http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: amatuer - Recent Topics en Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:31:24 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/just-enough-to-buy-imac-fcs-and-canon-hf200-need-advise-badly#post-54912 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:00:45 +0000 meta 54912@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Hi there,</p> <p>I am a first time/amatuer and would like someday to go pro. My experience is only with a digital slr camera. I owned a Canon 350D DSLR and a sony Laptop running Windows Vista Business. I sometimes use Adobe Photoshop but I prefere not to "cheat/enhance" those photos. I do know that there is a huge diff between a camera and a camcorder and is willing to take up the challenge.</p> <p>My friends and I (all not professional climber) attempted 6,962 m (22,841 ft) Mount Aconcagua and was documented. The documentary cost was sponsored by local TV. To make the story short, the documentary was done professionally by 2 cameraman and unfortunately we failed only 300m to the summit due to bad weather. They used 2 sony pro video camera with DV tape type which I forgot which model it was.</p> <p>The group now is trying for another attempt in January 2011. Unable to secure a sponsor, our budget is kinda tight this time around that we cant afford to hire professionals to the the documentary again. Since I have a long interest with video making, I am now jumping into this oppurtunity to document the journey. I am thinking of submitting the end product to local tv or competition if it is good enough! It is about normal people trying to do the extra ordinary. We do have a list of mountains to conquer!</p> <p>My budget allows me to purchase:<br /> <br />IMAC 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 with 8GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM. ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB and 1TB Serial ATA Drive.</p> <p>Final Cut Studio.</p> <p>Canon HF200.</p> <p>My questions:</p> <p>Will this be a good computer that doent take forever to render or complete my work and software for a first time documentary? I do hope to go pro in the future but I do not wish to buy another computer in the next 3 years. Yes I cant afford the macpro just yet.</p> <p>Is that a good choice for a starting camera that can handle "some/little" outdoor abuse? I wish to shoot the documentary in HD and it MUST not be heavy!</p> <p>Will the camera take the cold weather? My research tells me that flash memory handles cold weather better than any other type... is this correct?</p> <p>Am I going the right path by choosing Mac over Windows?</p> <p>My budget is REALLY tight... please advise.</p> <p>Thanks in advance.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/5-minute-engagement-video-with-humor#post-34373 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:50:11 +0000 neworlensladi 34373@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi all...</p> <p>My brother got engaged, finnnnally, as in, finally met a girl he wanted to marry, and proposed in 5 months!.....though my family's looking in my direction next (eek!).....so I put together this little quickie video from that night, and I'd love to hear what you think.</p> <p>The video footage is errr, uhhh a tad murky.  I have a rebel xt and a decent camcorder, but they don't fit in my pocket or rest well on my drink tabs, so I used my canon sd850 to capture all pics and mini video clips (it was nighttime too, so a leeeeetle tiny bit of bleaching was needed just to see people). ;)</p> <p>Would love feedback...I usually do bio vids for the "family market" that last 20-30 minutes...this was my first "quickie" based on only one night, with a VERY limited media pool. I did it one night when I was home sick.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlhfloeAJvg" title="Engagement Video">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlhfloeAJvg</a></p> <p>Mardi Gras hugs to all.....</p> <p>hopefully I posted this in the right place, my apologies if I did not.</p>