first time video job

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kofman13

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Ive been doing semi pro photography with my d90 for a year now as a side business. But i was contacted to record a concert and do post reception stills for a piano recital in a probably dim lit church.

my first idea: record video with d90 and 85mm 1.8 at 480p ( i think quality is decent plus i need the 20 min limit as opposed to 5 minutes because each piece will be more than 5 minutes long)

and planning to record audio seperately to my laptop with this mic and sync it later
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/150434-REG/Sony_ECMMS907.html

ive used it to record my own audition cd on piano and it was pretty good.

is this a feasible idea?

also, what program should i use to record audio with? ( for my quick recording i used audacity LoL!)
 
what's wrong with audacity? that mic probably isn't great and your laptop preamps even worse. get a usb sound card and something like a rode stereo video mic. or get a zoom h2 and you have both a pretty great surround mic and an ok recorder in one. as for the video it depends on what you need it for. if it's for the web i guess it's fine, but it probably won't look that great. I'd also be worried about overheating. i would rent an hvx200 or similar. a good worhorse and it records great audio too.
 
mattsand said:
what's wrong with audacity? that mic probably isn't great and your laptop preamps even worse. get a usb sound card and something like a rode stereo video mic. or get a zoom h2 and you have both a pretty great surround mic and an ok recorder in one. as for the video it depends on what you need it for. if it's for the web i guess it's fine, but it probably won't look that great. I'd also be worried about overheating. i would rent an hvx200 or similar. a good worhorse and it records great audio too.
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im planning to get a H1 or H2 zoom.

in terms of over heating... would my d90 over head after an hour?
 
maybe, maybe not, the problem is you can't be sure. i would never use the d90 for anything that requires continuous shooting. test it. you don't have to shoot, just put it in live view and wait.
 
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