What camera should I use for corporate videos?

[Steven Bradford]

Hmm.

I think I get a clearer picture now. I’d say get one of the panasonic or canon camcorders. The HV30 makes okay keys, we’ve used it at school a couple of times for that. A Panasonic DVX100 is also fine, though not HD, as is the HVX200 or HDM150 which are HD.
The main thing is, get a 3 chip camera. Don’t get one that records to little SD chips, those compress the signal too much.

When you need to do the chroma key, you’ll ask around and get some advice, and eventually figure out how to do it. That’s how it works out for a lot of people. I have a web page about it that you can get too from my home page, see below. Your clients don’t seem that sophisticated, my experience is that they’ll love the results.

That’s why I think the whole 4:1:1 vs 4:2:2 thing doesn’t matter, you’ll get results that are good enough for your clients.

Steven Bradford
https://www.3dstereomedia.com 3D company I’ve worked with since 1990
https://www.seanet.com/~bradford/ my personal home page, find my greenscreen page there.
https://www.seattlefilminstitute.com the school I teach at.

[Chelsea Householder]

Hi Steve,

I thought It might be you, yep the company I am working for knows nothing about film and wants me start up their department. It’s really sweet. I just don’t know much about chroma key. I have been reading up though. I hope the rest of the school year went well.