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?
Maybe $2000? I'm honestly not sure, it would be a gift. If I can get a good setup for $1000 or $1500 that would be favorable.
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?
Not a ton, I guess the majority of my experience comes from helping some friends out with filming/editing with their stuff.
2) What gear, if any, do you currently have? (tripod, old camera lenses, mics, etc)
2) What gear, if any, do you currently have? (tripod, old camera lenses, mics, etc)
Nothin.
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)
Really interested in filming all kinds of stuff, other than just skiing. I would probably start off with skiing and expand into other areas.
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 guess it depends on how much filming experience the friend has/how much I can trust them.
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)
Again, not too experienced filming, but I watch tons of edits and feel like I have a good idea of what I would do. I feel like the majority of my shots would be filming from a tripod and the minority would be follow cam shots.
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)
Again, not too experienced filming, but I watch tons of edits and feel like I have a good idea of what I would do. I feel like the majority of my shots would be filming from a tripod and the minority would be follow cam shots.
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.
I have a Mac and a PC that I can use, I've used IMovie, that's about it. I have a Macbook Pro and an HP Pavilion g7, I have no idea what its specs are. I think the laptop was less than $500, so idk how good it would be, but if possible id like to be able to edit from this considering that it's mine and the Macbook is my sisters that I currently steal when I'm editing.
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)
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)
I'd call myself like a 4/10 on Imovie and a 0 on everything else. I'd really like to be able to edit from a software other than IMovie.
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If someone could give me a basic idea of what any of this shit means, that'd be appreciated.
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?
