Rock Concert Shoot

Scott Jaco · June 3rd, 2007, 02:06 AM

Why not just use 4 HD100's? That solves all your problems right there.

Also, why not hire videographers with their own gear instead of renting their cameras for them. It may be more cost effective than you think.

Stephan Ahonen · June 3rd, 2007, 06:35 AM

Hmm, I tried crunching some numbers and I guess I can see how you can get to $4k if you pad it a bit, but honestly there's a lot of room to go down. If you end up going the SD route you can save a ton of money right there by just renting SD gear. XL2s instead of Z1s knocks your budget down to about $2.5k easily, and you get actual shoulderable cameras as a bonus.

I'm with Scott on seeing if you can find some owner/operators. Rental houses rip you off so badly.

Michael Hurley · June 3rd, 2007, 08:44 AM

I have one operator with his own DV500 - which we'll use at a stretch. The other two op's we are providing cameras for them.

Ideally, I would like to go all HD100 - but there isn't a decent rental house in my city, so we have to go through Dublin - even then the outfit I'm dealing with are primarily Sony-centric and are trying to outsource the HD100's from the UK.

June 3rd, 2007, 02:06 AM	#16
Scott Jaco Major Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sherman Oaks, CA Posts: 471	Why not just use 4 HD100's? That solves all your problems right there. Also, why not hire videographers with their own gear instead of renting their cameras for them. It may be more cost effective than you think.

June 3rd, 2007, 06:35 AM	#17
Stephan Ahonen Major Player Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 512	Hmm, I tried crunching some numbers and I guess I can see how you can get to $4k if you pad it a bit, but honestly there's a lot of room to go down. If you end up going the SD route you can save a ton of money right there by just renting SD gear. XL2s instead of Z1s knocks your budget down to about $2.5k easily, and you get actual shoulderable cameras as a bonus. I'm with Scott on seeing if you can find some owner/operators. Rental houses rip you off so badly.

June 3rd, 2007, 08:44 AM	#18
Michael Hurley New Boot Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cork, Ireland Posts: 24	I have one operator with his own DV500 - which we'll use at a stretch. The other two op's we are providing cameras for them. Ideally, I would like to go all HD100 - but there isn't a decent rental house in my city, so we have to go through Dublin - even then the outfit I'm dealing with are primarily Sony-centric and are trying to outsource the HD100's from the UK.