Posted by waif69 on 11/11/07 00:54

>From my own painful experiences, I would strongly suggest that you buy
a camera that has an external mic jack. Synching up, separately
recorded audio is an absolute bear. Avoid that pain by making a
better choice in camera than I did. That being said, I do think that
Canon does make great cameras.


On Oct 28, 9:23 pm, "Mike S" <m...@wi.rr.com> wrote:
> Hello! I am new to the area of video production, and am looking at getting
> into some low budget short films.
>
> While I have some of the backend software (Adobe Premiere for editing), I
> was wondering if anyone has any advice on cameras (model, brand, etc) that I
> should look at.
>
> Not sure what the budget should be for a good quality camera. Not sure if I
> am interested in shooting HD right now, but if I said the range was about
> $800 - $2500 for the camera, what would that get me? Should I consider
> more?
>
> Thanks for all your help!
>
> -Mike-

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