HEY YOU! did you came here to ask "what camera?" IF YOU DID, CLICK HERE FIRST

No...

Also couple of questions:

1. What percentage will you be doing photo to video?

2. Where will you be filming(name every resort, e.g dry slope(and which), mountain, fridge? abroad in france?

 
40:60 photo to video

won't really be filming in fridges/dryslope. can't really name all resorts don't really know that yet, trying to get to argentina this summer and most of my skiing will probably be in the summer anyways if i can get regular jobs in either new zealand or south america to fit in with university

 
Ah ok, then you might find a glidecam useful, but I wouldn't get that first. You said your budget on the body was £800, what's your budget for lenses & accessories?
 
don't really have the funds to get a whole bunch of lenses at the moment so i figured i'd get like one decent versatile one and then build from there, budget about £550
 
Ok finally, do you need low light abilities? Or will it be exclusively skiing in the day?
 
i should add that while that is my budget don't up sell me if i don't need to be spending that amount of money to get what i need!
 
Ok here's what I'd do in your situation:

Manfrotto 055xprob

Manfrotto 501hdv/701hdv

Leaves you with £1150

this then gives you a couple options:

Canon 60d(£450-500) - Improvements over the 550d/600d:

5.3fps(with a 20+ buffer (which means you can continously take photos at 5.3fps and won't slow down until you reach at least 20)

Articulating screen(extremely useful for video at annoying angles), slight weatherproofing(although the 550d can handle a bit of rain too, the weatherproofing isn't going to do much)

9 cross type af points vs the 1 of the 550d,

Pentaprism(brighter viewfinder) whereas the 550d has a pentamirror, although I'm not sure how much of a difference it is in brightness.

Canon 550d(£300):





This has no improvements over the 60d, except of course the price, but it will take exactly the same photos, and videos, the only differences are the ones mentioned on the 60d improvements, where the t2i has the following:

3.7fps with a 6 frame buffer(this is the only thing that has made me think about upgrading to a 60d, but it's good enough for me)

Fixed screen(can be annoying not to have an articulating one but it's not a dealbreaker(and if you want it get a 600d)

1 cross type af point and 8 of a less sensitive kind(can't remember what they're called sorry)

Canon 600d(£330):





Near enough exactly the same as the 550d except it has an articulating screen like the 60d

If you buy the 60d you'll have £650-700 left and if you buy the 550/600d you'll have ~£825

Lenses:

You'll need ~£100 for batteries, filters, sd cards, possibly a camera bag.

so that leaves you with between £700(if you bought the 550d/600d) and £500(if you bought the 60d)

I'd now decide which you'd prefer, a glidecam or a good tele lens, I'd go for the tele lens but it depends on your choice, glidecam hd 2000 will be at least £300(could be a lot more, I don't follow the prices of them), same for the tele lens(£300-400(if you wait a couple days you'll get one for £350))

This leaves you with £300-400 if you got the 550d and only £100-200 if you got the 60d

If you got the glidecam I'd get a tamron 17-50 2.8(£225), a decent lens, sharp & fast, but the autofocus isn't great, and doesn't have full time manual override, It's probably the best 17-50 for video(definitely for the price anyway).

If you have the £300-400 left I'd get either

1.Sigma 17-50 2.8 OS HSM(£350), which might not be as sharp as the tamron, but it's just as fast, has os(4 stops IIRC) and hsm, which will be a lot faster, and has full time manual override which is awesome for skiing photos IMO.

Or

2. Sigma 30mm 1.4 hsm(£225-250), which again probably won't be as sharp as the tamron, but it's 4x faster, and has hsm, although it's got a fixed focal length(prime).

and I'd also get a canon 50mm 1.8(£60-70), which is 2.67x faster than the tamron, extremely sharp, light and cheap, the focus ring isn't great and the autofocus isn't either though, but for the price it's excellent.

