Tobias Johansson

Too stupid questions? :ph34r:

A little more about me I am a stillphoto photographer. Me and a friend have bin talking for a long time about expanding with moving images instead I am at the moment not a photographer for moving images but i say to myself that the gap is not so big if i know about taking still photos ;)

Is that test really accurate? It seem at the test frame, the panasonic has the wrong settings for the picture

I would like some suggestions about what equipment that i could need. We want a camera that is good at capturing the image, color and white balance as close to reality as possible. I have bin looking at a panasonic AG-HVX201AE or AG-HPX171 Maybe even a Sony PMW-EX1 or a PMW-EX3 I was looking at a test with a sony and a panasonic. However, in that test, the panasonic must have the wrong settings. http://www.pairofhands.net/Ex1%20vs%20HVX%20Shootout.html Is it really that bad? I think that the sony in that test makes a good picture but does the camera fit my needs? I am looking at a camera that is good for making documentaries at first but we would also like to use it for shooting with studio lighting and make episodes in a tv-serial way that we maybe could sell to a TV-station. Or even make a movie to show at some local film festival in a cinema. I have heard that when you are making a documentery, the camera is not as important as what the documentary is about but when it is scripted television, you need a better camera. I want a camera that lasts and when we have the ball rolling we can buy a better camera. My absolute limit is 10.000 euro, i prefer 4000-7000 euro if that is possible for all equipment. The questions: What kind of camera could fit me? The panasonic that i am looking on has 100mbps and the sony has 35mbps. what diffrence does this make? The sony cameras is XDCAM, is this better than P2? What kind of equipment do i need for example the sound? Do i need mixers and external audio recorders or do i just need a good microphone? If i have two external microphones connected to the camera, do they save the sound in diffrent tracks or at the same time and the same track? If i save on memory cards, can i transfer the files to the computer via the camera or do i need a expensive cardreader for several $$$?