What do you use you camcorder for?
 

Well I just dropped some change on a new 2100 at BH. I will primarily be using it for theatrical/stage productions. Out of curiosity, what does everyone primarily use their camcorder for?

Theater/Stage productions 75%
Home movies 20%
Short films 5%

Work.

Commercials,
Teaching at a college,
Documentaries,
weddings,
training videos,
Exhibtions,
and anything else that will pay the bills.

I use 4 cameras: PC110, 2x PD150, DSR-300 and a Pannasonic Lipstick camera to feed one of the other cameras.

I use two VX2K's, primarily for weddings.

I use my cameras to make promo videos for small businesses here in Honolulu. I'm really just starting out so I'm still trying to find a niche. :-)

So far, I've been using them as training tools at the station, taping hose evolutions, rope drills, classes, etc.

Lee

I make movies that I sell here and abroad.

Fun mostly while trying to increase the few bucks I've made on several small jobs- dance recitals and training vids.

VX2k
PC-110

To entertain the masses with senseless insanity.

Although now I'm getting into filming shorts that actually have a storyline...

Use an XM2 and shoot

Animal rights related footage from demos to seminars, for my animal rights website.

Short films.
Home movies.

Not as a paying gig yet, but I hope to change that one day.

Short films/commercials/recreational use.

I had been shooting material with my PDX10 for a teacher training video. That has slowed down (editing for it mostly, right now), and these days I find myself shooting various live performances, and a lot of experimentation on the side, just to further know my camera and improve my chops.

Weddings (big part of income)

Corporate work (Another big part of income)
training videos
product videos
how to videos
sales seminars
social events

Fire Department Burn Downs (very little income)

Grandkids (No Income but big smiles)

tossing around an idea for a doc-maybe, maybe not, considering it

Happy New Year All
Don

I must be the oddball here. I bought my GL2 just because I wanted a new toy :) I shoot video at the dragstrip, for Christmas, driving around town, etc. I just like to play around with video in iMovie and FCE. Sometimes use it as my webcam too!


Kirk

skateboard/snowboard videos and gona do some timelapse with my gl2

Skiing in Canada and travel in Asia, plus a little around the old homestead and on the boat (which are kinda interchangeable).
Sandy

VX2000 - weddings and corporate videos, and low light situations

GS100 - family events, business travel, and vacations

My wife and I have a two year old daughter and twin boys on the way (ETA June 04) and that accounts for most of my Fuji MiniDV tapes!

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-...00profile2.jpg

Travel videos, I someday hope to get aired. But for now, they're just personal fun. Also, family videos including a newborn baby.

Re: "What do you use you camcorder for?"

Right here: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...threadid=19321

I have a little panna dv53, which I have been using in conjunction with imovie.
so far I have shot hours and hours of my two boys(2.5yrs and 7mnths old).
I have also been using it for school. I go to night school (only 19 classes left to my BA!) Virtually every class requires some sort of final project, and I've been using the cam for that. Let me tell you, when everybody else is doing a power point presentation loaded with uhms and uhs... a short (10min) documentary projected up on the wall really sets you apart from the heard.

So far I've done a doc on the role of the artist in society- for my humanities class, and one on the battle of Stalingrad for a history class.

Oh and last weekend I fooled with some lego style stop motion.

Soon, I am going to buy a very expensive cam and make a feature film.

MG

I have two Sony TRV11's (1ccd) which I use about 25% for video home tours for a local realtor. . . .and, the rest is rollerblading video and editing. I have a baby death .3x, too. . .I just got it, so, it's not in this edit that I'm about to link you to. . .haha.

right click >> save target as.
http://www.mattblairstudios.com/notdone/edit1-2.wmv

http://www.mattblairstudios.com/notdone/edit2-2.wmv