serik
07-23-2007, 03:54 PM
Hej,
we are going to start a longterm project and wanted to ask if you can take a look at the equipment-list. We hope that this is the right sub-forum to do this - at least a HVX200 is included. :-)
Because we need the stuff for several months we are going to buy it. We are afraid of that and thats why we would be very glad if you can give us some comments.
The budget is small but we try to get the best out of it.
Most of the time we are in a room (you may call it studio). We are going to record things in movement: water, fruits, ...
Additional we have some shots outside. Most of the time weather or landsacpe images.
Camera:
Panasonic HVX-200. Two points which are important to us and why we decided for this camera: 60p for small slowmo-effects and the DVCPROHD because we do not like artifacts.
+ Firestore 40 GB. P2 ist too expensive and we did well on our last shot with the firestore on a Sony Z1.
Tripod:
Manfrotto Foto-Tripod. Why? Because we have to rotate the camera by 90 degrees and Manfrotto ist not so exepensive. There are tripods which can take 12 kg (26,4 lb) so we hope this will be ok. And if we want we could buy a vido-head later on.
35mm Adapter:
We are not sure yet but we are interested in the Brevis because it seems that this adapter is brighter and we are shooting a lot indoor with a tight budget and that is why we cannot afford a lot of light.
Editing-Hardware:
I think we are going to buy a Dell-PC. It is not crystal clear at this point but something like that:
Core 2 Duo 1,86 GHz. We heard to edit DVCPROHD you do not need a big CPU.
Windows XP (Is the Professional Version necessary? Dell-Customisation says somthing about the CPU is not compatible with XP Professional. That is suprising.)
24" LCD with 1920*1200
2 GB RAM
A normal HDD. Or do we need a RAID 0? They scare me a little bit so i would prefer a normald HDD if that would be enough.
Editing-Software:
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium. No offense to other NLEs but we are used to Adobe products. And After Effects will be also important for us.
Lights:
Puh. We really do not have a clue at the moment. Maybe a small light-set with two floods and one Fresnel with about 600-1000 Watt. Addiotnal a cheap softbox set.
But if someone has an idea for light-equipment to ligth some objects which will not be bigger as a human we would really thank you for your adivse. We try to spend not more than 2000 Euro (2700 USD) on this part. Or would that be wrong?
Ok. It think that is about all. Did I miss anything? Is something not working together? Or something else would be better/cheaper/safer?
Then please let us know.
Many thanks for reading all this.
we are going to start a longterm project and wanted to ask if you can take a look at the equipment-list. We hope that this is the right sub-forum to do this - at least a HVX200 is included. :-)
Because we need the stuff for several months we are going to buy it. We are afraid of that and thats why we would be very glad if you can give us some comments.
The budget is small but we try to get the best out of it.
Most of the time we are in a room (you may call it studio). We are going to record things in movement: water, fruits, ...
Additional we have some shots outside. Most of the time weather or landsacpe images.
Camera:
Panasonic HVX-200. Two points which are important to us and why we decided for this camera: 60p for small slowmo-effects and the DVCPROHD because we do not like artifacts.
+ Firestore 40 GB. P2 ist too expensive and we did well on our last shot with the firestore on a Sony Z1.
Tripod:
Manfrotto Foto-Tripod. Why? Because we have to rotate the camera by 90 degrees and Manfrotto ist not so exepensive. There are tripods which can take 12 kg (26,4 lb) so we hope this will be ok. And if we want we could buy a vido-head later on.
35mm Adapter:
We are not sure yet but we are interested in the Brevis because it seems that this adapter is brighter and we are shooting a lot indoor with a tight budget and that is why we cannot afford a lot of light.
Editing-Hardware:
I think we are going to buy a Dell-PC. It is not crystal clear at this point but something like that:
Core 2 Duo 1,86 GHz. We heard to edit DVCPROHD you do not need a big CPU.
Windows XP (Is the Professional Version necessary? Dell-Customisation says somthing about the CPU is not compatible with XP Professional. That is suprising.)
24" LCD with 1920*1200
2 GB RAM
A normal HDD. Or do we need a RAID 0? They scare me a little bit so i would prefer a normald HDD if that would be enough.
Editing-Software:
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium. No offense to other NLEs but we are used to Adobe products. And After Effects will be also important for us.
Lights:
Puh. We really do not have a clue at the moment. Maybe a small light-set with two floods and one Fresnel with about 600-1000 Watt. Addiotnal a cheap softbox set.
But if someone has an idea for light-equipment to ligth some objects which will not be bigger as a human we would really thank you for your adivse. We try to spend not more than 2000 Euro (2700 USD) on this part. Or would that be wrong?
Ok. It think that is about all. Did I miss anything? Is something not working together? Or something else would be better/cheaper/safer?
Then please let us know.
Many thanks for reading all this.