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Posted by DK1000 on 10/20/06 17:36
Hi,
I'm starting a freelance venture where I will be involved in shooting short
videos in people's homes, maybe 5 minutes each, using existing room light
and any daylight coming in. Some houses may not have any electricity or
available room lighting, they will be houses for sale or houses being
rehabbed. Right now all I could afford was a consumer digital camcorder, got
a Panasonic PV-GS59 for $315, so you can see the limited budget I'm working
with.
I can't afford pro lighting at this point, what can I get that's portable,
that will illuminate a whole wall of a room, or the whole field of view at
no zoom, to maybe 20 to 30 feet away if I need it for larger rooms? I
suppose this will be some kind of floodlight? Something hopefully that will
work on rechargeable batteries, or one of those portable DC "backpacks" that
can be to jump start cars, but also provides 12 V DC. I thought of those
lamps that campers wear on their heads, but I have the hunch they won't
quite cover the area bright enough. I assume miner's/firemen's lamps are
spot, not flood. My camcorder comes with a built-in light, but only good
about 5 feet, and no accessory shoe.
I will not be normally shooting people with this set-up, just rooms. I plan
on putting the video on a website. I'm looking into the .flv format. I
realize I won't have the web bandwidth to put up the uncompressed .avi file
the camcorder makes, but at least I want it lit up enough not to show too
much excess grain that consumer level camcorders show at normal room
lighting levels.
What are my alternatives/options. Thanks much.
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