The Sony HC3's are so ungodly cheap, I was considering getting one to try out and maybe another later. I have read that the audio from the cam is lousy, so, I was wondering if I recorded the audio with a good mic straight to my portable Sony Walkman DAT machine if I would have any synch issues when adding it to the timeline with the HC3 audio? I'm not sure what setting to use on the DAT 48khz? 44.1Khz? I know when I did a long 2 hour show a few years back, the DAT audio did not synch with the audio on my old trv-950's. I had to add many hours to the work load by constantly resynching each clip by hand due to the drift.
The incredibly small size would be great for my filming our travel segments I put together. No prob putting that little cam in the carry on! :o)
I guess it's still not great in low light, but for 1400 bucks I don't expect miracles.
Also, does anyone have a feeling that they (Sony) might come out with a pro version of this cam? Like the did with the A1U I own. That would solve this question right away. I would just wait for the xlr input version.
I'm definitely not God's gift to the camera man world so the auto features might be nice for when I have to just pull it out really quickly and start shooting a funny moment or quick interview or something along those lines.
BTW, I would be interested in hiring a pro camera man to instruct me for a day or two and pay for it obviously. Someone who really knows the ins and outs of the A1U so that I can learn how to become better at what i do. The VASST co. comes to mind, but I would like to avoid flying to Utah for some field instruction. I live in the Los Angeles area, WH to be exact. So anyone who is a pro with this cam and has some down time to make some extra sheckles shoot me a note.
I've decided to hire pro camera men/women crew for our next big project rather than me trying to do it all by myself again. I had 3 cams running all over the theater and really wished I hadn' tried to cut corners and do it all myself on a previous long form project. The boss was thrilled, but i was not with the ending result. Lots of blown out shots that were unfixable.
That's enough for now. Your time and replies are appreciated as always. Derek
The incredibly small size would be great for my filming our travel segments I put together. No prob putting that little cam in the carry on! :o)
I guess it's still not great in low light, but for 1400 bucks I don't expect miracles.
Also, does anyone have a feeling that they (Sony) might come out with a pro version of this cam? Like the did with the A1U I own. That would solve this question right away. I would just wait for the xlr input version.
I'm definitely not God's gift to the camera man world so the auto features might be nice for when I have to just pull it out really quickly and start shooting a funny moment or quick interview or something along those lines.
BTW, I would be interested in hiring a pro camera man to instruct me for a day or two and pay for it obviously. Someone who really knows the ins and outs of the A1U so that I can learn how to become better at what i do. The VASST co. comes to mind, but I would like to avoid flying to Utah for some field instruction. I live in the Los Angeles area, WH to be exact. So anyone who is a pro with this cam and has some down time to make some extra sheckles shoot me a note.
I've decided to hire pro camera men/women crew for our next big project rather than me trying to do it all by myself again. I had 3 cams running all over the theater and really wished I hadn' tried to cut corners and do it all myself on a previous long form project. The boss was thrilled, but i was not with the ending result. Lots of blown out shots that were unfixable.
That's enough for now. Your time and replies are appreciated as always. Derek