Camera for broadcasting

[Bouke Vahl]

eeer, dude…
I don’t get it.

What is the price for a sattelite uplink at your location?

Bouke

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smart tools for video pros

[Karl Walker]

I will be sending the finished product to a church in South Africa and it will be broadcast on sat TV (intelsat 7/10) through them. There is a package for budget broadcasting.

[Richard Cardonna]

For that price i their are various low end prosumer cams from panasonic and sony. check at bhphoto.com, Or go to ebay and buy a higher end used cam.

Will you be sending a recording via mail or streaming or sending a live feed?

rcm

[Bouke Vahl]

well, my point was, for 1500 bucks you have money to record just the sound…

iow, make a list of all the equipment you need, and don’t forget cabling.

You need a camera, tripod, mics, something to get the material inside your computer for post, some storage, means of transportation to the broadcaster…

And i take it the operators are volunteers?

Bouke

https://www.videotoolshed.com/
smart tools for video pros

[Rafael Amador]

Buy your self any camcorder with FW, plug it to a lap-top and you are done.
rafael

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[Karl Walker]

What is FW?
I am currently using a small camcorder to rec d video and my laptop to rec d audio on audacity thru line out from d mixer. I use sony Vegas pro 10 to mix it and make dvds

[Richard Crowley]

FW = FireWire = EIA1394 = iLink(Sony)

What does your current video product look like? Sound like? What are the major deficiencies? Maybe lighting or microphone or even set dressing are more “low-hanging fruit” than replacing the camera.

You have asked our opinion about a specific camera, but you have given us no context in which to evaluate it. What do the people at the uplink say about your video? I suspect that people here are reluctant to answer your question because from our perspective you are asking it in a vacuum. You haven’t even identified your current camera or what kind of video you are shooting? Are you doing “simple” interior talking-head? Or are you producing worship services? Or are you making on-location documentaries? Where are you?

[Karl Walker]

Hi,
Sorry, I’m new to this and still trying to work out things.

I am using a small Panasonic SDR-H40 camcorder right now to make simple videos of the preaching in the church.

I am recording the sound through the audio line out on my mixer to my laptop using audacity. I then convert the sound to MP3 and mix it with the video using Sony Vegas.

This is one of the videos I recently made – https://youtu.be/ezwFyT9nm-o

I am planning to start sending dvds for broadcast by the end of this year and I would like some advice as to what to pick up.

The uplink guys want me to use at least a 3ccd camera……the one I am using is not, hence I need to pick up another one.

The camera I am using is a very small one and it records in mov. format. I mix it on Sony Vegas and render it as avi. format PAL DV widescreen (don’t know if that is correct or not).

I will not be producing documentaries, but simple recordings of the preachings.

I am located in Mauritius.

Hope this helps a bit…:-)

[Richard Crowley]

Have you tried your camera outdoors? What kind of video do you get on a bright overcast day? What does the picture look like when you keep the zoom at a conservative setting (i.e. not all the way out at 42x) Many lower-cost cameras produce remarkably nice pictures when what they are shooting is well-lit. The video I saw had bright white backgrounds which will make even the most expensive camera produce muddy images because cameras (and humans, for that matter) don’t tolerate bright back-lighting interfering with the primary subject.

I assume that the distortion I heard in the audio is from the YouTube compression? Does your original audio sound OK?

I wouldn’t automatically jump to the conclusion that you need a new camera when you appear to have lighting issues to remedy first.

[Karl Walker]

Hi Richard,

Yes, I tried the cam outdoors and the image is very clear.
The audio on my side is quite clear, so I guess it is a thing with Youtube when I uploaded it.

I will try with a darker background and see how it comes out.

Thanks a ton….I appreciate all the advice..
Karl