Ok so my friend lost his camera and set up and wants to buy a new one. I tried to answer all the questions from the sticky thread for him as he doesnt have a ns account.
let me know if there is anything else I need to answer!
thanks in advanced!
$500 to start out with. more in the future
2) What experience do you already have with cameras? Have you ever even used one before? Have you helped your friend out with his camera? Have you owned your own?
2) What experience do you already have with cameras? Have you ever even used one before? Have you helped your friend out with his camera? Have you owned your own?
He owned a sony .ans
3) What gear, if any, do you currently have? (tripod, old camera lenses, mics, etc)
3) What gear, if any, do you currently have? (tripod, old camera lenses, mics, etc)
He left all of his stuff ontop of his car and drove off. so everything he had is gone.
4) What are you planning to shoot and how do you want to use your camera? Are you going to use this with the sole purpose of shooting skiing? or do you think you might try other stuff as well (movies, documentaries, short films, etc)
4) What are you planning to shoot and how do you want to use your camera? Are you going to use this with the sole purpose of shooting skiing? or do you think you might try other stuff as well (movies, documentaries, short films, etc)
80% skiing 20% other stuff
5) Do you want a camera that you can hand to your friends, that could or could not have film experience, and let them shoot you? or will you be doing all the filming?
he will be doing most of the filming
6) When filming skiing, how do you tend to shoot? (follow cams, leave it on record on a tripod and hike, film from a tripod, etc)
6) When filming skiing, how do you tend to shoot? (follow cams, leave it on record on a tripod and hike, film from a tripod, etc)
follow cams mostly
7) What computer do you currently have/use to edit (if not currently editing, what would you most likely use)? If you can provide specifics, such as hard drive space, RAM, processor size, that would be great.
7) What computer do you currently have/use to edit (if not currently editing, what would you most likely use)? If you can provide specifics, such as hard drive space, RAM, processor size, that would be great.
he has a computer dedicated to editing pretty much... not sure about RAM but I will find out later
8) What program do you currently edit on? How familiar are you with it (1- just learning; 10- I can make tutorials and know the keyboard layout)
He uses studio 12
