For the film piece that we produced we used a Canon HDV30 Camcorder. It has been described in an internet reviews as 'One of the best products for the advanced video camera user' and I agree with that responce. I found that while using the Canon I was able to detect the smallest of sounds and illuminate the slighest of movements. The Canon HDV30 offers; 10x Optical Zoom, High Definition lense, HDMI Commection ( which would allow you to play on BluRay), Widescreen, SuperRange Optical Image Stablilizer, 2.96Mp 1/2.7" CMOS Sensor and records of small Mini DV Tapes which are light and easy to carry around.
As a digital native I found using this fairly easy, I was able to find the different buttons and control it without having any extensive tutoring in how to work the camera.
The Canon camera is designed for people we are at an 'intermediate level' of using video cameras and because of this offers professional levels of filming while making it easy enough for everyday peope to use.
Were there any obstacles that you had to overcome while using the camera?
Yes. While filming we looked back onto our work that we had already recorded, unknowingly we were skipping large ammounts of space and giving ourselves smaller ammounts of film to work with. This however was easily overcome as we had five Mini DV Tapes which each held 90 minuites of film. Another thing that was a problem was that at times the film that was produced wasn't as high of a standard as we might have liked, this would've been affected by other factors such as: storylines, acting, location and framing, however the film looked fairly mediocre. This was not completely overcome as we still used the film but the edting did 'correct' the filming to an extent.
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