Mozzer
Active Member
Ok need your advice again
As an attempt to keep costs down at the wedding, I have employed the son of a mate of mine to video the event - don't worry I have a professional doing the proper photography, but just want someone roving around.
So I need to buy / hire / steal / borrow a decent cam corder for the event and don't have a clue about said items but :
I don't think I want 8mm tape - would rather be able to download direct the laptop rather than need Jessops et al.
I don't think I want DVD as they seem to be VVVVV expensive at the moment.
So my options become SD or CF storage I think ? I have a 1gb of each, but how long will that last before he needs to download to a laptop I can give him, etc ?
Also how many batteries am I going to need ? I guess because he will be filming for a few hours, the best option would be to get something that runs on AAAs and get him a big box of them for the day ?
Also what zoom do you think I need optical / digital zoom / combined ?
What about MP, how many pixels does a grown man need ?
What about sound recording, flashes, etc ?
Anyone on here know what I want and what I should be looking out for and whether my best bet is to buy or rent, to ebay or not to ebay ?
By the way quick update on some of my previous posts - we have got 240 bottles of booze for the event at the moment 80 champagne €12.50 / bottle and the stuff is gorgeous (PM me for details), 80 spanish red, 80 french white, and we are looking at 7-10 days safari in Kenya followed by 15 days on a beach on W.Zanzibar with a couple of days in Stone Town - Ian B watch your inbox we will be looking for any pointers as you offered
Cheers
S
As an attempt to keep costs down at the wedding, I have employed the son of a mate of mine to video the event - don't worry I have a professional doing the proper photography, but just want someone roving around.
So I need to buy / hire / steal / borrow a decent cam corder for the event and don't have a clue about said items but :
I don't think I want 8mm tape - would rather be able to download direct the laptop rather than need Jessops et al.
I don't think I want DVD as they seem to be VVVVV expensive at the moment.
So my options become SD or CF storage I think ? I have a 1gb of each, but how long will that last before he needs to download to a laptop I can give him, etc ?
Also how many batteries am I going to need ? I guess because he will be filming for a few hours, the best option would be to get something that runs on AAAs and get him a big box of them for the day ?
Also what zoom do you think I need optical / digital zoom / combined ?
What about MP, how many pixels does a grown man need ?
What about sound recording, flashes, etc ?
Anyone on here know what I want and what I should be looking out for and whether my best bet is to buy or rent, to ebay or not to ebay ?
By the way quick update on some of my previous posts - we have got 240 bottles of booze for the event at the moment 80 champagne €12.50 / bottle and the stuff is gorgeous (PM me for details), 80 spanish red, 80 french white, and we are looking at 7-10 days safari in Kenya followed by 15 days on a beach on W.Zanzibar with a couple of days in Stone Town - Ian B watch your inbox we will be looking for any pointers as you offered
Cheers
S
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