Howdy - I've owned camcorders since I was a kid. I shot a lot of ski videos with my friends in my teens. I even work in video production now, mainly on the pre and post production side. Coworkers tell me I understand what makes a good shot. I have freelanced doing editing, motion design, and color correction. But for the fucking life of me I can never understand how aperture, shutter speed, and ISO work together in practice. I can never seem to take a good photo for the life of me.
Anyways, I'd like to start shooting skiing again and I'm looking for a new video camera that fits my needs.
Friends have recommended the ZV-E1 but it looks a little too vloggy and cinematic for me.
I've been following the recent thread on the cameras Magma shoot on because I love their style.
1) What is your budget? $2K tops
2) What experience do you already have with cameras? I've owned camcorders my whole life but never done a deep dive and become and expert.
2) What gear, if any, do you currently have? Camcorder circa 2011 that rocks and has been treating me right recently but has bad quality and no stabilization. Hilariously, I use a FX3 at work but I feel so out of my element using it.
4) What are you planning to shoot and how do you want to use your camera? I'd like to shoot skiing, but also just fun shots around the neighborhood and in my yard.
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? This will primarily be my camera.
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) Follow cam and handheld.
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've got a powerful setup for work that can handle pretty much 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) Premiere Pro. I have used it for years. I feel very comfortable in it.
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