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so, i have been around filming for many years now since my earlier days i have allowed filming to slip away on me, i know shame on me. i have registered at this website because i have seen the high-quality questions and answers going in and being stripped of personal time. i feel that this is the first place i should begin on my wild adventure before lunging into the cold camera world.
my camera days experience revolve around "best buy" cameras
2nd. my most highly prized camera I've ever owned thus far was a canon gl-1
i have done plenty of photography starting out with disposables and moved on to DSLR cameras.
I've spent my last 3 years in heavy research on a documentary that i really want to share with anyone interested enough to view it.
I've also been in constant production with my music side of life. producing beats and such for friends.
so they have also realized i have a battering talent or skill in editing and filming I've just fell off my horse and need to get back on. so now that you know me a bit better and know that I've been out of the camera world since the gl1 (which wasn't the xl2 or the xl1 for that matter)
if my choices were as they were back then the answer would be a hands down obvious.
so i am stuck in this boat trying to mass research in hopes to find the true camera of my dreams
so far i have narrowed it down to two.
now that I'm done kissing some ass
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Panasonic hmc 150
Sony nx5u
Panasonic hmc 150
Sony nx5u
i have realized that there are some differences between these cameras such as the 13x vs the 20x lens
i also get that there is no condenser mic for the hmc150 so i would have to spend some money on my quality of sound.
Sony has the hard drive which does sound nice and the massive battery right out of the box.. which from what i have read the hmc 150 doesn't and just comes with a puny minor battery which would force me to buy an additional battery right off the bat.
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either between these cameras or the camera of your choice for creating music videos, documentary work, and a possible movie like film/show with in a budget of say $5,000 or less would you have an opinion.
my goal for this thread is to help shed some light and make my choice much easier at the moment i almost feel the best price is in the nx5 but I'm starting to have cold feet after being out for so long.
i hope this topic helped someone as well.
thank you for all your time i really appreciate it