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helen.HH

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use your iphone/Android

I tend to be a gear head
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so I want something solid in my hand & Eye

If your game,
tease Us all with a cool video, the fruits of your labour

Thank you ~
 
Helen - In all seriousness, just get a Sony A7iii and some cards for it. You'll end up with a great easy to use still camera and it'll do 4k video that'll knock your socks off, if you happen to be wearing any.
I'd show you a video of my toy train, but no one wants to see that here I'm sure.
 
AlwaysOnAuto said:
Helen - In all seriousness, just get a Sony A7iii and some cards for it. You'll end up with a great easy to use still camera and it'll do 4k video that'll knock your socks off, if you happen to be wearing any.
I'd show you a video of my toy train, but no one wants to see that here I'm sure.
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great...
here is my email
helenhill21@iclloud.com

love toy trains, always wanted it for xmas ... can't wait to see, THANK YOU
 
If you don't already have a mirrorless interchangable lens system I would recommend not going that way for video. Reason being is now you are looking at another line of lenses just for video. Instead I'd suggest a bridge camera. I have used both the Panasonic FZ300 and FZ1000 II. They both do well with video and give you a lens with a ton of reach. The FZ300 gives you the equivalent of a 25-600 f2.8 lens and the FZ1000 is a 25-400 f2.8-4 lens. The FZ1000 uses a larger sensor and quality is a bit higher. Nice EVFs, good battery life and the optical image stabilization is good too.

For either I use a Diety V-Mic D3 on them. They have built in microphones but this is much higher quality. I can send you links to some videos if you would like to see them. You can get a used FZ300 for a couple of hundred and the FZ1000 for a little more. Almost positive they use the same battery as your Q. EDIT: Same battery as Q but apparently not the Q2.

One really important thing to remember with video. If you end up going for ultimate quality (highest resolution, highest data rate) the files get absolutely huge. For most uses something mid level is more than enough without being totally over the top, though the files are still very large compared to stills.
 
shawn said:
If you don't already have a mirrorless interchangable lens system I would recommend not going that way for video. Reason being is now you are looking at another line of lenses just for video. Instead I'd suggest a bridge camera. I have used both the Panasonic FZ300 and FZ1000 II. They both do well with video and give you a lens with a ton of reach. The FZ300 gives you the equivalent of a 25-600 f2.8 lens and the FZ1000 is a 25-400 f2.8-4 lens. The FZ1000 uses a larger sensor and quality is a bit higher. Nice EVFs, good battery life and the optical image stabilization is good too.

For either I use a Diety V-Mic D3 on them. They have built in microphones but this is much higher quality. I can send you links to some videos if you would like to see them. You can get a used FZ300 for a couple of hundred and the FZ1000 for a little more. Almost positive they use the same battery as your Q. EDIT: Same battery as Q but apparently not the Q2.

One really important thing to remember with video. If you end up going for ultimate quality (highest resolution, highest data rate) the files get absolutely huge. For most uses something mid level is more than enough without being totally over the top, though the files are still very large compared to stills.
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Here is my email
open to watching your vid... Thank you
helenhill21@icloud.com
 
I am not going to suggest to you to just use your iPhone :)
Good luck with choosing among several excellent options so far.

Raid
 
It really depends what for.
The difference between phone with stabilization, phone on 200 usd gimble and dedicated camcorder isn't huge.
To get correct answer you need to tell what for you need video camera.
And remember it is just as with stills. Content. Those who are content creators don't sped much on gear. Some could create interesting video just by talking in front of the camera. Some spend weeks on editing.
Also it is not only video, but often audio. Depending on what for is video. additional audio devices might be needed. You could make good video with phone or tiny camera and external microphone or video with crappy audio and experisive video camera.
Editing? Make sure you have huge and fast disks and not from Microsoft for editing. Not cuts, but processing? Processing needs RAM and processors. And if you are Apple fancy, hosing is the word.
Yet, iPhones are allowing to edit videos just like photos...
 
Thank you Shawn & Scott
for the videos...
Fun & Inspirational <

Ko.fe lots to think about, Thanks !
videos are to make 2-3 minute clips for commercials to get my foot in door
 
Helen, please come back in a month or two and tell me how you are getting along with editing. That is what makes me most concerned.
Everybody says it is easy, but their idea of editing stills it deleting shots that are unfocused. I tend to photograph in stories, some a week long, some years along in the creation. But something that is a cohesive body of work that tells a story or makes a point, something with a beginning, a middle, and an end. Doing that well with stills is tough, using hours of video seems much more complex to me. Let me know how it goes for you as I tend to believe you and I may think alike.
 
helen.HH said:
Lets not do
use your iphone/Android

I tend to be a gear head
🙄😂
so I want something solid in my hand & Eye

If your game,
tease Us all with a cool video, the fruits of your labour

Thank you ~
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Years ago I shot documentary video, with really good dedicated gear. Now, I have a fairly recent mirrorless camera, and a compact that does fairly clean video. However, I mostly do video on a GoPro Hero 6 and GoPro Session. They’re very easy to use, can take any weather conditions, and the stabilization is amazing. The only downside to GoPro cameras is that the audio isn’t really good, so high quality audio would need an external recorder. Current GoPro Hero 12 is much better than my old version, though there’s probably going to be a newer model launched in the next few months. I’ve been posting videos edited in GoPro Quik to Instagram, if you’re interested in what I’ve been creating there.
 
Gordon Moat said:
Years ago I shot documentary video, with really good dedicated gear. Now, I have a fairly recent mirrorless camera, and a compact that does fairly clean video. However, I mostly do video on a GoPro Hero 6 and GoPro Session. They’re very easy to use, can take any weather conditions, and the stabilization is amazing. The only downside to GoPro cameras is that the audio isn’t really good, so high quality audio would need an external recorder. Current GoPro Hero 12 is much better than my old version, though there’s probably going to be a newer model launched in the next few months. I’ve been posting videos edited in GoPro Quik to Instagram, if you’re interested in what I’ve been creating there.
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Yes Gordon
would love a peek
but I'm not on Insta...

please send me one of your favs to my email:
Thanks much ~

helenhill21@icloud.com
 
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helen.HH said:
Thank you Shawn & Scott
for the videos...
Fun & Inspirational <

Ko.fe lots to think about, Thanks !
videos are to make 2-3 minute clips for commercials to get my foot in door
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Commercials especially this long is as though as it could get. Basically I can't imagine anyone who would watch longer than 30 seconds commercial. And even for half a minute long ,video and audio should be perfect. Use your location as advantage, check with BH in person. But even average looking commercial needs editing. Start with phone and Q2, get editing software.first. And see if you could edit , put together something decent first. Once you will do, it will be clear for you if you will need extra gear. And which one is more important. Lights, microphone, vide angle lens, good tracking AF. For example, I doubt Q2 is capable of person's face tracking, but phone on tripod will do as good as pro video camera.

Our daughter was doing shooting, editing clips more than ten years ago. My good customers and family friends gave her Sony Vegas Pro. She learned it within a few weeks and used regular computer for editing (it was bit slow). Camera was Canon 500D and 550D later on.
Here is an example why editing, sound are important more than camera (video from twelve years ago):
 
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Pinging @JoeV as he has much experience with shooting and editing videos. Hopefully he will chime in with his thoughts on the topic.
 
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