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is vericam right for me?
I’m an film maker looking into shooting with the vericam which was recomeneded to me by several people. Although clearly better than any DV camera I am growing concerned about shooting with it. This is a 7-10 min short shot entirely on a stedicam, which according to this post and others is very challanging to do with the 26 lb vericam. I was wondering if there is a lighter HD alternative that can produce similar image quality. My primary concerns are color, and light response. It is an out door shoot with natural light in a park setting. So dealing with the sun and capturing the green of the trees is parmount. I am by no means attached to the 720P format in fact any 1080P alterantives are quite welcome seeing i have access to a HDCAM pipeline.
thanks for the help and all of the helpful info in the past
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Never buy a camera you can’t spell…
You can lighten the camera considerably by removing the viewfinder and using a prime lens. I’ve directed spots using the VariCam on a SteadiCam with no problems.
If I needed a smaller camera and I could wait a bit, I’d probably go with the new Panasonic 200.
Good shooting!
Leo
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I’m just finishing off post on a shoot that I DP’d with two Varicams and we used Steadicam extensively. I’m a Steadicam Owner/Operator and don’t see this camera being particularly heavy when you compare it to most other cameras that I’ve hauled around. If the film is a continuous shot then yeah, trim as much weight off as you can, but as to the image quality, especially outside with trees, the varicam is probably your best bet. The cine gamma FILM REC function and exposing it at it’s rated ASA will give you a lot of leeway between sun and shade. Even more interestingly I did a lot of live exposure changes on our shoot from shade to sun as the camera pivoted around, and really I often needn’t have. I’ve found in post that the lattitude of the Varicam is so good outside that even 2 stops over in sun holds very well and can be pushed back down easily, so in the future I will be more likely to expose the camera in between a sunlit and shade lit setting and compensate in post to improve the timing.
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thanks for the advice and excuse the misspelling luckily i will only be renting not buying
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