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**Keeriewof** · 07-12-2007, 05:14 PM

I wanna create some movies and I'm looking into getting a camera. The problem with most cameras is that they perform like **** in darker areas and that it always looks frigging amateur. Next to that most of the time it's hard to get the data on the PC to edit it. Which camera would be good to make short movies and makes it easy to edit the movies on the PC?

The low light thing is more of a high end vs. low end camera. You need to look at some nice semi-pro Sony or Canon ones, something with a good lens. The amateur problem is not the camera, it's the photographer. Most the things people do with cameras are NOT seen in TV/movies. Zooms are rarely used in movies yet are used a lot with amateur filming, most the time the framing is totally off and it's centered more at head level when it should be a lower angle with the head nearing the top 1/3 of the frame, etc. Movement also looks amateur and that came be solved with lots of practice and maybe a homemade steady cam. I suspect people also try to make too long of a shot which involves moving the camera from one person to another or following a person after they turn to walk somewhere rather then grabbing another angle on that person.

The problem with getting them onto your computer is probably more software/windows. I hate to sound like a Mac fan boy but I think iMovie or Final Cut probably would pick up any modern (last 3 or 4 year old) camera right as you connected it to your Mac and let you start importing right away. Maybe look for some Adobe or Avid / Media 100 programs.

07-12-2007, 05:14 PM	#2
Keeriewof Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 465 Senior Member	I wanna create some movies and I'm looking into getting a camera. The problem with most cameras is that they perform like **** in darker areas and that it always looks frigging amateur. Next to that most of the time it's hard to get the data on the PC to edit it. Which camera would be good to make short movies and makes it easy to edit the movies on the PC? The low light thing is more of a high end vs. low end camera. You need to look at some nice semi-pro Sony or Canon ones, something with a good lens. The amateur problem is not the camera, it's the photographer. Most the things people do with cameras are NOT seen in TV/movies. Zooms are rarely used in movies yet are used a lot with amateur filming, most the time the framing is totally off and it's centered more at head level when it should be a lower angle with the head nearing the top 1/3 of the frame, etc. Movement also looks amateur and that came be solved with lots of practice and maybe a homemade steady cam. I suspect people also try to make too long of a shot which involves moving the camera from one person to another or following a person after they turn to walk somewhere rather then grabbing another angle on that person. The problem with getting them onto your computer is probably more software/windows. I hate to sound like a Mac fan boy but I think iMovie or Final Cut probably would pick up any modern (last 3 or 4 year old) camera right as you connected it to your Mac and let you start importing right away. Maybe look for some Adobe or Avid / Media 100 programs.
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