Pete Cofrancesco
April 17th, 2006, 10:31 PM
I have a feeling this question gets asked a lot but hope you bear with me because it's really important for me. I need a basic setup to video performances. I had person who wants me to video her dance recital in June so I want an in expensive setup for around $1,000 because I'm only planning on doing this part time. I have an acquaintance who's a videographer so I want to simulate his setup at a lower price. His set up:
Tripod: He has a big tripod that can straddle at chairs in an auditorium or setup in the rear or balcony. It has plenty of hight to view over heads of the audience and remain stable.
Video monitor: places this on mid level support or uses bungee chords to hang it in the middle of tripod legs. allowing him to monitor the framing while sitting.
Long arms and varizoom like controller: to allow him to pan and zoom from sitting position since the camera is often high up.
So far the equipment I've come up with is:
$784 Bogen 525 mvb = 503 head + 3460 2-stage legs
$300 varizoom
$000??? monitor (i think i have b/w monitor i can use)
I'm pretty sure the bogen 503 is the best priced head for me but I'm not sure what legs would be suitable for video performances.
Tripod: He has a big tripod that can straddle at chairs in an auditorium or setup in the rear or balcony. It has plenty of hight to view over heads of the audience and remain stable.
Video monitor: places this on mid level support or uses bungee chords to hang it in the middle of tripod legs. allowing him to monitor the framing while sitting.
Long arms and varizoom like controller: to allow him to pan and zoom from sitting position since the camera is often high up.
So far the equipment I've come up with is:
$784 Bogen 525 mvb = 503 head + 3460 2-stage legs
$300 varizoom
$000??? monitor (i think i have b/w monitor i can use)
I'm pretty sure the bogen 503 is the best priced head for me but I'm not sure what legs would be suitable for video performances.