I plan on filming a Indipendent horror film. Would this camera be good for prefetional film quality? or just stuff like vlogs?
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Im pretty sure you will have no issues filming. Its a great cam for the price with hd quality. I love the fact that the zoom is awesome as well.
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Greetings!I suppose it's a low budget film. Unless you have good illumination, I don't recommend it under low light environments. The Lo-Light mode has a bad performance.Also remember this is not a professional camera. Good luck in your project, hope I can watch it when released.
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Judging from the question itself and your grammer, the selection of a camera is the least of your wories. From what I expect you to produce, purchasing this camera will allow you to make your "horror film" and not waste your money.
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Judging from the question itself and your grammer, the selection of a camera is the least of your wories. From what I expect you to produce, purchasing this camera will allow you to make your "horror film" and not waste your money
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Hello, Terry, I utilize the camera to film my YouTube cooking show. It does seem to have a problem maximizing standard light sources (apartment lighting), which might impact your filming. I have personally struggled to get the light sensors to create bright video even when every light in the kitchen is on. On the plus side, the camera does produce high quality, very large image files. It works for YouTube, but how it would translate to a full blown filming depends on if you are utilizing industry lighting or shooting in bright sunlight. If so, it should work well. If you are going to film in low light or darkened outdoor conditions, you might want to search elsewhere.
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If your main purpose is for videography, I would recommend a camera made for shooting video and not photos
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Yes, Sony's Night Shot feature is actually the best thing on the market that I know of, as far as a video camera that's fairly priced for consumers. But, one thing to remember when filming in Night Shot mode is that you will need extra infrared lighting to "brighten" your recording, to record the video at it's best so you can see really good details in your video. Don't just rely on the camera's built-in night vision alone, get extra lighting like you see on TV. I have 2 extra infrared lights going when I film in complete darkness and it looks pretty good just like on TV (Ghost Adventure shows, etc) and I'm satisfied with the quality of Sony's video cameras.
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I'd have to agree with J.W Kennedy, it is very quirky. I'd suggest the Fisheye or La Sardina cameras for a true beginner. Even the Holga would be a bit easier (although that uses 120 film).
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The video seems to be just as good as our point and shoot which has full HDmovie as well. Seems like people have left poor reviews because of the microphone being an internal monomic vs capability for an external stereo mic. The sound quality as is seems fine. The video is also fine, one caveat would be that I am not sure if it can autofocus when zooming in during recording. Hope this helps.
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I am looking at this Canon Vixia for the exact same purpose; I believe that this is a similar camera that one of our other "hockey moms" has, and she has been videoing our games (and we use them to break down games with our kids) for over a year now. The quality is not professional, but is exceptionally good.
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Complicated question; but short answer; it's great for video. Research the camera and you'll see that people are using these for actual professional video production. That being said, STM lens is essential for speed of focus and quietness. It's also important to choose the right settings and lighting for your shot. Regarding comparisons to camcorders; camcorders of course are made for video, but what most people don't understand is that they have much smaller capture areas than an SLR. So the images on an SLR can be (and with this one are) more accurate and detailed than most consumer camcorders. So for an all in 1 solution; you can't beat this camera. If this was helpful, please click yes! Thank you. Complicated question; but short answer; it's great for video. Research the camera and you'll see that people are using these for actual professional video production. That being said, STM lens is essential for speed of focus and quietness. It's also important to choose the right settings and lighting for your shot. Regarding comparisons to camcorders; camcorders of course are made for video, but what most people don't understand is that they have much smaller capture areas than an SLR. So the images on an SLR can be (and with this one are) more accurate and detailed than most consumer... » Read More Complicated question; but short answer; it's great for video. Research the camera and you'll see that people are using these for actual professional video production. That being said, STM lens is essential for speed of focus and quietness. It's also important to choose the right settings and lighting for your shot. Regarding comparisons to camcorders; camcorders of course are made for video, but what most people don't understand is that they have much smaller capture areas than an SLR. So the images on an SLR can be (and with this one are) more accurate and detailed than most consumer camcorders. So for an all in 1 solution; you can't beat this camera. If this was helpful, please click yes! Thank you. « Show Less
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It is great for action videos. If you also want stills, I agree a great digital camera with video might be a better option? Also give yourself time to play with it so you are ready and able to use it.
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So far it hasn't given me any trouble just make sure that you record using the Logitech Capture software that comes with the device. It's the only way I've found to get decent quality, using Movie Maker just wont cut it.
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if you're using it for studio then yes it works well however you won't be able to take vertical pictures.If you're using it outdoors... it is a little heavy for carrying around. For video set up, we don't move around too much so it is not a big deal
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This 14mp camera is awesome... It has the iauto feature plus drama shot and 5x zoom... It would make a great replacement to your camera... having 30 different scenes and filters and illuminated screen are great features... If you can afford 10 USD more you can get te 16MP VR-340 if you want better zoom... That has 10x zoom and a make-up filter... however it has less filters an scenes so... I would recommend either one for a replacement to your camera...
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Yes, I believe it will serve that purpose well. The quality is very good by my standards, and you will have multiple recording options from which to choose to enhance quality, depending on the recording situations. They call it "scenes".
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Yes it's pretty good for any type of recording. Once you use it professional. It's a good pretty!!
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I think it would work well. It's highly portable, very lightweight, but captures great video. It connects to our computers very easily and should make a good transfer to Youtube. I'd be more than comfortable using to film a football game.
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Hi the reason why I got this camera is not for pictures but instead for videos, because from my research and reviews it's one of the affordable camera in the market when it comes to filming, cheap but won't sacrifice the quality of videos you will produced, and it does work best. I have my old 5D for my pictures still works like a pro even for the oldest version . Hope this helps.
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This is a good camera, but not great for video. In fact I really don't use the video feature. No there is not a mic in connection. So in short it does good in video but if video is your main goal, don't choose this camera.