The "What Camera Should I Get?" Thread

[Joe Riley]

Haha sorry It seems fine to me, but Its probably like asking if you need a half knuck for scs



Thanks Joe. Do I need any step up rings or anything? And if I may ask, why would the T2i setup not work? Would the fisheye not fit on the camera at all?

There's no way to attach the lens to the body.

 

[Victor C.]

There's no way to attach the lens to the body.

Oh okay. How will the fisheye from the skater package attach to the Vixia? Are there threads, because it doesnt look like it?

 

[Ian Martensen]

I'm thinking of getting either the Panasonic PV-GS300 or 320 but the issues are that my computer doesn't have a FireWire port which makes it even more difficult to get my footage on the computer, any help?

 

[Mikey G]

Do you have pci slot? If so get a 5 dollar firewire 1394 card and BOOM done.

 

[RiccardoM]

I want a camcorder to film with and I was wondering what you would recommend. I don't really care whether it's HD but I would like one that's able to take a fisheye.

 

[Josh.c]

Im thinking of getting a canon 600d with a 18-55mm and a zenitar 16mm fisheye and a opteka x grip i already have the x grip so is this a good setup

 

[Blake]

Don't get that fisheye for it. Get an opteka 6.5mm or Samyang 8mm.

 

[TomGeorge]

Should I stick with my canon digital camera which doesn't have any manual focus option, get a go pro at trade price from my sponsor or save up and get a cheap camcorder?

 

[J SWEETS]

Should I stick with my canon digital camera which doesn't have any manual focus option, get a go pro at trade price from my sponsor or save up and get a cheap camcorder?

cheap camcorder.

 

[Josh.c]

i cant afford the extra £150 for the opteka/samyang theres a peleng fd mount fisheye for £200 but thats still out of my budget by £50

 

[TomGeorge]

cheap camcorder.

Ok, which one? I'm looking under £300 for the cam, fisheye and maybe a handle.

 

[Blake]

i cant afford the extra £150 for the opteka/samyang theres a peleng fd mount fisheye for £200 but thats still out of my budget by £50

Well that fisheye you wanted is only really going to be a fisheye on full-frame cameras. The 600d isn't full-frame.

 

[Jack Cronin]

i cant afford the extra £150 for the opteka/samyang theres a peleng fd mount fisheye for £200 but thats still out of my budget by £50

the peleng is an fd mount canon 600d has a ef mount

 

[Josh.c]

i would use a fd to eos mount and okay thanks blake or a vx1000 with a opteka fisheye

 

[Jack Cronin]

i would use a fd to eos mount and okay thanks blake or a vx1000 with a opteka fisheye

oh yeah then your good

 

[Josh.c]

Thoughts on a vx1000

 

[Stackies]

What are your thoughts on it? Do you want it because you think it's a good camera, and like the quality it produces or just because it's a well known camera? Obviously they're good if so many skaters film with them.

 

[D ∆ V I D]

you can't factor in quality, as good quality only comes from an experience of the user with manual settings and the right compression settings. thats how you get good youtube quality. you want a vx1000 purely if you want the mk1. if you don't have both of those, then its useless.

 

[dezbert]

Canon t3i.

 

[Joe Riley]

Canon t3i.

Overrated, overpriced. But if you're willing to pay a lot for a full setup, you can make some extremely high quality videos.