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Posted By: Mel. White In Response To: Video Camera Help! (DC)
Tuesday, 16 May 2006, at 4:34 p.m.
I had to have a video camera capable of producing good quality video when shown at a meeting. I picked the Canon -- and what I did was buy a fairly new one from a pawn shop. It came with manuals and all, and was a brand that was available in the area (new.)
Great machine, and trouble free. I paid $200 for a camera that retails for over $300. It uses the mini-DVD casettes (higher film quality.) I also bought a tripod.
For editing, I use Microsoft's free movie editor program (Windows Movie Maker.) The price was right, it was simple to use, and it saved in a number of popular formats (I went with MP3/MP4 format rather than standard DVD format, though I could have gotten a program for that conversion for about $100.) It does fade in, fade out, slides, different types of entry points, and was (for me) pretty darn obvious on how to work.
You can try it (it's free) and if you don't like it, find something else. I've also used the Avid editor (didn't care for it), the Nero editor (ditto!), and Adobe Premiere which is marvelous and professional and will drive you crazy if it's the first editor you try to learn (very complex.)
I keep the raw data on the tapes or burn them to CD/DVD (the original raw files.) Edited files are stored on CD. I keep them in a notebook with CD insert pages (you can get this from any office supply place.)
You might also want to check into some music creating files/music looping files. Vid looks so much better when there's a little music tucked in at key parts (keep it soft or it overwhelms things.)
It's going to take you longer than you expect (better if you have a camera person. BTW, you can rent these cameras if you can't afford to buy one.) The editing will also take longer than you expect (it took me a full night to edit my first 5 minute clip (I'm also very picky and wanted a lot of "fade to black" and "fade to white" effects in a fast-moving, fast-paced music vid.)
> Hello! I need help finding the right digital video camera to make
> "How To" Instructional Videos. This is a new venture for me, so
> I really don't know much about the cameras. I'm looking for the right
> combo of price, features that I will need, quality and ease-of-use.I
> do-not want to store all of the data on my computer hard drive. Also,
> editing software (if needed) etc.
> Can anyone suggest ? Any info. is greatly appreciated.
> Thanks!
> DC
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