DV Cameras....

[Stuffisk]

A Friend and I are looking into making our Own little Film project, but I was wondering what a good DV camera for under 800$ would be for the Full Color Look, like in most Holy Wood Movies, and if i can't get one that would give that alone, what would be teh Best Filter to give a Full Colored look like in most HolyWood Movies?

Thanx for helping the N00b

[Alex]

That's not a lot of money to spend for a digital camera.

I would look into Digital Eight cameras. Digital-8 is an excellent alternative to Mini-DV because the cameras cost significantly less and might just have as good picture picture quality.

I think you will need a 3-chip camera however, and I don't think you can find one for as little as $800.00

Do you know anything at all about Super-8 Cameras?

[Cranium]

Sony has a new(ish) D8 camera with a single, Megapixel HAD sensor. Should be around that price range, and they give pretty nice results.
I think it's the 830.

[Stuffisk]

what Price Range would I be looking at for a camera that could give me really rich-full color like in the movies?

[Skagnetti]

The new Steven Soderberg film Full Frontal (commercials are starting to air on TV so you can get a look at the quality of the picture) was filmed on DV using the Canon XL1S. It costs over $3000 but is very high quality and offers a lot of customization options.

Here it is...

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ July 27, 2002 01:23 AM: Message edited by: Skagnetti ]</font>

[Alex]

I reviewed the Canon XL1-S camera for Camcorder & Computer Video Magazine, the April 2002 edition. Unfortunately, Camcorder only keeps one issue at a time on line, then they remove it!

Overall it's a cool camera, and frankly, it incorporates some of the Super-8 Canon 814XLS and Canon 1014XLS features in it's design!

I just wonder if one were trying to make a short movie, if they couldn't have just as much success buying a Canon 814XLS for $300.00, shoot 20 rolls of film, develop it, and edit on a Non-Linear platform for significantly less money than buying the XL1-S.

Anyway, If I have the time, I will rewrite Mr. Soderburgh's comments about shooting with the Canon for his movie in which he says he never intended it to look like film. (I copied the article word for word and posted it on this forum a couple of months ago. When Hostboard lost 3 weeks worth of posts a couple of months back, that post was lost!)

[TA152]

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 28, 2003 11:09 PM: Message edited by: S8 Booster ]</font>

[Alex]

Ah, but can you transplant the necessary brain cells to make me know how to do it!

Perhaps I can send you a copy of the magazine when I send you your mike that you have been so patiently waiting for.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ July 29, 2002 12:35 PM: Message edited by: Alex ]</font>

[Stuffisk]

So my best bet is to either grab a 300$ Super-8 Canon Camera, Grab a good Filter, Bring it Into Adobe and edit the Color in there, or, Drop 3000$ on a Canon XL1S DV camera ?

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ July 27, 2002 12:06 PM: Message edited by: Stuffisk ]</font>

[Alex]

Rich Full Color? Seems like you need a dose of Kodachrome 40 [img]biggrin.gif[/img]