I know all the amazing manual controls that come with a prosumer. The image quality is almost always great, and they are more durable than any given consumer model.
But for some reason, I have absolutely no incentive anymore to even LOOK at prosumer cameras. There are many Consumer HD cameras that record an absolutely beautiful image, and come with plenty manual controls.
An example? The HV20/30. I can talk about these cameras all day long, and I still won't be able to get the point across as well as a video would.
WATCH THESE IN HD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tULTJYvYoRU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buc2D6GZLfU
Before watching all the HV20/30 footage, I was convinced that a prosumer SD>any consumer. I'd look at demo footage from the XL1, the GL2, etc. And I'd be so impressed. I kept telling myself that these are affordable cameras that I won't have to sell my kidney for.
The two videos above shit on absolutely every single GL2 demo I have seen on the net.
So, why the 2,000 dollar price tag? The XLR input, manual controls, and a shallower DoF?
Add the beachtek, add the 35 mm adaptor, and the HV30 is still cheaper than the GL2. In the end, it will also produce a better looking image at much higher resolutions.
So, the HV30 will be my next camera. I am naive, and I don't know everything there is to know about cameras... I'm not sure what the community concensus is, but I'll put it upon you guys to convince me to save up for a prosume. (And there's no way I'm going to save up for a prosumer HD. 2,000 may be reasonable, but 4,000 sure as hell isn't.)
But for some reason, I have absolutely no incentive anymore to even LOOK at prosumer cameras. There are many Consumer HD cameras that record an absolutely beautiful image, and come with plenty manual controls.
An example? The HV20/30. I can talk about these cameras all day long, and I still won't be able to get the point across as well as a video would.
WATCH THESE IN HD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tULTJYvYoRU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buc2D6GZLfU
Before watching all the HV20/30 footage, I was convinced that a prosumer SD>any consumer. I'd look at demo footage from the XL1, the GL2, etc. And I'd be so impressed. I kept telling myself that these are affordable cameras that I won't have to sell my kidney for.
The two videos above shit on absolutely every single GL2 demo I have seen on the net.
So, why the 2,000 dollar price tag? The XLR input, manual controls, and a shallower DoF?
Add the beachtek, add the 35 mm adaptor, and the HV30 is still cheaper than the GL2. In the end, it will also produce a better looking image at much higher resolutions.
So, the HV30 will be my next camera. I am naive, and I don't know everything there is to know about cameras... I'm not sure what the community concensus is, but I'll put it upon you guys to convince me to save up for a prosume. (And there's no way I'm going to save up for a prosumer HD. 2,000 may be reasonable, but 4,000 sure as hell isn't.)
