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Andrew Corazon de Vida wrote:Hi, I really appreciate this forum, I'm not a filmmaker but I want to shoot quality promo videos and PSA for the charity I work for. We fund orphanages in Baja, and need to be able to shoot simple testimonials, and fun videos of our orphanage trips, as well as pro quality promo videos and PSA awareness videos.
The pocket cinema camera seems a great option, except that I can't spend more than 2,000 - 2,500 on the whole package.
This is what I have been quoted for by a reseller in Los Angeles:
Pocket Cinema Camera TX Olympus M.ZUIKO - $995
Digital 17mm f TX - $520.00
Watson EN-EL20 Lithium-Ion Bat - $14.99
SanDisk 64GB SDXC Memory Card - $139.00 x 2
Watson Compact AC/DC Charger f - $24.95
Also I'll get a zoom panasonic 14 - 140 lens used for about $550
But no one has said anything about sound?!
As I'll by doing testimonials and capturing live sound, what is my best option? I won't have a crew, it's just me running around a group of about 40 people and up to 90 kids capturing moments to make videos with to promote the experience of visiting and supporting an orphanage!
Or is a Blackmagic pocket camera not the right camera for our needs?
Thank so much for all the help!
Not sure how the in camera sound is but you might want to look at something small like the Rode Videomics. I've got a stereo video mic and its pretty good but in hindsight I probably prefer something more directional, which their mono mics provide.
Not sure if you can assign 3.5mm as ch1 and internal mic as ch2?
Also at that price for the Olympus 17mm you might want to consider the Panny 20mm or the Sigma.