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December 1st, 2003, 12:32 PM
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Tourist
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Lakeland, Florida
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Newbie in search of knowledge
Hi all,
I have been volunteering at my Church and doing live webcasts of the Church services. We were using a Hi-8 camera and I just purchased a Sony DSC-VX2000. I love the camera, but I have a problem. My background is in computer engineering, but when it comes to proper video camera techniques I am about as new as anyone can get. I am looking for recommendations on web sites or books on the basics such as proper exposure settings, what depth-of-field means, f-stops, etc. I am wanting to get the most out of this investment as possible and give the viewers the best possible presentation. I feel that the environment that I am shooting in is probably not the easiest to learn in either. I am fairly far back from the stage and the the lighting is probably not tweaked for this. For example, with the Hi-8 camera the peoples faces would looked washed out, with the VX2K I manually adjust the exposure and it looks better, but then when I pan over the crowd it is extremely dark and I have to readjust. Would adjusting shutter speeds help? You can see that I am need of basics, I am just wanting to know proper techniques for this type of shooting. To see what I am shooting you can check out http://ardellabaptist.com:8080/ramgen/Archive/ardella_live.rm?usehostname You will need RealOne Player. Thanks in advance!! Brent |
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December 1st, 2003, 01:11 PM
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Obstreperous Rex
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Hi Brent,
You're definitely in the right place to learn more about DV. We have over a tenth of a million posts here at dvinfo.net; all you need to do is search for a specific topic and I'll bet you'll find several discussions about it, no matter what it is. There are also a number of useful articles on our main site at http://www.dvinfo.net/articles/index.php And for a list of good books about a variety of production topics, see our Read About It forum. Just dive right in and start exploring! Welcome aboard, |
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December 1st, 2003, 01:41 PM
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Regular Crew
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Brent,
I second Chris and say that you are definately in the right place. I come from a background of computer engineering just like you, and I have spent almost a year on these boards. I have learned a LOT from it. Just browse the forums, use the search engine if you are looking for specific things. If you are interested, I can send you a list of my favorite DV links. They reflect my interests of course, but might help get you started. If you want it, send me an email at: hhb@post7.tele.dk |
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December 1st, 2003, 03:51 PM
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Major Player
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: sounthern maine
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why not just post the links here?
i'm sure there are a lot of folks who would like to discover some sites they don't know about. i know i was thrilled to stumble onto this site when i did. matthew |
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December 2nd, 2003, 12:50 PM
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Regular Crew
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Okay, I can do that. Just thought it would be a bit messy - but here goes.... Below I pasted a copy of my bookmarks. They should be directly importable into MSIE.
There is no particular order, hope it will be useful to someone. paste begins.... .....paste ends No, I guess it doesn't. The message was too long to be allowed. Hans Henrik |
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December 2nd, 2003, 12:53 PM
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Regular Crew
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Ok, just manually edited the bookmark file and removed all the html stuff... It should fit here now:
http://www.sounddogs.com/start.asp http://www.findsounds.com/ http://www.lafcpug.org/review_shotgun_mic.html http://www.smartsound.com/ http://www.promax.com/SteadyTracker/cobracrane/crane.html http://homebuiltstabilizers.com/ http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/7385 http://www.mvsvideo.co.uk/ http://www.steadicam.com/prohh_jr.htm" http://www.digitalproducer.com/pages/may_the_force_of_after_effects_b.htm http://www.techtv.com/interact/netcamnetwork/jump/0,24353,2280643,00.html http://www.xpi.org.uk/~swma/ http://www.wings3d.com/ http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm http://www.birnsandsawyer.com/ http://www.cyberphoto.se/ http://www.promax.com/Products/ http://www.scandinavianphoto.se/ http://www.bluecoremedia.com/index.html http://www.cmvideography.com/video.html http://momentsinmotion.com/demo.htm http://desktopvideo.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm http://www.csb-digital.com/alamdv/ http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bh5.sph/FrameWork.class http://www.dvinfo.net/canongl2/index.php http://www.consumerdvreviews.com/ http://www.cyberfilmschool.com/ http://www.detonationfilms.com/free_stuff.htm http://www.digital-digest.com/ http://www.dvfreak.com/ http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/ http://www.ecoustics.com/ http://www.filmmaking.net/ http://shelob.mordor.net/dgraft/ http://www.geocities.com/pixelmagic2002/forcelightningtutorial.html http://www.digieffects.com/frames/transferfilmtovideo/filmtovideo.html http://www.archive.org/movies/prelinger.php http://www.internetvideomag.com/ http://www.ketzer.com/ http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/may03/05-01amazingdvdpr.asp http://www.save-it-smart.de/ http://www.preisauskunft.de/ http://www.darkskies.info/rotoscope.html http://www.scandinavianphoto.se/ http://screenwriting.about.com/mbody.htm http://www.eeplaza.com/bestbuy/#vcam http://forum.rpc1.org/portal.php http://www.tiemdesign.com/HowTo/ http://www.warmcards.com/ http://www.theforce.net/theater/ http://windowsmedia.com/9series/DemoCenter/VideoQuality.asp There is no particular endorsement of the individual pages. It is just a raw dump of my DV related bookmarks. Hope they will be useful to someone. Hans Henrik |
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December 2nd, 2003, 02:41 PM
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Tourist
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Lakeland, Florida
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Thanks alot!! With this site and all those links that should get me going in the right direction. Thanks again for your time.
Brent |
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