Videography rant and life update

[groggyfox]

So, I recently borrowed a camera to take footage at FC and TFF. Grabbed a canon Vixia HV30 from work for FC and an HV20 from a friend for TFF. Now, few reasons why I moved on to video. Out of a lot of my friends, I was one of the first to pounce on a DSLR, an old Canon 300D/Digital Rebel. Soon after, all my friends started getting newer cams (XSi,

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[reveille_d]

The thing I've come to realize about photography is that my awesome shots will not be your awesome shots. Your eye will see something at a particular time that mine didn't. You'll be in the spot to get one particular shot, and I'll be in a shot to get another. I tend to think it's not a question of the better shot, it's a question of getting a shot that's better than the last shot you took.

[groggyfox]

Sure, I have gotten some great shots but I'm starting to feel the age of my gear. I feel like I'm racing NASCAR with a beat up 1980 Honda civic :P

[tsuyoto]

But it isn't a race. A better analogy would what car gets you across the country. Some may make the journey easier, faster, and with more bells and whistles but you can still get there in the civic.

[reveille_d]

Tsuyoto beat me to the gist.

I'd still like to say if you're so worried about gear, it's not the megapizzixels that count, it's the composition, lighting, and the sort of digital enhancement you can do in post. I can spend up to an hour on an image in post, doing various enhancements in the RAW processing, and if that's still not enough, I'll fire up Elements. Honestly, the biggest difference between cameras aside from the megapixels (which you really only need if you're printing huge poster prints) is that their updated image processors take a lot of the work out of the post-processing, by doing things like noise reduction and color balance on-the-fly.

If you're still stuck on gear, then start renting. borrowlenses.com is local, and has extremely reasonable prices.

[loranskunky]

To me, it's not about the gear, but what you do with it that counts. You might also consider doing it all in 720p rather then full 1080i HD.

[groggyfox]

Yah, though even basic gear is a bit pricey. At least a basic dv cam, tripod, mic, etc. And there ain't no way I'm gonna run around with VHS or video8/hi8 cam :P the camera I'm currently using is sorta weird about shooting in 720.

[rawutout]

great post as usual!

[depebast]

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