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mikevinckier93

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hi. i have been looking very, very hard for a used pro vid camera and i cant seem to find one. i am loving the panasonics and i am kind of interested in a canon GL1. So reply to this/email me/or PM me on anything your willing to sell kind of cheap! Because remember i am a 15 year old who cant afford super-expensive things. this camera will be for action sports also, for my sponsors...

soo start writing to me!!!

im interested in hearing from anyone with oppertunitys to buy, or even websites!!!
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mikevinckier93 said:
hi. i have been looking very, very hard for a used pro vid camera and i cant seem to find one. i am loving the panasonics and i am kind of interested in a canon GL1. So reply to this/email me/or PM me on anything your willing to sell kind of cheap! Because remember i am a 15 year old who cant afford super-expensive things. this camera will be for action sports also, for my sponsors...

soo start writing to me!!!

im interested in hearing from anyone with oppertunitys to buy, or even websites!!!
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Sounds like the old story, "I want it fast and cheap" . . . the other guy says, "I can do it fast or I can do it cheap, but not both." What I mean is "used pro vid camera" and "GL-1" really don't belong in the same sentence.

Don't take this as critcism (it's not). I owned a GL1 back in the day . . . learned quite a bit in the process of using it. Ahhh, "that word." LEARN. PRACTICE. etc.

Here's my thought: If you're 15 now, one of the things you have over most of the rest of us is, time. Time to gather experience. I can't speak for the rest of 'em but nearly everything I ever learned (worth knowing) came either from someone showing me (books, classes, working), or my mistakes--probably more from the mistakes . . . as I certainly continue to expand my library of them!

Nothing wrong with the GL-1. You can learn as much from it as pretty much anything else. You might consider the benefit of saving what money you have or may be coming your way for that "I really got have it" purchase down the road. As far as what to buy now? Gotta be a million choices -- Keep your eye on the electronics stores, eBay--if it's new and the buyer has a respectable track record, and elsewhere. Buy something that is within your budget (OR LESS).

Hey, if you can score somthing that shoots 16x9, writes to an SD card, maybe even "HD" then so much the better . . . I'm just thinking that you can learn how to frame a shot, move the camera, and find something out about lighting (or available light), etc., without having to put out a bunch of bucks now.

Anyhow, just my two cents. Wish you the best (and hey, if I run across a GL-1 in my travels I'll let you know, <g>).

D.
 
If you want decent SD video, the older panasonic GS250s and GS150s are pretty decent quality to start off messing around with. I had a GS400 and that looked fantastic for what it was. Should be able to find the GS250 on ebay rather cheap too.
 
buy mine, i'm asking for $1800 for dvx100b, azden shotgun mic, wide angle lens, hard case annd all the stuff that came with the camera. But since you only 15 years old and is you birthday I willing to sell it for $1700
 
Well, his offer for a DVX100P was $300 because "that was all he got," so I have to agree with the above post that a used HV20/30 would be a better camera than a GL-1. What you lose in some manual control more than makes up for it in picture, provided it's lit properly.
 
Hey, I would pretty much agree with dregenthal's post. And I might add for the sanity of us all perhaps change the spelling to actually say video...its so much more mature. Nothing like the present to start with good business foundations. Always put your best foot forward ! :) The very best with starting out.... Thats how I got started...just borrow and start shooting..practice the basics and master the foundations as your learn.


Cheers,
Daniel Brewer
Director / DP
LightSource Media
 
I had a teacher once tear me to shreds when I was younger and had zero money. I was complaining about the limitations on a project due to lack of equipment we had. He told me - in very colorful language - to get a credit card, pay the minimums if I had to, just do whatever I could to get the stuff I needed to get going and worry about it later.

Of course, it's a somewhat foolhardy recommendation, but at its core, he was right. He explained that "when he was my age," if he could complie all the necessary equipment for around $10,000 to start making movies, AND the credit was available waaaay back then like it is today, he wouldn't have hesitated. Something about my generation being spoiled and stupid, not knowing how good we have it...yadda yadda....but yeah, equipment is so relatively cheap, and purchasing power is pretty readily available nowadays, so I knew what he meant and why he felt the way he did.

Anyway, these days, if there is a job that I am going to do (or MIGHT do) and I can't do it without a certain tool, I get that tool. I can pay it back later, because I'm a professional and professionals get paid. If I'm not willing to risk a little bit of cash (and yeah, $1k or $2k is just a little cash) on my own "dream" or whatever you call it, then why am I even bothering at all?

15 years of age is a good time to start thinking about what kind of stuff you want to do for a living, and if this is just going to be a passing fancy, just get a cheap, used camera and have fun with it for a while If it's something you plan to do as a career, consider borrowing money or cutting somebody's lawn or whatever it takes to get your hands on the tools that will help you work your best.
 
i was in the same postion as you about last year and the best thing to do now is LEARN as much as you can look at this site, www.skateperception.com its like this site but geared towards skateboard filming, last year around now i bought a GL1 on ebay, it was my fiirst 3 chip camera and i learned alot from it, i would not overly recomend it, maybe something like a sony vx2000/2100 or even a sony TRV900. but for now just learn learn learn about everything.
 
Michael,

Find yourself a local production outfit (a one or two man shop) and see if they can hire you as a grip. Absorb everything you can and put away the cash. You'll get to use their equipment and in the process determine exactly what kind of camera you want.

Barring that, go with the used HV20 (or the refurb available now at the Canon website for $400.)
 
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