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Posted by nobody special on 04/05/06 04:13
Well, one with a CCD image sensor rather than a CMOS sensor would help
with fast motion. All of them come with various shutter settings. You
could try shooting progressive frames instead of interlaced, see if you
like that kind of look.
On a skater's budget you can't afford the Viper, but one of the HDV
camcorders offers an overcranked motion mode that could give you
super-sweet super-slow motion. Editing with HDV is still kind of
voodoo-like, and more work ands expense right now. You could use a
regular DV camcorder shooting DV25 and then apply Re-timer or a similar
slomo plug-in to interpolate more frames and get a smooth slomo that
way.
As to motion stabilizers, I like Canon's electro-optical systems the
best, electronic image stabilization is a poor seconds choice IMO. For
holding the camcorder, I would suggest the Manfrotto FigRig wheel, but
on your budget, what i'd do is a knock-off version: get a buddy to weld
some $5 perforated angle iron to a used 26 inch steel bike rim, add
some pipe wrap foam and tape and use THAT to get a nice 2-handed grip
on the camera for close-in handheld work. Should work for something
smaller than the GL-1. Steadicams in the price range you have will not
do as well a job, IMO. The wheel is something you could use while
skating along with another guy and shooting. It also lets you shoot low
and high angles with ease. it's just unfortunate manfrotto charges so
much for it.
FORGOT to mention, to look less shakey, use enough light and keep the
lens on WIDE, and use you body to get the WIDE lene CLOSE.
Telephoto(zooming in) magnifies every little shake and bump.
Wear a helmet. Always. Roll on.
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