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Thanks for all the advice guys. Well I have said that I will work for free but I basically will need the cash to cover the rental of a similar camera to my XL2. So far it seems like that is what will happen but the guy is a notorious cheap skate, paying as little as 200 pounds for 3 months...

Well I have emailed my local rental house in regards to hiring another XL2 for 2 or 3 days but I think the cost will be a bit silly. My only options are to find a mate to shoot it with me but I do not know anyone who owns a decent prosumer camera nor would I trust them with this task since it...

Hello. I have a job lined up in the coming months to shoot a play and author it to DVD. My issue is that they have mentioned that the last guy just filmed the play. No audience cut aways or interesting shots. I only have my one camera, the XL2. Im guessing on a more professional scale you...

If the 16x is anything like the 20x that comes with the XL2 then rack focusing is easy. Simply move the camera further away from the subject and begin to zoom in. This should give you the depth of field you are looking for. Here is an example of a rack focus done using my XL2 with the standard...

If you are considering shooting all these interviews on super8 you may as well just rent a good camera. All the film and developing costs will be just as high, if not more than renting. I do think the quality from older DV cameras sucks a little bit. Newer handycams such as the Canon HD range...

Hello, the standard 20x lens on the XL2 has 2 built in ND filters. 1/16 and 1/32. My question is, what is the ND number equivilent to these? e.g. ND4, ND8 etc. Thanks!

The very cheapest way is to buy a second hand Minidisc recorder and grab a pair of wooden blocks to use as a clapper. Then you can sync it all up in post. Obviously though, it may be a bit of a faff. What model of camera do you own at the moment?

Then after 6 hours where will he dump the 64gb of footage to? Will it be literally in the middle of nowhere or will there be somewhere you can go back at night with power? Grab a camera, a ton of batteries, at least 128gb worth of HCSD cards and then figure out some method of dumping the raw...

DV tapes do not fare well with extreme humidity. However, using decent solid storage such as P2 cards will be very expensive. A 16gb P2 card is around £500. Another option is recording onto DV and a HDD at the same time so you have backups. Unfortunately 80gb HDD such as a firestore will only...

What type of lens do you need? I can imagine shooting in a rainforest you would need some decent wide angle for following up close to the researchers and something a bit longer for reaching out into the trees etc. The DVX only has a 10x zoom iirc and no interchangeable lens system. The HVX200...

Thanks but unfortunately they seem to only rent out to the London area. I live in the North of England, decent rental shops that are local (Newcastle) seem a bit sparse!

I need a Rode NTG or similar plus a boom pole for an upcoming shoot. Buying looks a bit overly expensive so I am looking to rent however I cannot find any rental houses in the North East, or for that matter, anywhere! Its annoying because my Uni has a huge amount of AV equipment but they don't...

Hi, I want to buy a JAG35E to use with my XL2. The JAG35E has a thread size of 42mm. Can I attach to my XL2 lens which has a thead size of 72mm using step down adapter? Will it work? Thanks

Looking for a LetusXL to use with my XL2. PM me if you have one for sale!

I get my Sony Premium tapes from Amazon in packs of 5 for $2.20 per tape.

The idea is good however you need to enforce similar rules to Vimeo. An example of why these rules are needed is explained in a quote from a video uploaded to your site: Videos of people playing WoW and Battlefield 2 is not going to appeal to a mature crowd of amateur film makers.

When I was learning, I also bought a Canon SLR stills camera from flea market and began shooting a lot of film. I found it useful for shot composition and also allows you to get used to fully manual lenses, even if you video camera does not have one. I think for me, using a 35mm SLR with 50mm...

I do not want to hijack this thread but I am using a really old, broken Velbon SX-621 with my Canon XL2 and 20x IS lens. I really need something newer and with a quick detach head. However I am probably one of the cheapest people on Earth so I am looking for something second hand for about 40...

Yeah sure, just ignore the DVX100, Canon XL series and all the other great SD cameras. :hmm: HD is not a necessity! It annoys me somewhat when people claim you need High Definition or other expensive things for a first timer. Let's not forget, Festen ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154420/) was...

It is mainly to do with the glass. An expensive camera can handle cine lenses whereas something lower budget needs something like a Redrock mini in order to use them. Other reasons include the fact that shooting on celluloid will always look different to shooting digitally and people may want...