czyzdustries
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Let me start off by saying I am a music guy and am completely a novice in the film area. So any Pro Tools questions I'm your man, but my video knowledge is strictly via Google. Anyway, I am producing a surgery training video series for physicians. I have shot some test footage with a consumer Canon cam and found 3 major issues: 1. The focus is extremely soft since I was not using a monitor; 2. There was a good bit of motion artifact when things were moved in and out of the surgical field; 3. Due to the amount of zoom required for certain shots, the range of focus was very narrow and any patient movement resulted in yet more soft focus.
So I have decided to step up to a prosumer camera and plan on editing in Final Cut Pro. Since the camera I purchase will ONLY be used for this application and nothing else, what should I buy?? All the filming is done via tripod with no camera movement or panning. The lighting is of course very good, and if anything too much at times. I am able to have a monitor and/or my laptop in the OR while filming. Of course I would like to use the cheapest alternative since this will pretty much be a single use purchase. Lastly this is a surgical instructional video, not a feature film. I could care less if it looks like video vs. film. I want the highest, clearest resolution possible - period.
After listening to various debates of i vs. p and 1080 vs. 720 I have a headache. So I would appreciate input from you guys (and girls) who actually know what your doing. My current thought after taking in all this new information is to get a cam that has true 1920x1040 sensors and stream the output direct to my laptop in Final Cut. This way all the archived footage will be in True HD for the future. I have already heard the argument of why bother recording in 1080 etc if it is just going to get compressed to SD. One is to have the option of producing an HD format DVD and not having to go back and re-edit the footage (i.e. edit in HD, then export whatever). The second reason is that we use this footage when we lecture at conferences and it is projected, thus requiring higher resolution.
Can't wait to get some input so I can stop thinking about all this!! :beer:
Thanks!!
So I have decided to step up to a prosumer camera and plan on editing in Final Cut Pro. Since the camera I purchase will ONLY be used for this application and nothing else, what should I buy?? All the filming is done via tripod with no camera movement or panning. The lighting is of course very good, and if anything too much at times. I am able to have a monitor and/or my laptop in the OR while filming. Of course I would like to use the cheapest alternative since this will pretty much be a single use purchase. Lastly this is a surgical instructional video, not a feature film. I could care less if it looks like video vs. film. I want the highest, clearest resolution possible - period.
After listening to various debates of i vs. p and 1080 vs. 720 I have a headache. So I would appreciate input from you guys (and girls) who actually know what your doing. My current thought after taking in all this new information is to get a cam that has true 1920x1040 sensors and stream the output direct to my laptop in Final Cut. This way all the archived footage will be in True HD for the future. I have already heard the argument of why bother recording in 1080 etc if it is just going to get compressed to SD. One is to have the option of producing an HD format DVD and not having to go back and re-edit the footage (i.e. edit in HD, then export whatever). The second reason is that we use this footage when we lecture at conferences and it is projected, thus requiring higher resolution.
Can't wait to get some input so I can stop thinking about all this!! :beer:
Thanks!!