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What camera to get? HELP!
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okay so my budget would be around 600. Ive done a bunch of skiing filming but not with the best of cameras. So im not too familiar with a lot of manual settings etc. But I would like to learn to use some not too complicated manual settings. I have a tripod and a crappy kenko fisheye lens I got on ebay for my old jvc everio hard drive camcorder. I will be mostly shooting skiing. But may film some skateboarding and experimental nature type shots. I would like to be able to have my friends film with it with not too much trouble. (My friends wouldn't be totally stupid about using a camera) I will be doing follow cams, tripod filming and freehand shots. I have a macbook with 2 gigs ram and a 120gb hard drive and 2ghz intel core 2 duo. I just got final cut express 4.0 and im just learning so thats what i'll be using. Please respond asap for +K thanks so much!
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Thanks ill check it out, any other suggestions ?
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Well for 600 you're not going to be able to get much. You could get a gopro, but if you actually wanna use a real camera, a hv30 would be best and about 500-600 bucks.
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watch the B/S forum. there was a guy selling one a couple days ago for cheap w/ extras.
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to correct my post i meant the S/T forum
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thanks, what about the other canon vixia cameras? or the hv20 or hv40? what makes the hv30 best?
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dude honestly not trying to single you out but this question gets asked very much. search the info on google if need be. you can probably find comparisons very easily. I know asking NS is always helpful but this question is one that gets asked often.
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Yeah ive been trying but I figured this was the best place to relate to ski filming. Thanks for all the help anyway I'll probably get one of the cheaper high def canon vixias, sound good ?
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