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Which Digital Video Camera for Amateur Video?

Posted by Cliff on from the suggestions-for-budding-filmmakers dept.

Maznafein asks: "I'm about to leave the IT world, after just finishing a degree in audio engineering, and I'd like to start doing some A/V work on the side as I attempt to make the transition to a new career. I want to make a my first short film either in the late fall, or early spring. I want to do everything in the digital domain as I currently use Logic and Ableton Live on my power book. I have all the gear I need to use up to eight microphones and I can easily pick up some shot gun mics. I don't really know which [video camera] to go with. Like every geek I want the best resolution available other than that the only thing I know I'll need is it to be water resistant/proof, or be able to purchase a housing, for up to a 15 minute scene in the short film I am adapting. What should I go with?" "I've always been a firm believer that to make it in any field you have to show that you want to do it. I currently write my own tracks (bangin' german techno) and engineer/mix down local artists (rock, pop and hip hop) on the side already. I just have yet to get into the nitty gritty of doing film production."

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  1. Gotta be... by ResidntGeek · · Score: 4, Funny

    the James Bond Stealth Camera.

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  2. Which Digital Video Camera for Amateur Video? by pyrrhonist · · Score: 5, Funny
    Which Digital Video Camera for Amateur Video?

    More importantly, where do you get the actresses for the, uh, amateur videos?

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    1. Re:Which Digital Video Camera for Amateur Video? by Kenja · · Score: 3, Funny
      "where do you get the actresses for the, uh, amateur videos?"

      Bus stops, homeless shelters, AA meetings.

      Wait.... That was a rhetorical question wasn't it?

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  3. Re:Aren't there... by syousef · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ha shows what you know. Slashdoters make amateur porn? They're consumers not producers!

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  4. Here's an idea by k4_pacific · · Score: 5, Funny

    If artistic black and white is your thing, consider picking up an old security camera and a video input card. Sure, the focus is terrible, there is no sound, the contrast sucks, and it is real grainy, but this just adds to the consuming intensity of your work. No?

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  5. Re:My Family Videos by inertia187 · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...everyone is impressed with the quality.

    I meant everyone in my family is impressed. I'm sure the jerks on this site will find every fault and then some. But that's Slashdot. ;-)

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  6. Re:Missing equip for amatuer video? by syousef · · Score: 4, Funny

    You need a girlfriend first.

    And if you pay her by the hour, she's not a girlfriend!

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  7. how about a slightly used $500,000 camera? by microcars · · Score: 4, Funny
    you could get this one pretty cheap

    you just have to lick all the chocolate off it.

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