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64 bit /camcorder vs dslr
This is a 2 in one question.
So I’m getting a new computer and was just wondering is it worth the money to switch to 64 bit, and how are you guys experience with cs5 compare to cs4.
my second question is to whether buy a digital camera(dslr) (which I know are mainly use for photography, but the quality I seen from it are just phenomenal) vs buying a camcorder. The computer is going to cost me a lot so my price range is up to 800 dollars. I’m thinking of buying Panasonic HDC-SD60K or the rebel
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It doesn’t seem to make sense to spend money getting a new 32-bit system (hardware or software) since they’re on the way out and will likely be relegated to door stop status before too long.
CS5 is way better than CS4 … sorry, but it seems one can only respond to a vague question with a vague answer.
Someone else can probably be more help than I with the DSLR question.
By the way, the After Effects forum doesn’t really seem the appropriate forum for any of those questions.
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CS5, 64 bit is the way to go. You can still get a good couple of years in my opinion on CS4, but it’s like when you switched from a single processor to multiple processors in a computer.
If you shoot for fx, camcorder for sure, especially if you can skip recording to a card/drive/tape and go straight to a hard disk.
A dslr will give you good looking picture but with a lot of compression which will take out most data from the image that you would use for chroma, grading and fx in general.Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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well I’m joining a class next year where we will be filming a lot and I need to at least have a decent computer to work on, and I’m planing for this computer to be my main through out my college years.
for the camera, I just want to have something that actually shoots in HD since the one I’m having right now doesn’t.In my college years, I will then be saving up for those 3 thousand dollars that pros use. Now I need at least something decent to work with. The camera doesn’t have to be for effect work, but I do like it to have a cinematographic look to it
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In that case, a dslr is a good choice in my opinion. If you can get a few decent lenses then you can get a cinematographic look, and you can use that for stills as well. Just remember, if you want to shoot green screen or do heavy compositing or color grading you may not get the best results. For testing and school projects though, it is a good option on a low budget.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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how would dslr hinder green screen, color grading and compositing work?
Also is dslr sound quality very bad? it seems like it is so much trouble so I’m thinking just to go for a normal camcorder -
I thought you said you were not going to use it for that- a dslr does compress the color information quite a bit. Thus you will not have all that information you need to pull a good key or color correct.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist
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