Interviewing Equipment. Camera's, Microphones etc.
Interviewing Equipment. Camera's, Microphones etc. Posted on: 24.09.2012 by Eliz Saide As the title says I am now looking to purchase gear
to do interviews/ Club Night reviews etc.I have done this before but was always lucky enough to have my friends camera's and the radio station I worked for Recording gear . I have now moved to Australia which is the other side of the world for me and looking to buy some new gear to video and audio record interviews and take pictures of the evening . I want all the gear to be of good quality as I do not like to half ass things. I also want a photographer camera for personal use as well as I would love to take up photography as a hobby and so I can take interesting pictures while I am traveling about over here. Is there a camera that can act both as a video cam corder and photography and to a very good standard not altering the quality of either or?. Also can there be external audio gear plugged into these? I apologise if this all sounds muddled but basically I want an on the road interviewing gear of good quality. I am willing to spend a bit of money on this but not break the bank. Thanks in advance M | |
| Shonda Soulier 24.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by LXJ
http://www.definitionmagazine.com/jo...ll-places.html That's an article about the movie 127 being shot with DSLR cameras. Check out the lens they put on that. |
| Shonda Soulier 24.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by LXJ
My DSLR doesn't have mic in so I use my iPhone to record audio with the Fostex AR-4i. If my camera did have line/mic in I would get the Rode VideoMic. It's a great bang for your buck. Here they are bundled together - http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...Interface.html |
| Nereida Jasnoch 24.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by LXJ
Most DSLR come with a built in mic that only supports mono. Though more recently stereo is added more often. But picking up a DSLR with a mono built in mic is a possibility. Watch out for that. My mom has a Nikon D5100 (but I use it more than her, since I'm more tech-savy) and have not tested it's audio capabilities yet. If you 're wondering about video, well it's probably good enough. But is it (crazy) good ? No. |
| Rodger Seferovic 24.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by photojojo
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| Eliz Saide 24.09.2012 | As the title says I am now looking to purchase gear
to do interviews/ Club Night reviews etc. I have done this before but was always lucky enough to have my friends camera's and the radio station I worked for Recording gear . I have now moved to Australia which is the other side of the world for me and looking to buy some new gear to video and audio record interviews and take pictures of the evening . I want all the gear to be of good quality as I do not like to half ass things. I also want a photographer camera for personal use as well as I would love to take up photography as a hobby and so I can take interesting pictures while I am traveling about over here. Is there a camera that can act both as a video cam corder and photography and to a very good standard not altering the quality of either or?. Also can there be external audio gear plugged into these? I apologise if this all sounds muddled but basically I want an on the road interviewing gear of good quality. I am willing to spend a bit of money on this but not break the bank. Thanks in advance M |
| Eliz Saide 25.09.2012 | Thanks everyone for your help. This was a great insight and the kind of stuff I was looking for. I am travelling a bit so a portable lighting solution is not required, plus I never used these before and don't feel it was a neccisity as I never used it before in the interviews and they all turned out well. Maybe in the future. I was looking at the these http://www.the-digital-picture.com/R...ra-Review.aspx http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-Canon...ht_6306wt_1173 They both look like something I am after and watched a couple of reviews. I always intended on using external Mics as this was always what I done with interviews and it was synced up after which is why I would of liked the mic adapter in the camera which these both have. We also done a couple of angle shots with different cameras and I suppose with a stand an iphone would be sufficent for this as it would only be for a couple of short shots and not the main frame of the interview. Thanks everyone for the advice. Keep it all coming im taking it all in |
| Celine Surico 24.09.2012 | You could record video with a good DSLR and audio with a good handheld digital audio recorder and then sync it together with Final Cut Pro using the audio track as the sync. Even better, shoot from multiple angles with a couple of iPhones and have multi cam takes that look very professional. |
| Shonda Soulier 24.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by LXJ
http://www.definitionmagazine.com/jo...ll-places.html That's an article about the movie 127 being shot with DSLR cameras. Check out the lens they put on that. |
| Shonda Soulier 24.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by LXJ
My DSLR doesn't have mic in so I use my iPhone to record audio with the Fostex AR-4i. If my camera did have line/mic in I would get the Rode VideoMic. It's a great bang for your buck. Here they are bundled together - http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...Interface.html |
| Rodger Seferovic 24.09.2012 | For SLRs keep in mind the lens makes a huge difference as well. Grab a 50mm portrait lens for a great interview look. I was looking for a wireless audio solution in case I wanted to interview people on the street and my camera man needs to run after me. |
| Nereida Jasnoch 24.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by LXJ
Most DSLR come with a built in mic that only supports mono. Though more recently stereo is added more often. But picking up a DSLR with a mono built in mic is a possibility. Watch out for that. My mom has a Nikon D5100 (but I use it more than her, since I'm more tech-savy) and have not tested it's audio capabilities yet. If you 're wondering about video, well it's probably good enough. But is it (crazy) good ? No. |
| Leeanna Ayla 24.09.2012 | Audio has been the Achilles heel of the SLR video cameras. I'm not real up on what's new so you'll need to research it some. In my opinion good audio is the most important part. People will watch a poorly recorded video if the audio is good. |
| Layne Koop 24.09.2012 | Lighting is key. And for a couple hundred, you can get a reasonable and portable lighting solution for video. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...owboy+lighting I most cases, running the video out of the camera to a separate recorder will give better results...the sound can also be routed to that same recorder after passing through a mixer of some kind. You can pull sound from multiple lav mics and combine it all seamlessly. |
| Rodger Seferovic 24.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by photojojo
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| Leeanna Ayla 24.09.2012 | There's lots of SLR cameras out there that can do pretty good video ranging from around $700 to $7000. Most of the Zoom, Tascam and other handheld recorders will work for audio. https://www.google.com/search?q=hand...hrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=rebe...w=1592&bih=885 |
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