You are reading a single comment by @dayno and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@dayno
yeah, decent camera makes a huge difference...
i have been using a panasonic gv 400 - released a few years ago, on ebay from between £450 - 600.
Been outbid on 2 in the last 2 weeks!! I have used the schools one, which i bought from a budget for sports filming and well my own use!!
gave it back today :(
it is 3ccd but in all honest performs as good if not better than a lot of camcorders in the £1600 range. The low light capabilities are awesome...
funnily enough, panasonic worked closely with surf film makers to come up with features and tech that would best suit that type of filming... unfortunately it's predecesor the gv 500 was just shit, these guys seem to mess it up a lot. The other camera known for it's amazing ability is the sony trv 900, very rare to find but great qulaity.
i am afraid i look to be getting this new 24p HD stuff, not sure on it though, will have to do some research, again, panasonic have a lead on this for decent price, think their camera at the £800 is amazing quality, uses mix of 3ccd and hd and has massive hardrive.
tootalltim is the bomb at this shit and could help you out with this sort of stuff, production guru
easy