Worth Upgrading my camera?

[Styxie]

No, i'm not going for that camera, the one i have my eyes on is a

Canon VIXIA HF G20 2.37 MP Camcorder - 1080p. [/size]



You should look it up, i am in love with it! Not too pricy either!

Eh I don't recommend camcorders tbh, for the price of the camcorder you are looking at you could most probably buy a 5D Mark II

 

[Grant Casual]

Yeah, there are always a bunch of factors to consider to get a good workflow. I bought a HVX200 during film school which, at the time, worked best in combination with Avid on a PC laptop. Also you don't want to get something that you'll have access to at film school anyway, that would be wasted money.

Yeah i understand, but then when asked what camera i have, i'd be like "Well, i don't have a camera, but i do borrow a camera from my school" and plus if i'm going all hitchhicker on the cameras, if i loose it i have to pay a fine.

 

[JustSomeGermanDude]

Tons of people make the mistake of buying a Blackmagic, RED etc camera as soon as they go to film school despite having no clue how to make the most of them..huge money waste!
However buying a DSLR isn't a bad idea as long as you don't go into the crazy expensive territory

Like I said it depends on what the school is having. If they have tons of dslrs then you don't really need one right now. If the dslrs are always out, but they have enough lenses then you might want to get yourself a body, but stay withing the same system to easily use the lenses. Also depends on what kinds of projects you want to shoot, dslrs aren't for everything. And so on, and so on... But yes, REDs and their likes should be rented, not bought, at least for most folks.

 

[Carl Hinton]

Would it not make sense to ask your lecturer when you get to film school?

 

[Styxie]

Like I said it depends on what the school is having. If they have tons of dslrs then you don't really need one right now. If the dslrs are always out, but they have enough lenses then you might want to get yourself a body, but stay withing the same system to easily use the lenses. Also depends on what kinds of projects you want to shoot, dslrs aren't for everything. And so on, and so on... But yes, REDs and their likes should be rented, not bought, at least for most folks.

You can get a good enough DSLR for pretty damn cheap these days, many colleges etc don't allow you to take gear on holidays and such so buying a t3i or something is pretty worth it.

 

[JustSomeGermanDude]

Yeah i understand, but then when asked what camera i have, i'd be like "Well, i don't have a camera, but i do borrow a camera from my school" and plus if i'm going all hitchhicker on the cameras, if i loose it i have to pay a fine.

If you loose the schools it should have insurance, if you loose yours it gone. That's why I only gave my camera to other student projects if they got extra insurance for my camera...

 

[Grant Casual]

If you loose the schools it should have insurance, if you loose yours it gone. That's why I only gave my camera to other student projects if they got extra insurance for my camera...

Lol thanks! I'll have to look more into it! You really do have a point and i'll see what works as i start working there! however, i don't really have any film classes till at LEAST 2nd semester because i don't really have any classes i get to choose 1st semester of college

 

[JustSomeGermanDude]

You can get a good enough DSLR for pretty damn cheap these days, many colleges etc don't allow you to take gear on holidays and such so buying a t3i or something is pretty worth it.

That's why I said it depends... On the film school's conditions.,. On what you're shooting... Etc... Personally I've never been to a film school that didn't rent out equipment year round, or where that would have worked, considering the amount of projects that had to get shot for school projects alone, but that might be different in other countries.[DOUBLEPOST=1370814686,1370814319][/DOUBLEPOST]

Lol thanks! I'll have to look more into it! You really do have a point and i'll see what works as i start working there! however, i don't really have any film classes till at LEAST 2nd semester because i don't really have any classes i get to choose 1st semester of college

It's always possible to snoop around a bit beforehand once you're there. Talk to the right people, get the school's equipment list, etc. The first time I visited the studio of my film school was the day I went there for my interview, way before I was accepted. I just drove by the studio by accident when I was looking for my way back home and saw that some students where in there for a few camera tests or something, so I just dropped by and said hi...