Friends,
I have five thousand dollars and am at a crossroads. I want to shoot my film before September, and I have my actors casted and money for them acquired, but now I am on a $5,000 equipment budget. I have no editing station or software, no camera and two lavalier microphones. So, in this age of HD, should I opt for an HD camcorder? I prefer it over SD; I prefer native 16:9 to 4:3; I require a laptop that can handle editing (this is possible, right?). Mac or PC? FCP or Premiere? DVX100b or HVX200? SD or HD (are we too late for SD? I want to be using this camera five years from now, too..) And microphones: which brand and style do you recommend?
Your comments are gratefully appreciated.
~Hakim q
I have five thousand dollars and am at a crossroads. I want to shoot my film before September, and I have my actors casted and money for them acquired, but now I am on a $5,000 equipment budget. I have no editing station or software, no camera and two lavalier microphones. So, in this age of HD, should I opt for an HD camcorder? I prefer it over SD; I prefer native 16:9 to 4:3; I require a laptop that can handle editing (this is possible, right?). Mac or PC? FCP or Premiere? DVX100b or HVX200? SD or HD (are we too late for SD? I want to be using this camera five years from now, too..) And microphones: which brand and style do you recommend?
Your comments are gratefully appreciated.
~Hakim q