What cheap video camera for music video and short movies? - Gearslutz.com Gearslutz.com
 


All Advertisers
Services Directory Reviews Jobs Deal Zone Merchandise Marketplace Music Biz Articles Video Vault Tips & Techniques
Go Back   Gearslutz.com > The Forums > Post Production forum! > Video Production and Post-Production
Reload this Page What cheap video camera for music video and short movies?
Register Posting Guidelines Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Chat Room [3]

What cheap video camera for music video and short movies?
Topic: New Reply New Reply Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 29th September 2012   #1
Lives for gear
 
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 2,147

Thread Starter
What cheap video camera for music video and short movies?
Hello

I've seen today you can buy Full HD video camera for like 200 euros, and I was thinking to get one to start making some videos

I'd like to get something with a nice optics, I don't care about features I'd like to get the best acquisition quality I can get, then I'll use softwares to manipulate it

I'd like a camera that represent all nuances of colors, not ultra hyped where all the colors seems like solid colors and with a good, capable, zoom

Do you have any suggestion?

Also what between CCD and CMOS? Which is preferrable?

Thanks
__________________
Honest communication is always unique and original. (bob olhsson)

I think the growing availability of presets in synths started to make musicians lazy: they were so amazed at what they could use, they stopped thinking if they should.
André
(andychamp)

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep"
--Scott Adams
elan is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 30th September 2012   #2
Gear nut
 
Joined: Oct 2003
Location: Chatsworth, CA
Posts: 89

The Canon EOS-7D doesn't suck too much, especially for the price ($1700 from most dealers).
MusicTrax is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 30th September 2012   #3
Lives for gear
 
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 1,309

you might get more answers on a camera forum. this one is for audio post and we ususally deal with the insanely crappy audio coming from these cheap cameras.
apple-q is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 30th September 2012   #4
Lives for gear
 
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 2,147

Thread Starter
1700 isn't my idea of cheap

I know sorry, but I don't know any forum about video and so I thought.. why not ask to GS

Thanks anyway
elan is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 30th September 2012   #5
Gear addict
 
Joined: Aug 2007
What's your budget? Feature films have even been shot on mobile phones.

Make sure you set aside some cash for sound recording as well.
ThisIsSka is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 30th September 2012   #6
Gear addict
 
Joined: Feb 2010
Location: Australia
Posts: 347

Nikon D3200?
adamboon is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 30th September 2012   #7
Lives for gear
 
Vytis's Avatar
 
Joined: Jan 2009
Location: Vilnius
Posts: 502

The Nikon or something like Canon EOS 600D/500D/550D.
Vytis is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 1st October 2012   #8
Lives for gear
 
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 2,147

Thread Starter
I was talking about cheap video camera not expensive photo camera, as I wrote in the first post, I've seen cheap video camera at around 2/300 euros, full HD, and that was the category I had in mind, not something around 1k or more

About the audio I'm already set, I'm just looking for a video camera

Thank you
elan is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 2nd October 2012   #9
Lives for gear
 
cane creek's Avatar
 
Joined: Feb 2006
Location: Middlesbrough , UK
Posts: 2,470

What about the GoPro hero2 , you can strap in to your head whilst filming music videos.
The sound quality is crap but the picture quality is good when balanced with cost.
cane creek is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 2nd October 2012   #10
Gear addict
 
Joined: Aug 2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by cane creek View Post
What about the GoPro hero2 , you can strap in to your head whilst filming music videos.
The sound quality is crap but the picture quality is good when balanced with cost.
These are pretty rocking cameras. They're fun as hell.
ThisIsSka is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 14th November 2012   #11
Gear interested
 
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 5

GoPro Hero 3 Silver Live Band sample 720p - YouTube

These cameras look great when not in a low light situation, they're really good for filming in small spaces because the lens is incredibly wide
SleepyMellow is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 15th November 2012   #12
Lives for gear
 
Thomas W. Bethe's Avatar
 
Joined: Jan 2005
Location: Oberlin, Ohio
Posts: 4,161

Your wants are kind of polar opposites. You want a cheap camera with good optics. Ain't going to happen. Good glass comes at a price. Most 200 to 300 euro camera have plastic lens to keep the cost down.

Find a used HD video camera and go from there.

Buy from someone like B&H Photo so you know what you will be getting. All their cameras have been checked over and they offer a return policy.

Best of luck!
__________________
-TOM-

Thomas W. Bethel
Managing Director
Acoustik Musik, Ltd.
Room with a View Productions
Oberlin, OH 44074
www.acoustikmusik.com

Doing what you love is freedom.
Loving what you do is happiness.

Celebrating 18 years in the mastering business in 2013
Thomas W. Bethe is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 15th November 2012   #13
Lives for gear
 
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 2,147

Thread Starter
I got a panasonic hc-v100, I find it is quite good compared to the other brands in that price range

Thanks
elan is offline  
Reply With Quote
New Reply New Reply Submit Thread to Facebook Facebook  Submit Thread to Twitter Twitter  Submit Thread to LinkedIn LinkedIn 

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Similar Threads
Thread Thread starter Forum Replies Last Post
Can someone recommend a DV camera? Renie Remote Possibilities in Acoustic Music & Location Recording 16 3rd March 2012 01:44 AM
camera for remote van to see stage? valleysound Remote Possibilities in Acoustic Music & Location Recording 10 8th July 2008 01:19 AM
What kind of PTZ camera setup do you use? jazzbutcher Remote Possibilities in Acoustic Music & Location Recording 18 28th November 2007 09:32 AM
Video camera cable to remote truck foldback Remote Possibilities in Acoustic Music & Location Recording 4 22nd February 2007 01:52 PM
Music on British TV from US movies pitched up????? londontown Remote Possibilities in Acoustic Music & Location Recording 19 18th January 2006 09:46 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 05:59 PM.

Home - Search Forum - Contact Us - Terms Of Use / Privacy Policy - Advertise on Gearslutz - All Advertisers - Top
 
 
Powered by vBulletin®
Gearslutz.com LTD - UK Company Number 7597610.
Registered Office - 35 Ballards Lane, London, N3 1XW.
Hosted by Nimbus Hosting.

By using this site, you agree to our use of cookies.

SEO by vBSEO ©2011, Crawlability, Inc.