Sorry If I made any mistakes.

 
pretty comprehensive advice!! thank you very much! definitely a lot to think about and some research to do. you're already 10/10 i'm afraid
 
1) What is your budget? How much money can you spend right away, and do you think you can get more money to invest in the future?

I would also like to hear some recommendations for cameras between $500-1800 if possible. I would love to get away with the cheapest camera that fits most of my needs, but once I do have enough to blow I would like to get whatever I really do need.

2) What experience do you already have with cameras? Have you ever even used one before? Have you helped your friend out with his camera? Have you owned your own?

Lots of experience with Nikon DSLR's, but I WANT TO SWITCH to canon for film reasons.

2) What gear, if any, do you currently have? (tripod, old camera lenses, mics, etc)

Nikon D7000, and D70 (both my dads though, so I'm wanting to get my hands on my own gear) and 35-100mm lens, and 18-200mm.

4) What are you planning to shoot and how do you want to use your camera? Are you going to use this with the sole purpose of shooting skiing? or do you think you might try other stuff as well (movies, documentaries, short films, etc)

I'm planing on using this camera A LOT for film and photos. Probably about 50/50 with video to photos, but the sole purpose for getting this camera is to be a FILM camera. Filming includes ski edits, promotional videos (for various sports), music videos, short film esc things, etc. Skiing will probably take up 50-60% of the filming I do though. I WOULD like a camera that would also be good for my photography. IE, highish shutter speed, high FPS, high iso (I love to do night time photography/scenery things) and also enjoy fast high passed action (such as

5) Do you want a camera that you can hand to your friends, that could or could not have film experience, and let them shoot you? or will you be doing all the filming?

No, I will be doing all the filming.

6) When filming skiing, how do you tend to shoot? (follow cams, leave it on record on a tripod and hike, film from a tripod, etc)

Follow cams and post ups all the time. I will do panning tripod shots too, but planning on getting a glidecam and using that a lot.

7) What computer do you currently have/use to edit (if not currently editing, what would you most likely use)? If you can provide specifics, such as hard drive space, RAM, processor size, that would be great.

Mac book pro 2012, 16 gb's of ram, I have external D's so drive space isn't a problem. i5 processor.

7) What program do you currently edit on? How familiar are you with it (1- just learning; 10- I can make tutorials and know the keyboard layout)

Final cut pro 7, Adobe after effects, but switching over to Premiere CC within a couple months. So 10.

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1) Do you think you might consider using a DSLR?

Yes, I would prefer one.

2) Do you have any knowledge about the HDSLRS?

Nope

3) Do you know the limitations to using HDSLRS?

Nope

4) Are you willing to take the time to learn about a DSLR, and how to shoot with manual lenses?

Well, I know how to already.

5) Again, do you want a camera that you can hand to your friends, that could or could not have film experience, and let them shoot you? or will you be doing all the filming?

No, I will do all the filming.

I was thinking of maybe a 70D, but am not sure.

Thanks again guys for any responses/help!! Let me know if you need any more info.
 
take a look at Magnus's post a few posts up, it has a great breakdown of two slightly cheaper alternatives to the 70d. With your price I would probably look at 70/60d, get a nice zoom lens ( I've got a canon 50mm and a tamron 18-270, the 18-270 is AWESOME. quite pricy but hell, it is worth it! I can use it for nearly everything, meaning that it is better for a one lens setup as I dont have to carry multiple lenses around.

The differences between the camera bodies are:

They are both weather sealed and both have rotating displays

the 70d has wifi, touchscreen, and 20mp

the 60d does not have wifi or touchscreen and is 18mp

They are quite similar but the 70d is a step up. i would say personally that it is kind of unnecessary, think of it this way: would you be willing to get a 60d and add $400 for those few features?

I have a 60d and it is awesome, works like a charm and makes shitty stuff look good.

Hope this helps
 
Great!!! Thank you SOOO much man, I appreciate it!! :) I'll have to look into both the 70D and 60D and see, but I never thought of the 60d before! Seems like a pretty good option, maybe keep it for a year or two and then sell it when I have a bit more money and try to upgrade to something else.

