My friends and I this year are going to film some of the fishing that we do and I was wondering if someone that has done this before would share info on the camera that they used im looking to get a good one new or used looking to find a good deal on one any help would be great
Posted 1/21/2007 11:25 PM (#233558 - in reply to #233557) Subject: RE: Filiming musky fishing. . . .
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin
That depends on what you intend to do with the video. Much of what we produce for OutdoorsFIRST is shot with a Canon GL1, a fairly expensive camera if all you want is to place the video on the web or store it for personal use.
We also use a $350.00 JVC, which does a GREAT job for most simple video applications. We use mini DV format for a number of reasons, including the fact we need video in High Quality AVI format for our use and the fact we can store our videos safely in hi-rez.
Make sure the camera you buy has a firewire connection, and your computer too. Video in is also nice for ice video or underwater shots.
Posted 1/21/2007 11:42 PM (#233560 - in reply to #233557) Subject: RE: Filiming musky fishing. . . .
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That GL1is super expensive but thanks for the imput I might buy that one thanks
davep
Posted 1/22/2007 6:27 AM (#233566 - in reply to #233557) Subject: RE: Filiming musky fishing. . . .
Brandon,
Like steve said, if you are going to do it for yourselves, a "regular" digital camera will be more than good enough. Alot of it depends on the camera man and how they shoot a shot. Not only that, but a smaller camera is much more convenient and easy to use. The high end ones have much more capabilities but its all in what your intent is.
Guest
Posted 1/22/2007 12:57 PM (#233640 - in reply to #233557) Subject: RE: Filiming musky fishing
This was listed on M1st Swap Board awhile back. Give this guy a call. He has a bunch of quality equipment for sale. This was the equip used to film Pearson's Muskies on the Shield video....
Posted 1/22/2007 1:09 PM (#233648 - in reply to #233557) Subject: RE: Filiming musky fishing
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anybody ever do one person filming? I do alot of early morning fishing by myself before the wife and kids get up. I used a window spotting scope window mount and put it on a cleat. That worked ok.
Posted 1/22/2007 5:40 PM (#233710 - in reply to #233673) Subject: RE: Filiming musky fishing
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin
Notice the camera shaking a couple times in the underwater clip? Something kept hitting the back side of the camera all day, never saw what it was.
Anyway, the Canon Series of Pro-sumer mini DV cameras are very, very nice.
josh
Posted 1/23/2007 12:27 AM (#233764 - in reply to #233557) Subject: RE: Filiming musky fishing
A more inexpensive solution might be to buy one of the new Pure Digital Camcorders. They are smaller than most digital cameras and can fit in your pocket. They record an hour of video at a time on flash memory. There are no tapes. It has a USB cord port and you simply plug it into your computer and boom your done. No conversion necessary. They only cost $150.00 bucks too.
Posted 1/23/2007 3:01 AM (#233768 - in reply to #233557) Subject: RE: Filiming musky fishing
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Location: Lino Lakes, MN
I haven't done a whole ton of filming in the boat, but I got some pretty good footage of our trip to LOTW a few years ago with a Sony Handycam with the mini DV. I didn't do a lot of constant filming, but always had it out and at arms length in case we saw a fish coming or someone would hook up. It is a small camera which made it easy to carry around and keep out of the way when not in use. The model number for mine is Sony DCR-HC30. For the few times when we were in an area that we knew was holding a fish, I would put the camera up on a tripod and just let it roll. I got plenty of good action footage and then let it roll when we would see an Eagle coming in close or run into some other wildlife. When I got home, I used the Sony Vegas software to put it all together with audio and add still pictures, titles, effects, etc. The software is fairly pricey but is extremely simple to use and gave us a good finished product. Another thing that I like about the video is that I was able to pull a lot of still shots from frames that I probably wouldn't have gotten with a still camera alone. The best advice that I could give would be to read the entire manual and know all of the capabilities of your camera before using it. I was amazed at the quality I was able to get simply by reading up and making sure I optimized the settings for the conditions, etc. Hope that helps a bit.
Filiming musky fishing