vhs film making

[johnglenys]

Hello, I am new here. I would like to get into movie making. I think I fancy vhs format rather than film. I was looking at a SonyV6000E camera and if anyone has any advice on this or any other camera I would appreciate it. Infact any advice at all on the subject of movie making would be great.


Thanks

John

[redsox_mark]

I'm not a filmmaker (unless you count selling DVDs of primary school performances to a couple hundered parents...), so can't help you with advice there.

As for the equipment... I assume you don't really mean "VHS", but mean you want to use video instead of film. That's fine... whilst I'm not a filmmaker I know many films (especially independant ones/short films) are shot on video. But I'm not sure about choice of the V6000E... that is a 1990s analogue (Hi-8) model. There are many good professional digital camcorders available, both standard definition and high definition, I would look at these. Do you have a budget in mind for a camcorder?

[malcolmk]

Originally Posted by johnglenys

I was looking at a SonyV6000E camera and if anyone has any advice on this or any other camera I would appreciate it.

The V5000 and its successor the V6000 were Hi8 (analogue tape) cameras I coveted in the mid-1990s. They had some nice features such as digital audio but it is all so very antiquated now.

Hi8 was renowned for tape drop-out and getting the tape into a PC for editing or DV creation etc. can't be done over a bog-standard Firewire connection so would cost more and work less well. No PC control of tape mechanism either so no prospect of any form of auto-edit assembly on any modern editor. (I still have one which would worked between it and its partner VCR but all are long since discontinued.)

Leaving aside the fact that a V6000 may be well worn by now it's likely that any modern digital video camera would outperform it in a variety of ways. I chose to avoid Hi8 the moment DV arrived on the scene. I would think that would be an even better decision now.

[johnglenys]

Originally Posted by malcolmk

The V5000 and its successor the V6000 were Hi8 (analogue tape) cameras I coveted in the mid-1990s. They had some nice features such as digital audio but it is all so very antiquated now.

Hi8 was renowned for tape drop-out and getting the tape into a PC for editing or DV creation etc. can't be done over a bog-standard Firewire connection so would cost more and work less well. No PC control of tape mechanism either so no prospect of any form of auto-edit assembly on any modern editor. (I still have one which would worked between it and its partner VCR but all are long since discontinued.)

Leaving aside the fact that a V6000 may be well worn by now it's likely that any modern digital video camera would outperform it in a variety of ways. I chose to avoid Hi8 the moment DV arrived on the scene. I would think that would be an even better decision now.

Ok Thank you..Will Have re think. Any other advice on ebtry level equipment would be appreciated.

[johnglenys]

Originally Posted by redsox_mark

I'm not a filmmaker (unless you count selling DVDs of primary school performances to a couple hundered parents...), so can't help you with advice there.

As for the equipment... I assume you don't really mean "VHS", but mean you want to use video instead of film. That's fine... whilst I'm not a filmmaker I know many films (especially independant ones/short films) are shot on video. But I'm not sure about choice of the V6000E... that is a 1990s analogue (Hi-8) model. There are many good professional digital camcorders available, both standard definition and high definition, I would look at these. Do you have a budget in mind for a camcorder?

Thank you .any advice on entry level equipment would be appreciated.

[redsox_mark]

Do you have a budget in mind?

[johnglenys]

Not really, maybe up to £500, new or s/hand..

[redsox_mark]

That will nearly get you a Canon HV20 HDV camcorder... can shoot in progressive mode (for a more film like look), and is probably the best sub £1000 camcorder you can buy.

[johnglenys]

Originally Posted by redsox_mark

That will nearly get you a Canon HV20 HDV camcorder... can shoot in progressive mode (for a more film like look), and is probably the best sub £1000 camcorder you can buy.

Thanks for your help...