Any recommendations on what to get after a 60d/70d?

and hows the stock 18-55m lens on it? And I was thinking of buying some nice vintage glass before I buy a "nice" new lens (I always use manual anyway). Do you think that's alright to do or would I be loosing too much?

Thanks!
 
The Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS may be somewhat better than the EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS but it's not exactly a good lens either. The resolution makes a rather wild roller coaster ride through the different quality levels. Large aperture settings should be generally avoided at 18mm and beyond the middle range - the borders/corners are plain soft here. However, to be fair the lens is actually quite usable at f/8 (18mm) and f/11 (70mm+).
 
I wanna learn how to film and make edits. I've had a bummer 9 months. Full of freak accidents. Broke both feet over the summer slacklining, then tore a few ligaments in my arm working over the summer building ropes courses, climbing walls and ziplines. Then most recently I broke both wrists requiring two reconstructive surgeries trying a switch lip 2 onto a dfd rail that I overshot to flat concrete. Total bullshit accident. Should not have happened. I basically just gave up all hope for skiing until my girlfriend suggested instead of skiing and doing "crazy dumb shit" I should get into filming. Passed along this thread, so here goes.

1) What is your budget? How much money can you spend right away, and do you think you can get more money to invest in the future?

I dont want to go over 1000$ in camera and lenses right away. But I have jobs and such and will be able to afford more in the future.

2) What experience do you already have with cameras? Have you ever even used one before? Have you helped your friend out with his camera? Have you owned your own?

I have an old Nikon DSLR from my dad. Has one lens that he used for taking pictures of soccer games. Like x100 zoom so I dunno how I would use that for skiing.I have used a camera to take pictures and film some shots. Had

2) What gear, if any, do you currently have? (tripod, old camera lenses, mics, etc)

Old Nikon DSLR 2008?

4) What are you planning to shoot and how do you want to use your camera? Are you going to use this with the sole purpose of shooting skiing? or do you think you might try other stuff as well (movies, documentaries, short films, etc)

Skiing, Slacklining, Climbing, Cliff Jumping, Soccer, Family stuff

5) Do you want a camera that you can hand to your friends, that could or could not have film experience, and let them shoot you? or will you be doing all the filming?

I will most likely be doing all the filming. Dont trust my friends with expensive shit

6) When filming skiing, how do you tend to shoot? (follow cams, leave it on record on a tripod and hike, film from a tripod, etc)

Done follow cams with a glidecam and some sort of DSLR i think

7) What computer do you currently have/use to edit (if not currently editing, what would you most likely use)? If you can provide specifics, such as hard drive space, RAM, processor size, that would be great.

Macbook Pro

7) What program do you currently edit on? How familiar are you with it (1- just learning; 10- I can make tutorials and know the keyboard layout)

Adobe Premire Pro. Made a tv show a few years ago for a computer class (4 as of right now)

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1) Do you think you might consider using a DSLR?

I guess so

2) Do you have any knowledge about the HDSLRS?

Whats that?

3) Do you know the limitations to using HDSLRS?

I would learn.

4) Are you willing to take the time to learn about a DSLR, and how to shoot with manual lenses?

I have lots of time with two broken wrists

5) Again, do you want a camera that you can hand to your friends, that could or could not have film experience, and let them shoot you? or will you be doing all the filming?

I would like to be doing all of the filming

Thanks for this awesome thread. Appreciate any recommendations and help.
 
Im planning on buying a t3i. Im planning on doing all kinds of types of video/photography with ut but one thing I was wondering was does it shoot nice night photos? I know it probably does but what would effect this? The lens?
 
aight guys please help me out! really wanna start filming and want to get a camera!

