Posted by Richard Crowley on 12/24/06 23:46

"Brian Huether" wrote...
>
> "Richard Crowley" wrote ...
>> "Brian Huether" wrote ...
>>>I tried finding a forum dedicated to digital video but couldn't find
>>>anything useful so I figured someone on here must know something...
>>
>> Video production such as you are describing are the
>> prime charter of these long-standing newsgroups:
>> news:rec.video.production - more for shooting
>> news:rec.video.desktop - more for post (editing)
>> but they are nearly interchangable.
>>
>>> Anyway, I am trying to create a Guitar Lessons DVD. I am looking for
>>> a digital video camera for under $1000 that I can use to get
>>> sufficient quality. Anyone know of anything?
>>
>> Yikes, thats like asking what kind of mic is best here in r.a.p
>>
>> Do you have proper lilghting? Or how much of your
>> budget were you planning on setting aside for lights?
>
> Hadn't thought too much about lighting which probably isn't smart...
> As you can tell, I sure have a lot to learn about video production!

If you have really good lighting (for the shots you want)
you can actually get away with a cheaper camera for
equivalent results. This is very very roughly analagous
to mic positioning being sometimes more important than
having a microphone with a famous reputation and/or a
big price tag.

Do you really think you can do what you want with a
single camera? I'm just wondering how you are going to
do close-up inserts of left and right hand details and keep
everything in sync?

My bad. Please move this to news:rec.video.produciton

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