Premium Member Luke Prendergast Posted September 12, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted September 12, 2005 I ditched my dinky micro director's finder with the idea of replacing it with a Pentax OptioMX digital camera, which I never got around to buying. I'm looking now at the JVC GZ-MC200E. It can record 8.5Mbps video at 720x480 and takes 1600x1200 stills. 10x optical zoom. Does audio too. Storage is a Microdrive. The idea is to use it on location scouts for stills and video and audio notes, and on set as a director's finder. It's minus any calibration and markings out of the box but that won't take much figuring. Has anyone here used a mini digital camera as a finder? Any words of wisdom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landon D. Parks Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 >Looks kinda fishy to me... But if it works, I guess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Paul Bruening Posted September 18, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted September 18, 2005 Hey, It should be useful. Working out the framing and lens length matches might be a problem. It could also help with continuity. I wouldn't depend on it exclusively for exposure unitl you have an idea of how close it's exposure latitude matches your main cam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Luke Prendergast Posted September 18, 2005 Author Premium Member Share Posted September 18, 2005 It should be straightforward enough to figure the transforms for framing and ballpark lens selection. Wouldn't be using it for exposure. Could be useful for judging color temp mismatches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landon D. Parks Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 P+S Technik (Spelling?) has a Digital Directors finder that you stick on the end of any consumer Digital Video Camera, and it allows you to attached 35mm film lenses (Its similare to a Mini35 for consumer cameras), this way you can get acurate focal lengths without conversions, among other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Stephen Williams Posted September 24, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted September 24, 2005 I ditched my dinky micro director's finder with the idea of replacing it with a Pentax OptioMX digital camera, which I never got around to buying. I'm looking now at the JVC GZ-MC200E. It can record 8.5Mbps video at 720x480 and takes 1600x1200 stills. 10x optical zoom. Does audio too. Storage is a Microdrive. The idea is to use it on location scouts for stills and video and audio notes, and on set as a director's finder. It's minus any calibration and markings out of the box but that won't take much figuring. Has anyone here used a mini digital camera as a finder? Any words of wisdom? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi, I use a Nikon D70, its image sensor is very close to S35. For lens focal length selection its spot on. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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