1) What is your budget? How much money can you spend right away, and do you think you can get more money to invest in the future?

under $1000

2) What experience do you already have with cameras? Have you ever even used one before? Have you helped your friend out with his camera? Have you owned your own?

not a whole lot had a bit of experience with dlsr my parents have one.

3) What gear, if any, do you currently have? (tripod, old camera lenses, mics, etc)

none

4) What are you planning to shoot and how do you want to use your camera? Are you going to use this with the sole purpose of shooting skiing? or do you think you might try other stuff as well (movies, documentaries, short films, etc)

mostly shooting skiing not a lot else

5) Do you want a camera that you can hand to your friends, that could or could not have film experience, and let them shoot you? or will you be doing all the filming?

yeah definitely something that other people could use

6) When filming skiing, how do you tend to shoot? (follow cams, leave it on record on a tripod and hike, film from a tripod, etc)

follow cams

7) What computer do you currently have/use to edit (if not currently editing, what would you most likely use)? If you can provide specifics, such as hard drive space, RAM, processor size, that would be great.

just a macbook pro. and only imovie maybe looking at getting final cut pro.

definitely interested in a dlsr but if there is something that can video better then idk

cheers!
 
1) What is your budget? How much money can you spend right away, and do you think you can get more money to invest in the future?

$700 MAX at the moment. Will spend more later.

2) What experience do you already have with cameras? Have you ever even used one before? Have you helped your friend out with his camera? Have you owned your own?

Very Little.

2) What gear, if any, do you currently have? (tripod, old camera lenses, mics, etc)

Nothing.

4) What are you planning to shoot and how do you want to use your camera? Are you going to use this with the sole purpose of shooting skiing? or do you think you might try other stuff as well (movies, documentaries, short films, etc)

Fast moving sports for video but also photography like landscapes and car pictures.

5) Do you want a camera that you can hand to your friends, that could or could not have film experience, and let them shoot you? or will you be doing all the filming?

No. Only I will be using the camera.

6) When filming skiing, how do you tend to shoot? (follow cams, leave it on record on a tripod and hike, film from a tripod, etc)

I will try all different things

7) What computer do you currently have/use to edit (if not currently editing, what would you most likely use)? If you can provide specifics, such as hard drive space, RAM, processor size, that would be great.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&docname=c04293928

7) What program do you currently edit on? How familiar are you with it (1- just learning; 10- I can make tutorials and know the keyboard layout)

Ive used final Cut Pro and Sony Vegas before.

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1) Do you think you might consider using a DSLR?

I was looking at the Nikon D3200

2) Do you have any knowledge about the HDSLRS?

Very Little

3) Do you know the limitations to using HDSLRS?

Nope

4) Are you willing to take the time to learn about a DSLR, and how to shoot with manual lenses?

Yes. Im very interested in learning.

5) Again, do you want a camera that you can hand to your friends, that could or could not have film experience, and let them shoot you? or will you be doing all the filming?

I will be the only one using it.
 
Hey legends, bit of help would be awesome.

1) What is your budget? How much money can you spend right away, and do you think you can get more money to invest in the future?

So I'm currently with $2000 AUD but will be going upwards to the $2500 mark

2) What experience do you already have with cameras? Have you ever even used one before? Have you helped your friend out with his camera? Have you owned your own?

Yeah started off with film cameras when I was young, moved up to Nikon DSLR D70 D90 and had a couple JVC Everio HD cameras.

Have shot as a second shooter for weddings - Photo work

Videoed 2 weddings so far. Got a third one on the way.

Knowledge is somewhat abundant. Always learning though.

2) What gear, if any, do you currently have? (tripod, old camera lenses, mics, etc)

Tripod, Sigma 15mm EOS mount and multiple old film lenses.

4) What are you planning to shoot and how do you want to use your camera? Are you going to use this with the sole purpose of shooting skiing? or do you think you might try other stuff as well (movies, documentaries, short films, etc)

Weddings, skating, skiing, commercial noise. I'm sort of down for anything and everything. I like to do it all.

