I'm assuming here that you're planning on making features, where you'll practically NEVER need a microphone on the camera, and ALWAYS need one close t...
SM57 will work, although it isn't ideal. You should probably get a cheap fishpole (Testrite makes cheap telescopic ones: If there's some extra mone...
I'll provide an opinion based only on life experience, since I have plenty of it. I didn't go to film school, but know people who did. I went to music...
Not for that money. The closest you can get are Canon PowerShot SX1 IS Pentax KX 16303 Both shoot HD video (Canon at 1080p, Pentax at 720p), bu...
Are we sure UK laws pertaining to these matters are same/similar to those in US? I would think that a supremely litigious society (US) would have m...
What will you be doing with it? Canon shoots HD video (and still pictures). Nikon only shoots still pictures (no video). Canon is still avail...
I wonder if anyone here still remembers their 8mm... Last time I touched an 8mm camera was about 30 years ago (Jimmy Carter was still the president of...
Looks like I'm going to have to edit that statement a bit. It wasn't really a fact-based one, it was more a trend-based. We are most certainly getting...
Scoopicman, You are right on all counts (although I'd still argue that, once all the film transfers are done and you get your release print for the...
As for delivering HD video on an ordinary DVD, it can be done, and the end result can be remarkably good. Rather than using outdated and inefficient M...
quote:Originally posted by Scoopicman For the purposes of making a movie, even 16mm film has better 'resolution' than all but the most expensive HD c...
Why not HMC-40? Three CMOS sensors, full manual, tapeless HD and still under $2k? The sensors are a bit smaller, but it's HD, and still handles low li...
I am flattered that my opinions seem to carry some weight here. It seems, however, that you had somehow interpreted them to imply that I'm not a fan o...
The effect is probably the most simple and common one for animating still photos. In iMovie, it is called the Ken Burns effect " - he was the first to...
Have you looked through simplyscripts.com? It is a bit tedious to sift through (they sure could use a bit better organisation of their database), but ...