dig, recorders or camera

REM223PA

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any body have one that work real good i am looking for one to make a good predator home move

i have about 20 good harvest but been doing it on vhs would like to go dig,

need help thanks
George
 
What is your specific question, George?
Are you asking for a recommendation of a particular camera or are you looking for a used camera?
 
I am sorry rich ,

looking to get one.
and was just seeing if any one ells has one that they like and can help me on making my mined up on witch one to get.

if the hunters here that make dvd's and videos can tell me or help me with a camera that they use to make there videos. and the what not to get, and the must haves, for taping in the field that would help greatly

but any info on taping will help
all I ever done was vhs.

going to tape seriously this year

thanks for your reply rich
your pal from P.A
George
 
The wife and I got a Sony Handycam (don't know exact model) that is small and compact. It shoots onto Mini-DV tapes, which are digital. Before I wound up where I am I was planning on using it this coming season to try and video some stands. There are also camcorders that save to DVD, but you will still need to edit the raw footage.

One thing I started to like about the sony we have is that is has a "nightshot" mode where it has basic night vision. Also, it can record in 16:9 format which is great for when playing back on a widescreen TV. For professional purposes you'll want a camera that has a very high quality resolution. When playing back on large TVs, the quality of the average handycam is very apparent. But those high resolution cameras are very expensive, and your best option might be to rent one, or find a film student from a local college that can check one out for filming a "documentary."

As for outputting the video to DVD it is pretty simple. The camera has a firewire port (or iLink as Sony calls it) for downloading the video to your computer. Once it is in the computer you can use your editing software (I use Pinnacle Studio) to edit the scenes and storyboard everything together. From there the software will then burn a DVD disk of the final movie.

One thing about creating the DVDs though, is the more horsepower your computer has the better. It can take a couple hours or more to render 60 minutes of footage.

Also, when downloading the footage to the computer from the camera, the playback from the camera is in real-time so if you have a full 60 minute tape in the camera to download, go ahead and start it up and go to lunch.

Don't bother with using the USB download unless it is a USB 2.0 connection. USB 1.1 will download, but the maximum speed of USB 1.1 is far less than 2.0 or firewire and you will wind up with dropped frames. Firewire cards are cheap, you can usually get them and some basic video editing software for less than $50. Some cards (like the Pinnacle AV/DV) or standard video capture cards allow you to connect a VCR to convert existing tapes to digital. Simply connecting everything up, start capturing the stream in your software, and press play on the VCR. From there you edit the scenes as you normally would.

Finally, be very conservative with the use of scene transitions. The clock wipes, shuffling blocks, turning pages, or paper airplane transitions are nice for home videos, but I think they look rather cheesy when doing something for professional results. Stick with simple fades or just do a transition, the same way the TV and Hollywood producers do it.

The whole digital format and production is pretty simple, but the rabbit hole runs as deep as you want to go.

Hope that helps,

Glenn
 
thanks glenn

that help a hole lot
I do work for some pro edit guys and they told me to just gather footage and they take care of the rest for me.

There advice on what camera to get don’t help though they start at 3500.00
:eek:
 
I use a Sony Mini-DV, TRV50, that is a whole lot less than $3500! Edit with Pinnacle Studio 8. Copy back to either digital tape or DVD. Looks just fine on my TV. If you plan on doing any editing yourself, be sure you have enough computer to handle the job. Fast processor speed, lots of memory, and you never have enough hard drive space.
 
George, we video with three digital cameras. A $500 JVC, a $1000 Sony, and a $4000 Panasonic. Quite honestly all three give us similar quality tape. The quality of the digital cameras has improved in recent years and even single chip cameras produce a good quality tape. If you can afford a three chip that is certainly the way to go. Panasonic makes one for less than a thousand bucks.
 
Originally posted by REM223PA:
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There advice on what camera to get don’t help though they start at 3500.00
:eek: [/qb]
Told ya the high end cameras get expensive quick. But just like scopes you pretty much get what you pay for.

I particularly like watching predator/varmint hunting videos on DVD, and just before the bullet strikes, pause, zoom in, and play in slow motion. Zooming in is where you will typically see the quality loss from the cameras that most of us would have access to when compared to your typcial Hollyweird videos.

Oh and on a similar note, I did find out that if you are shopping for a new DVD player bring along a copy of Byron South's video. Play it on the DVD player that feeds the "wall" of demo TVs, or the bigscreen that's always on display at Costco. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 


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