It will be for both filming and photography. I love them both and I'm going to say I will be using them equally. If I had to choose more of one it would be stills only because I use a camera like a tourist when travelling.

5) Do you want a camera that you can hand to your friends, that could or could not have film experience, and let them shoot you? or will you be doing all the filming?

I think I would be doing most of the shooting. Regardless I would be helping homies how to use the cam.

6) When filming skiing, how do you tend to shoot? (follow cams, leave it on record on a tripod and hike, film from a tripod, etc)

Follow cams, tripod and hike, looking into dolly for future reference and steady cam. Maybe one day a drone.

7) What computer do you currently have/use to edit (if not currently editing, what would you most likely use)? If you can provide specifics, such as hard drive space, RAM, processor size, that would be great.

I'm currently on a Macbook Pro late 2011 4gb Ram, 750gb 5400rpm HDD with core i7 at 2.8ghz.

Benchmark outputs are terrible according to Blackmagic and I'm very much aware I can't really even edit properly nor stream in 720p let alone anything of a better resolution. That said I do hope to upgrade to something with a exponentially higher and more powerful output. 4k preferable.

7) What program do you currently edit on? How familiar are you with it (1- just learning; 10- I can make tutorials and know the keyboard layout)

Adobe Premiere Pro CC, After Effects and have been pondering the idea of using Davinci if I decide upon 4k

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1) Do you think you might consider using a DSLR? Yes.

2) Do you have any knowledge about the HDSLRS? Yes. I recently bought a Canon 6d with 24-105mm L series f/4 but got fucked over by the company and lost $300. Now round two I'm torn between if I should opt for a GH4 with a metabones for use of different lens companies and the hope that crop sensor won't be diminished too much opposed to going with the 6d full frame. Was hoping to gain some insight from anyone who has made the step down from full frame to crop in a similar situation.

3) Do you know the limitations to using HDSLRS? As far as aliasing, jello cam and standard noise thats all Im aware of.

4) Are you willing to take the time to learn about a DSLR, and how to shoot with manual lenses? 100% will be seeking old primes as money is not abundant.

Any help would be good. Like i said I am torn between GH4 and 6D. My girlfriend shoots with 5D Mark III but unfortunately thats not in my budget. I have been swaying towards the full frame 6D due to wanting to refine my skills in timelapses and shooting weddings it's always beneficial due to switching between canon L series lens with friends and colleagues. But I'm under the impression the metabones adapter may change this.

But throw any knowledge you have at me and I'll be appreciative. Thanks
 
Ive got around $1000 for a good medium zoom lens and good camera. I dont care about the brand. I only want good quality prefferably 4k if not 1080 at a high frame rate
 
8445834:wynnyk said:
I'm on iNS and when I tapped on this thread, my thumb got stuck to the screen...... this needs to be a sticky, there's like 3 threads everyday on this topic.
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iNS... wait a second? was that the OG mobile app???
 
8447430:nickyp said:
Hey guize, I wanna get a camera. Which one should I get?

Thanks +k
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If you are trying to shoot action usually a gopro session or black with a karma gimble or juts duct tape your dads nikon on your face
 
9907962:snasty said:
i need a camera thats not crazy expensive, good for a follow cam, easy to use so both me and my friends can use it...i dont really have much experience in filming but id like to get into it
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Depends on what you mean by crazy expensive, passionate enthusiasts are gonna think anything around 3,000 for a camera body is pushing it. Armatures will think 1,000 is ridiculous. And you can really spend up to 60,000 plus. I use the Sony a6300 which costs around 1,000 with a kit lens and if you are doing follow cams you will want a stabilizer running you around 150 for a basic one. If you arent getting a gopro make sure the camera you are getting is weather sealed meaning it wont let moisture in but is not waterproof. I would also say it is important to have good auto focus video no less than 1080p.
 
quite a bit late but what are good methods of waterproofing a camera against snow getting in when it's falling or just getting sprayed with powder.
 
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