Can you suggest a camera?

Dgriff

Hi
I'm starting to do a bit of video (promo videos for the web) and I want to get a good quality camera. I dont have the budget for a tv quality camera (are they around €25,000??) but I want to get a good quality video camera for around €1,000. Someone suggested a second hand XF100 Canon.
Any other suggestions? Would you concur about the XF100 Canon?
Thanks

Corkbah

Dgriff wrote: »

Hi
I'm starting to do a bit of video (promo videos for the web) and I want to get a good quality camera. I dont have the budget for a tv quality camera (are they around €25,000??) but I want to get a good quality video camera for around €1,000. Someone suggested a second hand XF100 Canon.
Any other suggestions? Would you concur about the XF100 Canon?
Thanks

how much quality do you need to produce videos for the web ?

why would you need a TV quality camera ? would an iPhone or android phone do the job ?

if you are serious about this and not just doing the work cheaply (i.e.. undercutting experienced videographers) - make the investment and get a Canon 1D C ...I think they are close to €10K, but anyone that shoots video professionally would easily make that back in the first 12months.

Do you have much experience in video ?

Dgriff

Corkbah wrote: »

how much quality do you need to produce videos for the web ?

why would you need a TV quality camera ? would an iPhone or android phone do the job ?

if you are serious about this and not just doing the work cheaply (i.e.. undercutting experienced videographers) - make the investment and get a Canon 1D C ...I think they are close to €10K, but anyone that shoots video professionally would easily make that back in the first 12months.

Do you have much experience in video ?

I've actually been doing video work with a samsung and a tripod. I think the camera on the samsung is great for a mobile phone! I am serious about this and have no intention of doing the work cheaply. The 1DC is a serious piece of kit and outside my budget. The Lumix GH3 might be closer to my budget.
Thanks for your feedback.

partyatmygaff

You could probably get a used Canon 5D Mark II for around that price?

cnocbui

For that budget you could get a Panasonic GH2 - which would have better video quality than anything suggested so far:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-GH2EB-K-System-Camera/dp/B004VQX1XW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1367312589&sr=8-2&keywords=Panasonic+GH2

Good enough to make feature films with, let alone TV. In the Zacuto camera shootout - Francis Ford Coppola, and most others, picked output from a GH2 in preference to a $65,000 Sony F65.

http://gizmodo.com/5926324/according-to-coppola-a-700-video-camera-beats-a-65000-one

muppetkiller

What about the new G6 ?
http://www.eoshd.com/content/10172/gh2-sensor-goes-into-impressive-panasonic-g6-adds-108060p-and-focus-peaking