Need help buying a new Camera

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1) What is your budget? How much money can you spend right away, and do you think you can get more money to invest 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 gear, if any, do you currently have? (tripod, old camera lenses, mics, 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)

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?

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)

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 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)

---------------------------Optional Section, for those seeking a more intensive upgrade/purchase------------------------
1) Do you think you might consider using a DSLR?

2) Do you have any knowledge about the HDSLRS?

3) Do you know the limitations to using HDSLRS?

4) Are you willing to take the time to learn about a DSLR, and how to shoot with manual lenses?

5) Again, 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?

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what this guy ^^ said. sorry should have directed you towards the sticky.

1. 400 and could maybe get up to 500 but would take a while

2. I have gopro but want better for stills and good with filming too

3. Gopro tons of mounts tripod and nothing else

4. A lot of skiing pics and vids, trampin pics, everyday pictures and random vids

5. all my friends have film experience so i wouldnt give it to a friend with no experience

6. follow cam, stand in place, tripod

shit sory

7. mac and pc

8. i movie hd   1-10 10 and avs video editor 1-10 3




other stuff

1 yes

2 no

3 no

4 yes deffently

5 no i dont i will film most of the time and the one other kid whom id let use it know how to film

In that price range look into point and shoots with hd video.

This shoots 1080 60p http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/750018-REG/Sony_DSCHX100V_B_DSC_HX100V_Digital_Still_Camera.html

This will be good for pictures and shoots 1080 30p only http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/749739-REG/Fujifilm_16113421_Finepix_HS20EXR_Digital_Camera.html

I have heard good things about this too. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/750020-REG/Sony_DSCHX9V_B_DSC_HX7V_Digital_Still_Camera.html

i like the sony (1st one) but whats the difference between 30p and 60p

Video is just a series of photos and this determines how many are taken each second. 30p=~30fps 60p=~60fps. When shooting sports it's better to shoot at 60

60p is good for slow motion

i know what fps is i didnt know what p is

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p=~fps

60p=59.957(ish)fps

the p stands for progressive. it basically means each frame is a full picture as opposed to i which stands for interlaced in which each frame is composed of lines that are staggered. look on google for more.

k thanks man

Since you want to do stills as well as video, an advanced point and shoot like the guy above recommended might be your best bet. I've never used one so I can't say how good the video from that Sony is but the pictures will be great.

thanks man k+ for all you

if you want to be focusing mainly on videos, Id recommend an HV20 instead of those point and shoots

it looks pretty nice

thanks man im gonna get that sony

Before you get it I am not sure if it is all auto when shooting video.

???/ what do you mean?

I mean i dont know if it is auto shutter, auto white balance, auto iris, auto gain, and or autofocus. I would assume its not all auto but i am not sure.

oh i dont care i can chage it but also does any one know a 400$ dslr camera?

You should care. He means if it can't be manual your video won't look that good. Try the camera out at a store before buying. The HV series would be the best option for video but no pictures will come out of it that looks half decent.

I believe the t2i is like $440 or something through the clp but that is without glass.

You can't get a dslr setup for 400 or anywhere even close to that

k thanks