Sony Professional Cameras Camcorders
Where can I purchase a professional T.V. set / Motion Picture video camera camcorder ?
The same video cameras the tv & film industry use. For example when t.v. shows like seinfield & other t.v. shows end & you see those large cameras that is used when it pans back from the sitcom’s set to the live audiance & in film. I know it may cost around $10,000 to $ 5,000,000. Five million dollars. The little sony camcorders I have need to be replaced with something better.
First, set a budget.
What can you afford?
What do you want to use them for?
Keep in mind that the large cameras used in studios generally never come off the big dolly stands and they are way to bulky/heavy to use as handheld/shoulder mount and are not “convenient”. They also do not have any recording media capability built-in – they feed the video to recording decks in a control room – and a BUNCH of other gear. And they have no audio capabilities. ALL audio is captured off-board using a totally separate audio system.
In the recent past, smaller cameras that are on camera cranes or shoulder mounted can now be found in studios. They did not replace the large cameras – but augment them. Different camera angles and more flexibility on stage presence. Again, for the most part, they also do not have any recording media capability built-in – they feed the recording decks in the control room – and a BUNCH of other gear. And they have no audio capabilities. ALL audio is captured off-board using a totally separate audio system.
Camcorders on the other hand, by definition, have the recording media device built-in to the camera body. They also have built-in mics and capture the audio to the same storage media that captures the video. Lower end consumer units generally do not have external mic jacks or manual audio control. Low-end consumer camcorders have small lenses and imaging chips and do not do well in low light as a result. Manual controls are not easy to get to because they are usually used through the camcorder’s menu system.
“Prosumer” and professional camcorders have audio-in jacks (better ones use XLR connectors rather than 1/8″ (3.5mm) stereo audio in). They also have larger lenses and imaging chips for much better low-light behavior. Manual controls are on the outside of the camcorder and easy to get to.
Even though they have audio-in and built-in mics, the best way is to capture the audio separately with a field recorder and replace the audio captured by the camcorder with the audio from the field recorder.
Low end:
Canon ZR900, ZR930, ZR960. All are standard definition, miniDV tape consumer camcorders, have a mic jack but no manual audio control, have small lenses and imaging chips.
mid-range:
Canon HV20/HV30/HV40 or Sony HDR-HC9. All can do standard definition DV or High Definition HDV, miniDV tape consumer camcorders, have a 1/8″ stereo mic jack with manual audio control, have medium sized lenses and imaging chips.
prosumer standard definition:
Canon GL2, Sony DCR-VX2100 are standard definition, miniDV tape prosumer camcorders, have a 1/8″ stereo mic jack and manual audio control, have larger lenses and imaging chips.
prosumer high definition:
Sony HDR-FX1000 does HDV and DV, and is a miniDV tape prosumer camcorder, has a 1/8″ stereo mic jack and manual audio control, larger lenses and imaging chips. It replaced the HDR-FX1 and is a sibling to the pro-grade HVR-Z1U.
Then the jump to low-end pro finds larger lenses or imaging chips, and XLR audio connectors:
Standard definition:
Panasonic DVX100
High Definition (and standard definition):
Panasonic HDX200, Sony HVR-Z1U, HVR-Z5U, HVR-Z7U, HVR-V1U, Canon XH series and XLH series and JVC GY series.
These lists of camcorders is not complete and meant only to provide you with the better examples of camcorders within a certain range. Notice there are no hard disc drive or flash memory consumer camcorders listed. They save to same very highly compressed video data files – much more compressed than DV/HDV used by miniDV tape based camcorders. more compression = more discarded video data = reduced video quality… there are several other reason miniDV tape continues to be the preferred storage method, but that won’t be covered in this post. Consumer DVD camcorders barely make useful doorstops and never make it to the short list for any serious consideration – their video is compressed even more than the HDD/flash memory video data files..
Panasonic and Sony have higher end camcorders that go into different formats (DVCPRO, XDCAM, HDCAM) and they can exceed $100,000.
So… after all is said and done… set a budget. In my opinion, if you are looking for good video quality and flexibility, the MINIMUM you should be looking at is the Sony HDR-FX1000 or Canon XHA1… or above.
Sony HDR-SR1 camcorder testvideo
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