Recent content by russelln

I am considering getting a shotgun mic for my canon gl1. I will plug the microphone into the camera through a 1/4 plug. Will I need to run it through an amplifier or soundboard before it can go to the camera or can I directly connect it?

Is there any way to hook up my Cannon GL1 to my Western Digital external hard drive so that I can record my footage on to the hard drive as I am shooting it? My hardrive has a 6 pin firewire and my camera has a 4 pin. I have a 6 pin to 4 pin firewire and wanted to hook it up with this but i...

Is it Legal to use footage from the tv... like for example using a play off of ESPN. Please let me know soon!

Hi I just recently purchesed a gl1 is there anything about it that I should know or any cool tricks any of you know. (yes I know a gl1 is old but it is my first procumer video camera. also on a scale 1 to 5 what whould you rate this camera

Ok, So I am an amuture filmmaker using FCE and need a new camcorder BAD! I want a GL2 (canon) but I want to buy it for not that much. Does anyone have any professional video cameras that are 3ccd that are used and need to be sold, and inexpensive. Or you might know of a website that sells them...