|
Author
|
Topic: Best and Cheapest Digital Video Cameras
|
Avalon
|
posted 02-10-2000 04:57 PM
Where can i get the cheapest camcorder/cables/software to hook to my computer so i can do blue screening? and make a amovie.. what are some suggestions for under 400 dollars? |
NJRFilms
|
posted 02-10-2000 05:48 PM
Good luck going into movie production without a camera, capture card or software with only 400 bucks. A good camera is between $650-5,000. Capture card is from 200-1,000. SOftware you can get off the net or buy, buying it will be 250 if ur a student for after effects. If ur capture card is good ull get Premiere for free with it. Im assuming you have a computer with at least 128 megs of ram, and a big (20+ gig) hard drive, although you can get buy with 96 Ram and maybe a 13 gig HD. Also your Hard drive needs to be fast, 7200 rpm, espisly if your going with a firewire capture card. Film making and speical effects arent cheap when you go digital and want to NLE.Good luck, and respond if you need more help/ |
Avalon
|
posted 02-10-2000 05:59 PM
i oculda ctually pull off $1000 but i already have premeir and after effects and im very talented with 3dsmax. my comp has only 64MB ram and a 14gig HD with a super good grafics card ugh this crap is so dam expensive. isnt there any cheap stuff out there? |
NJRFilms
|
posted 02-10-2000 06:01 PM
Hehe. If you want it to be good you must spend money.
Get the sony TRV 103 from B&H, i talked them down to 700 bucks with 3 day shipping included. Get a capture card, the DV200 from www.videoguys.com, which is what i have. Thats 400 bucks. Thats $1,000 and you pretty much are set. The TRV103 is a great camera, as is the DV200. They work together great. It comes with full adobe premiere (even though u already have it, and no, they wont take money off the price of the card if u dont want software, i tried!). |
Mr. Hutt
|
posted 02-10-2000 06:47 PM
Wait. If you already have Premiere and After Effects, then you won't need the DV200 capture card. (Even though it is really good.) The Intro DV by Pinnacle is a (supposedly) good capture card and it costs about $170-200. It should be perfectly suitable for what you need if you already have good software. |
SirGahrjyn
|
posted 02-10-2000 09:41 PM
Intro DV by Digital Origin  |
Avalon
|
posted 02-10-2000 10:10 PM
my step mom has a Panisonic PVL559 any chance i can use that? if so what software/ hardware will i need? to import motion picture i wanna film moving people ona blue screen can u do that? |
