Samsung VP-HMX10 - Help needed!

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GregPorter

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I plan on buying this camera soon: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/174284


Would someone be so kind as to point me to each item I'd need as far as the 35mm Adapter and all other things needed to make it work.

(i.e. I don't need info on Rigs/rods to hold it etc, just the adapter it's self)

I'm really new at 35mm Adapters and I've read over most of the stickied threads but I'd like someone to be surgical about this, I want to make sure I have exactly what I need to make it work with this camera specifically.

All info like thread sizes etc are on the page but I'm unsure what to do.

Any help would be great, thanks!!
 
can you manually focus this camera? if you cant then its hard to make it work. I have a similar form factor camera for my home video. a sony hdr cx100, also 30mm thread. when i tried it on one of the sveral adapters i have for my pro cameras, i realized, with no manual focus controls, it won't work.
 
Well if you want an Adapter for that camera, you will need. An Adapter (Letus Lex, SGpro/blade, RRM Encore/M3 Brevis etc..) A support rod setup, and Lenses as a bare bones setup. Keh.com is a good source for lenses. Once you get that far you will want to consider a Matte Box, Follow Focus, HD and HD Monitor.

But honestly you might want to go back to square one and compare that camera to other offerings in its league like the canon HV20/30 or VIXIA HF series,those cameras all shoot 24p or have a 24 Frame mode to look more filmic. I don't see anything about that in the description for the cam you posted and I have never heard of this camera. www.hv20.com might be a good source for you.
 
I'd love an HV series camera any day, but it's really out of my budget - About £300-400 out of my budget not including the 35mm stuff I need to buy.

I could get the Canon HG10 for £300 but that's from a US site and no doubt I'll get charged £200 duty tax and THEN shipping fee's. It's rough in the customs world :(
 
Yep definitely, I've used an HG10 lots - My friend has one. It's just well out of my budget.

I totally forgot the importance of manual focus for 35 adapters so I guess I need to re-think what camera to buy, Unless there's a way I can skimp on duty tax and buy the HG10 off of B&H for roughly 300 quid, that's a steal.
 
ok, thats seems a good camera. Did you include in your budget a small lcd monitor? because that canon has no internal image flip.

Using it with a basic lens adapter w/o flip ( I assumed this since you are on a budget and you mentioned adapter only) will let you record an upside down image.

If you would get either a flip or lcd monitor would require you to have a basic rail support. thats kinda pricey unless you diy.
 
I can DIY the rod/rail support, I have plans for that and I should be able to get a decent monitor too.

Right now my main concern is getting exactly what I need for the adapter stuff, the rest I can figure out.

Now I just need to find a bargain on a HG10.
 
try finding used 35mm adapters. A lot are selling cuz of the new HDSLRS. I myself is waiting for mine so i can place my 35mm adapters in a glass case in our camera museum. -no kidding. we have a photography museum on 2nd flr.

For your cam, you can get a used brevis and you might not need the supports since its light. For an m2, it can come with rails when sold used.

I by the way DIYed my lens adapters.
Glad i didnt buy one since its era is fast coming to an end.
 
I'll probably DIY most of the camera rig, it's just the adapter I want to buy pre-made because I'm hopeless at lens stuff.

I'm running out of places to check for camera's though, looks like I'm going to need to wait a few months before I can afford an HG10 or similarly ranked camera.

I'm only a student and a student loan isn't an option at the moment.
 
you might want to save for these HDDSLRs, my younger brother made a short on a D90. The D5000 is similar in image quality and cheaper. Or try the canon 500D, thats the cheapest canon dslr with video and ive seen great footage from it. Plus you have yourself a professional grade stills cam.
 
Yeah I could do that, that would save all the hassle of building a rig too.. do these video dSLR's have external microphone inputs though?

Although.. surely a camcorder built specifically for video is going to be superior to a still cam with a video option? I guess that only factors in when we talk about £5000 camera's instead of a £500 Canon camera.
 
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