Melvin Harris
Black Flag Member
Again, not too worried about Canon anything. The kids have been using mine with no mishap and no incident. They are particularly careful because it is a little more delicate than the HMC, but they are used to using pretty "expensive" (for a bunch of middle schoolers) equipment. My students have handled everything from HVXs to XL-H1s, so the price of the GH1 doesn't faze them, just the size, which they have begun to adjust to... so, not worried about Canon build quality or Canon anything.
Actually, I find it funny that in a thread where I specifically said, "forget Canon," we are still talking about Canon.
Is it really this important? What camera people use? Really? Panasonic or Canon... let me tell you something, no one watching your movie cares, and if you are making movies for the people who do care then your audience must be really small. I teach about 500 kids for 187 days a year and they don't care about what anything was shot on, neither do their families, friends, or enemies. The teachers- 70 at the campus, and a couple hundred across the district, don't care. No one cares about your rig if the movie is good and the story is sound, which is what sells movies in the first place. People watch barbershop/flea market bootleg movies for God's sake! Those movies are the worst quality known to man but they still sell for 5 buck a pop (and thousands over a month period) because people want to see movies, not cameras.
I considered the GH1 because of price and lens selection, and because it was significantly easier to argue for campus adoption. The Canon is the same freaking tool... a digital photo camera that shoots video, period. The same lessons can be taught on both, and each camera company's offerings can be referenced in every lesson so nobody's favorite camera is left out! I prefer Toyota (even with the recall which other companies have had throughout the years) but does that mean the Ford will get me there faster when there is traffic? Or Chevy's seats are better for big butts?
Everything has good and bad, strengths and weaknesses and, like women or men, it all boils down to personal preference. Shooting with these cameras is like marriage- the key to making it work is to understand what you are and are not willing to put up with before you say I do and dealing with the decision after you pull that trigger.
That's what we have done, and I was inquiring about and output option based on that decision which, I believe, every one here (at the school and in my circle) is fine with.
Actually, I find it funny that in a thread where I specifically said, "forget Canon," we are still talking about Canon.
Is it really this important? What camera people use? Really? Panasonic or Canon... let me tell you something, no one watching your movie cares, and if you are making movies for the people who do care then your audience must be really small. I teach about 500 kids for 187 days a year and they don't care about what anything was shot on, neither do their families, friends, or enemies. The teachers- 70 at the campus, and a couple hundred across the district, don't care. No one cares about your rig if the movie is good and the story is sound, which is what sells movies in the first place. People watch barbershop/flea market bootleg movies for God's sake! Those movies are the worst quality known to man but they still sell for 5 buck a pop (and thousands over a month period) because people want to see movies, not cameras.
I considered the GH1 because of price and lens selection, and because it was significantly easier to argue for campus adoption. The Canon is the same freaking tool... a digital photo camera that shoots video, period. The same lessons can be taught on both, and each camera company's offerings can be referenced in every lesson so nobody's favorite camera is left out! I prefer Toyota (even with the recall which other companies have had throughout the years) but does that mean the Ford will get me there faster when there is traffic? Or Chevy's seats are better for big butts?
Everything has good and bad, strengths and weaknesses and, like women or men, it all boils down to personal preference. Shooting with these cameras is like marriage- the key to making it work is to understand what you are and are not willing to put up with before you say I do and dealing with the decision after you pull that trigger.
That's what we have done, and I was inquiring about and output option based on that decision which, I believe, every one here (at the school and in my circle) is fine with.