Russ Hazard
August 28th, 2007, 05:41 AM
Hi!
I am buying my first camera and planning my first documentaries. I am an anthropology student and plan to travel with it and use it under a variety or reasonably challenging circumstances (I say this to differentiate it from filming where you control the environment all the time, such as indoors and well lit). At least initially, I will be doing my own editing just using computers. I don't have a big budget.
I am strongly considering getting a used DVX100. From the research I have done, it sounds like a good overall choice for someone like me in terms of ruggedness, quality of picture, and so on. It is a little bigger than most handhelds and would seem to offer more stability for shooting off the tripod.
I wanted to see if anyone had anything to say or suggest. For the money, I also considered the JVC Everio. It's size and high definition are bonuses, but I am concerned that it will be very difficult to do off tripod shooting without shake as it is so small. Also, I keep reading about the differences between video and the "film like" feel of the 24p shooting of the DVX. I can buy one of these new and have a little left over.
Finally, there is the Panasonic DVC-20 which is shoulder mounted (that seems to be a bonus for what want) but does not have the quality of picture that the Everio has, nor the 24p shooting ability of the DVX. I can buy one of these new.
As of right now, I am leaning toward the used DVX. Does anybody have any advice?
Thank you for your time,
Russ
I am buying my first camera and planning my first documentaries. I am an anthropology student and plan to travel with it and use it under a variety or reasonably challenging circumstances (I say this to differentiate it from filming where you control the environment all the time, such as indoors and well lit). At least initially, I will be doing my own editing just using computers. I don't have a big budget.
I am strongly considering getting a used DVX100. From the research I have done, it sounds like a good overall choice for someone like me in terms of ruggedness, quality of picture, and so on. It is a little bigger than most handhelds and would seem to offer more stability for shooting off the tripod.
I wanted to see if anyone had anything to say or suggest. For the money, I also considered the JVC Everio. It's size and high definition are bonuses, but I am concerned that it will be very difficult to do off tripod shooting without shake as it is so small. Also, I keep reading about the differences between video and the "film like" feel of the 24p shooting of the DVX. I can buy one of these new and have a little left over.
Finally, there is the Panasonic DVC-20 which is shoulder mounted (that seems to be a bonus for what want) but does not have the quality of picture that the Everio has, nor the 24p shooting ability of the DVX. I can buy one of these new.
As of right now, I am leaning toward the used DVX. Does anybody have any advice?
Thank you for your time,
Russ