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?
Budget is $3000-$5000 right away. Could prob invest a grand or 2 in 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 ow
I have alot of experience with cameras, and have owned a few of my own.
2) What gear, if any, do you currently have? (tripod, old camera lenses, mics, etc)
Current setup is T2i, Tam 17-50, Azden SMX-10, few primes.
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)
Basically I want it to very very versatile and be able to shoot with ease in most scenarios.
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?
I will 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)
It's not necessarily for skiing
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.
My computer can handle anything
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)
Just got CS5.5 recently on PC still adjusting but learning quickly
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1) Do you think you might consider using a DSLR?
Sure
2) Do you have any knowledge about the HDSLRS?
Yep, lots
3) Do you know the limitations to using HDSLRS?
yep
4) Are you willing to take the time to learn about a DSLR, and how to shoot with manual lenses?
Already know how to.
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 ?
I will be doing all the filming.
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Basically my friend is buying me a 3 grand - 5 grand video camera. Could be a dslr or a video camera (although i'd prob prefer a vid cam, doesn't matter that much though...) I have a very good amount of experience already with video cameras, and dslrs. I just want some suggestions because I've never really bought any camera from this high of a price range. I also want a variety of accessories with this camera, so essentially 3-5k is how much I can spend on the entire kit. I'm also willing to learn anything I need to so don't hesitate suggesting cameras you think may be too difficult. Thanks! K+ for serious help! I'm also not necessarily stuck on a certain brand but I do know canon the most...
