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1. External mic! I really want to look into buying an external microphone, but I’m finding it hard to find a source of information that can really answer my question. The internal mic is okay for most purposes, but I want to get into doing short films and whatnot. I was even thinking about doing a webseries. I want to clearly capture the characters’ dialogue. Lapel and handheld microphones do not seem ideal for this kind of job. Which microphone do you think would work, and what are the main differences between wired and wireless? (besides the obvious). If I need someone to slave away holding the mic above the actors, out of the camera’s view, that’s fine lol.

2. Tripod. What kind of tripods are good? It needs to be a screw-in type. I can’t really drop tons of money on it, but it’s something I am willing to save up for if need be. Ideally I am looking for something cheap without being low quality, but I don’t know much about camcorder accessories so I don’t know.

3. Video editing. I’m not sure if my computer is fast enough for editing HD footage. I have edited a few videos, but sometimes it seems a bit glitchy, and it kind of bothers me. What is the bare minimum for this? My processor is Intel Core2 Duo CPU @ 2.20GHz, and I have 3GB of RAM. Could the sometimes glitchy video be due to my processor, or is it more likely to be another unrelated problem?

Thanks in advance for your help! (also, if someone has done a web series before, what kind of considerations need to be taken as far as equipment goes? Is an external mic, tripod, actors, and creativity good enough for above average quality?)

There are two guys to talk to Iridflare and Little Dog, they are the experts on Microphones and tripods, click on their names and talk to them.

I can help you with the computer. To edit hd video you are on the minimum, you have a problem, you need to add a faster processor, and more ram, your OS (windows) has to be a 64bit, OS otherwise its not going to recognise anymore ram. Even with a 64bit os your motherboard has to be able to support the amount of ram you want to put in it. Also add another HDD and use this soley as a scratch disk for your video. Do not install it in the same channel as you boot drive. This will help increase the performance, also get the fastest HDD you can afford.

Depending on the Software you are using/going to use to edit will also make a difference to the amount of ram. First I would delete any unwanted software, temp files, defrag the HDD make sure you have loads of room, play about with the swap file to increase the performance (if you can). there is a little utility that may help for the time being. its called EndItAll,

http://www.docsdownloads.com/enditall-1.htm

It will close down all un needed progs,

Good luck

RR

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-find.pl?mdl=DCR-TRV255

Anyway, the reason to do this is to download the manual.

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-documents.pl?mdl=DCRTRV250

Refer to page 9… Sony, as with most other manufacturers, has the things included in the box in the first part of the manual.

If you need a replacement, Sony would be a likely source for a Sony remote for a Sony camcorder.

This page shows two part numbers RMT-814 and RMT-708… so go here and order one:

http://servicesales.sel.sony.com/ecom/accessories/web/categorySearch.do?operation=subCategorySearch&subCategory=86&category=13&subCategoryName=Cameras&categoryName=Remote%20Control

From what I can find – with little effort), is the RMT-708 is part number 146757423 for about $25.

The HDR-SR12 is a consumer-grade, hard drive based, camcorder that records standard definition to very highly compressed MPEG2 files or high definition to REALLY highly compressed AVCHD files that can be challenging to edit unless you have current hardware or software. As with all consumer grade camcorders, the lenses are relatively small and the imaging chips are relatively small, so low light video is generally not very good. Hard drive camcorders, in general, cannot handle vibration well (the hard drive sensors will park the heads to protect the hard drive), so recording loud audio (bands with or without amplifiers, planes, heavy machinery, race car motors, etc) is pretty much impossible. As well, hard drive camcorders need air… any high-altitude video capture above ~9500 feet won’t happen.

The Sony DCR-VX2000 is a "prosumer"-grade, miniDV tape based camcorder that records standard definition to DV format. It does not do high definition. If that is a requirement, then consider the HDR-FX1. Pretty much ALL video editors can deal with the relatively lightly compressed DV format. As with most pro-sumer or low-end pro grade camcorders, the lenses and imaging chips are bigger than consumer grade camcorders and the manual controls (zoom, focus, iris, shutter, audio, etc) are easier to get to using buttons or knobs or other body-mounted controls (rather then the LCD panel controls Sony uses). Because of the bigger lens and imaging chips, low-light behavior is typically MUCH better than consumer-grade cams. MiniDV tape (and flash memory, for that matter) do not have the vibration and altitude issues hard drive camcorders suffer from.

In normal, good, daylight, the SR12 standard definition and VX2000 standard definition will likely be indistinguishable. Of course, even with the really highly compressed AVCHD high definition, the high def video of the SR12 will be a lot better than the standard def VX2000. If you were to compare the HDR-FX1 high def to the SR12, the FX1 would be superior. But we don’t always shoot in normal, good, daylight. As the light gets less and less, the VX2000 (and the FX1) will be a LOT better than the SR12.

At least one other thing to consider:
If you have 3 hours of video captured to the SR12’s hard drive and drop/break the SR12, you may be challenged to get that video off of the hard drive. Expect to pay some $ to a data recovery service + a new camera.

If you have 3 hours of video captured to the VX2000, you will have three miniDV tapes. Drop and break the camcorder and all you need to do is get another miniDV tape based camcorder for playback/transfer.

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