Here is the fill out just in case:
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? $1500 right away, more money in the future (don't know yet)
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? I don't have a ton of experience, I've filmed with my friends sony dslr, but I know most of the basics and I've been practicing on manuel on a canon g10 for a long time. I will also put in the effort to learn. I currently film on a combination of gopro, canon vixia HF m31 and have filmed a little bit with a sony DSLR.
2) What gear, if any, do you currently have? (tripod, old camera lenses, mics, etc) I own a tripod, some mics, old vintage lenses (that im selling) and an x-grip.
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) I'll primarily be shooting skiing, but I definitely want to try filming other things as well (summer edits and skating) and short films if I take the class in school. Also I want to get into taking stills.
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 have a friend who will also be filming with my setup, but he has a little more experience than me and would also be willing to learn.
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) A mixture of all typed but follow cams are the most fun for me. I want to experiment with different shots/angles though.
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. Well right now for videos I have an '09 macbook pro, and two external 1 tb hardrives. I think it has an i3 but could have an i5 and 8 gigs of ram.
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) FCE and probably like 8, I want to upgrade to FCP soon though.
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1) Do you think you might consider using a DSLR? yes
2) Do you have any knowledge about the HDSLRS? not sure
3) Do you know the limitations to using HDSLRS? nope
4) Are you willing to take the time to learn about a DSLR, and how to shoot with manual lenses? yes
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? I don't have a ton of experience, I've filmed with my friends sony dslr, but I know most of the basics and I've been practicing on manuel on a canon g10 for a long time. I will also put in the effort to learn. I currently film on a combination of gopro, canon vixia HF m31 and have filmed a little bit with a sony DSLR.
2) What gear, if any, do you currently have? (tripod, old camera lenses, mics, etc) I own a tripod, some mics, old vintage lenses (that im selling) and an x-grip.
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) I'll primarily be shooting skiing, but I definitely want to try filming other things as well (summer edits and skating) and short films if I take the class in school. Also I want to get into taking stills.
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 have a friend who will also be filming with my setup, but he has a little more experience than me and would also be willing to learn.
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) A mixture of all typed but follow cams are the most fun for me. I want to experiment with different shots/angles though.
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. Well right now for videos I have an '09 macbook pro, and two external 1 tb hardrives. I think it has an i3 but could have an i5 and 8 gigs of ram.
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) FCE and probably like 8, I want to upgrade to FCP soon though.
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1) Do you think you might consider using a DSLR? yes
2) Do you have any knowledge about the HDSLRS? not sure
3) Do you know the limitations to using HDSLRS? nope
4) Are you willing to take the time to learn about a DSLR, and how to shoot with manual lenses? yes
Once again thanks NS, and sorry to clog up the M&A section with more "what camera" threads but I really need the help. Thanks!
