming with panasonic dvx100's these days
May 31 2008 5:02PM
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spliff.Life
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i made this with a 200$ sony handicam that takes mini DVs and a 20$ wide angle
               
a few days with josh ruybal from Henry Schulz on Vimeo.
May 31 2008 8:15PM
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steezyjibber
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nice
May 31 2008 8:19PM
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gnustreetfool
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that shit was dope what did you edit with ??
May 31 2008 8:27PM
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DAMICO
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exactly.... or maybe canon xl1 / xl2
Jun 1 2008 12:19AM
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Snowcase
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Those would be terrible cameras for filming skating. 50% of the shots are follows cams and you definitely don't want to be lugging those around all day.
Jun 1 2008 12:26AM
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bigwhite.steeze
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man i've just been seein you harsh hatin in a few threads now...if you don't have anything productive to say just dont post...
Jun 1 2008 2:38AM
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mmallender.
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wow so youve obviously never filmed skating, and apparently never been able to compare a poorly filmed skate video and a well filmed video...
Jun 1 2008 3:00AM
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eheath
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It a way, i feel this is how most am skate filming is, redic fish eye with shitty viggnette, always a follow cam or some kind of redic close show and the zoom-pan seems to be very popular is most sports and it pisses me off usually when i see it. But the truth is most am skiing/snowboarding filming is similar, usually a follow cam or some standard tripod shot. But i dunno i kind of agree with you but kind of disagree too.
Jun 1 2008 3:10AM
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CJHski
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I agree with the VX.... but go with your own style, dont get a death or any fisheye, a fisheye nice sometimes...but a death/fisheye is way to common in skate film, go with your own style.
Jun 1 2008 5:55AM
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SK1ERDUDE
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RED camera
Jun 1 2008 10:23AM
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spliff.Life
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sony vegas
Jun 1 2008 11:15AM
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JakeMusser
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What about a GL2 w/ Death lens?
Jun 1 2008 12:22PM
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Ben.
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go watch fully flared. that will shut you up fast
Jun 1 2008 6:07PM
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leckett1
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You pretty much summed up what everyone who knows nothing about filming does. It's hard to film skateboarding well and takes skill. If I told you to film me skateboarding I know you'd do a shitty job so please don't be a hypocrite
Jun 1 2008 6:20PM
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kfilenda
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canon hv20 or hv30
Jun 1 2008 6:32PM
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JakeMusser
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Jun 1 2008 7:28PM
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eheath
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Once again, horrible suggestion.
Jun 1 2008 7:34PM
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tBatt
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how did you do the mask in the first shot so its in the car mirror? (i used vegas as well)
Jun 1 2008 8:58PM
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Ben.
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wow congrats you know how to use a dolly. that was a long lens shot like in any movie. fisheyes make since for skate photography, its the easiest way to film lines and it makes shit look bigger than it really is. i have never seen unprofessional filming in a pro skate movie. sure it might not look like a ski movie but the budget is different too. just because you think your hot shit with a camera (i really dont care if you are or arent those 2 shots dont really mean anything) doesnt mean you need to hate on it. the kid asked for a camera suggestion, not for you to tell him that skate filming is retarded.
Jun 1 2008 9:12PM
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AntifreezeSteeze
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and your gonna tell me you hate this intro to fully flared because ty evans isnt in it?
Jun 1 2008 9:13PM
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Ben.
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dude... ty filmed that....
Jun 1 2008 9:15PM
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AntifreezeSteeze
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dry humor bro...
Jun 1 2008 9:20PM
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Ben.
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im gonna go back to the unprofessional filming. if every pro film is using it, how is it unprofessional. fisheyes are the simplest way to film lines. they look fine, you can see fine.
Jun 1 2008 9:29PM
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ThaLetterM.
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i use a vx2100 with a homemade dolly and a homemade crane both made for under 20$.
Jun 1 2008 9:36PM
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Ben.
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i agree that there could be some more variety, but i dont think the fisheye is the worst thing to happen to skateboarding. the long lens/tripod is already used , it has been for years. cranes and dollies, like anything else, can be overused. they are cool but they shouldnt be used TOO much. and cablecams.... idk how that would work in skateboarding, most spots just wouldnt facilitate it.
Jun 1 2008 10:41PM
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mommy
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i highly recommend purchasing the sony sk8rcam300. it doesn't use batteries; it runs on mountain dew and the sheer fact that skateboarding is not a crime!
Jun 1 2008 11:02PM
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spliff.Life
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if its only one clip use event pant/crop
if its a ton of clips (like what i did) use track motion 
and put a feathered border on
and to make it look like a projection use bump map in videofx
Jun 1 2008 11:05PM
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tonyaa
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im going to go with the sony vx21000 with a deathlens
Jun 1 2008 11:08PM
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