WileeCoyote
02-18-2009, 12:41 PM
Hello everyone,
As you can see, I'm something of a newbie here, and like most newbies I have a question or two.
For about the past year or so I've been doing a lot of railroad videography, namely with a Canon HF100. It might not be the most agreeable of camcorders at times (particularly with the zoom for some reason), but I am, suffice to say, hooked on railroad videography.
Unfortunately, the camera isn't mine; in fact, it belongs to my dad. Pretty soon it'll be anchors aweigh for me, put more simply, I'll be moving out on my own. Obviously my dad would like to keep the camera, even with how much I use it.
As a result, I've decided to procure my own camcorder and a few other things to go with it. So far I've been looking at getting an HD (1080) camcorder along with a good microphone. Only criteria really is something that can take an external microphone (duh), and that records using a format that I can edit with Adobe's Premiere Pro; aside of course from taking videos of good quality and not costing more than about $2000. Otherwise things like size, weight, recording medium, manufacturer etc. are pretty much open.
Any suggestions? I'd very much appreciate them.
WileeCoyote:grin:
As you can see, I'm something of a newbie here, and like most newbies I have a question or two.
For about the past year or so I've been doing a lot of railroad videography, namely with a Canon HF100. It might not be the most agreeable of camcorders at times (particularly with the zoom for some reason), but I am, suffice to say, hooked on railroad videography.
Unfortunately, the camera isn't mine; in fact, it belongs to my dad. Pretty soon it'll be anchors aweigh for me, put more simply, I'll be moving out on my own. Obviously my dad would like to keep the camera, even with how much I use it.
As a result, I've decided to procure my own camcorder and a few other things to go with it. So far I've been looking at getting an HD (1080) camcorder along with a good microphone. Only criteria really is something that can take an external microphone (duh), and that records using a format that I can edit with Adobe's Premiere Pro; aside of course from taking videos of good quality and not costing more than about $2000. Otherwise things like size, weight, recording medium, manufacturer etc. are pretty much open.
Any suggestions? I'd very much appreciate them.
WileeCoyote:grin: