Author Topic: What digital camera (Read 6341 times)

photo.hr · « **on:** August 13, 2010, 02:26 »

If you can tell me what type and model of digital camera should i use for microstok video?

sharpshot · « **Reply #1 on:** August 13, 2010, 03:11 »

If you want a stills camera that will also do video, I think the Canon 550D is a good option. It does 1920x1080 video and 18mp stills.

photo.hr · « **Reply #2 on:** August 13, 2010, 08:29 »

I think of camera that makes only video

jwsc101 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 13, 2010, 11:33 »

Hi Photo.Hr

I have a Canon EOS 450D and have had photos accepted no problem.. The slightly older EOS models are cheaper but for a newbie you probably don't need features offered by the newer ones. 450D won't shoot video though.

J

sharpshot · « **Reply #4 on:** August 13, 2010, 13:01 »

Quote from: photo.hr on August 13, 2010, 08:29

I think of camera that makes only video

Have you looked in the shutterstock and istock video forums? There are often people recommending video cameras there, I do have the Canon HV30 that has been good but that uses tape and most people don't want to use that anymore.

vonkara · « **Reply #5 on:** August 13, 2010, 14:01 »

The DSL-R cameras have bigger sensors thus very good results toward noise issues. You might have a bad surprise if you take footage in the dark, like fireworks and such, with a camcorder. (friend experience with a 1100$ camcorder, trying to make stock during a firework event)

photo.hr · « **Reply #6 on:** August 13, 2010, 14:23 »

Quote from: Vonkara on August 13, 2010, 14:01

The DSL-R cameras have bigger sensors thus very good results toward noise issues. You might have a bad surprise if you take footage in the dark, like fireworks and such, with a camcorder. (friend experience with a 1100$ camcorder, trying to make stock during a firework event)

Yes i was thinking of a camcoder, but what resolution, type, hd....

vonkara · « **Reply #7 on:** August 13, 2010, 14:33 »

You read me wrong I think. I was saying that the camcorder are bad for the noise performance, as long as other quality issues due to the bad zoom they come with, ect.

If you have to buy a camcorder absolutely, then Sony or Canon are good. Make sure they have a hard drive and not work with digital tapes (Mini DV). Make sure it's a 1920x1080 resolution at 29,9 frame per second. And good luck

Jimi King · « **Reply #8 on:** August 13, 2010, 15:26 »

To the best of my knowledge the frame rate is irrelevant. If you live in a country that broadcasts in PAL then the cameras on sale wil be PAL (25fps), and if you live in a contry that uses NTSC then the cameras will be NTSC (29.9fps). Although it might make a bit of a difference to overall sales of footage, most of it probably gets used on the web where the frame rate doesn't matter.

Hard drive cameras get a fair bit of criticism over their compression, but I have a Canon HG10 and have had footage accepted by Istock, Shutterstock, Fotolia and Pond5. I think in reality they are absolutely fine in good light situations. They do struggle with fast moving objects though.

Oh and go for HD1080. No point in going for anything less.

sharpshot · « **Reply #9 on:** August 13, 2010, 16:17 »

Quote from: Vonkara on August 13, 2010, 14:33

You read me wrong I think. I was saying that the camcorder are bad for the noise performance, as long as other quality issues due to the bad zoom they come with, ect.

If you have to buy a camcorder absolutely, then Sony or Canon are good. Make sure they have a hard drive and not work with digital tapes (Mini DV). Make sure it's a 1920x1080 resolution at 29,9 frame per second. And good luck

I did a lot of research and a lot of people in to video say that tape is higher quality than the cameras with a hard drive. I didn't have any problems with the tape HV30 and have sold clips without any complaints.

photo.hr · « **Reply #10 on:** August 14, 2010, 03:59 »

I am not interested in photography, i would rather go for video, but maybe i will buy compact dslr like pentax k x, or i will buy straight camcoder some sony handycam or something better

FD · « **Reply #11 on:** August 14, 2010, 08:30 »

Quote from: Jimi King on August 13, 2010, 15:26

Hard drive cameras get a fair bit of criticism over their compression

Interesting info. Does that mean that DSLR cams have no compression on video?

sharpshot · « **Reply #12 on:** August 14, 2010, 08:48 »

dslr cams have compression, most seem to use H.264/MPEG-4. Some people wont use them but the clips look great to me. It's the same with stills, perhaps some people pixel peep too much? They will bring out raw video dslr's one day, perhaps the 5D MKIII ? That would probably be overkill for microstock though, just imagine the file sizes.

Some people only use raw for timelapses, I use jpeg because I haven't sold enough to justify the extra hard drives to store all those big files.

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