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The question often comes up “I want to shoot footage of my show. What camera do I get?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The short answer is “get a pro to shoot it for you.” Someone who’s good with a camera will get a few great, useful minutes from the show. Someone who’s an expert at shooting live performers will capture the whole event for you.
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comparing cameras and goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Most people are thinking they’ll either buy a DSLR, a go pro, or a compact camera like the ZV1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Settings are difficult on all cameras because I don’t know any camera that had automatic settings that are good for stage lighting. Stage lighting has very harsh contrast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u00a0recently tried to record a friend’s show passively and for fun on my ZV1 and he was pretty washed out until I realized I needed to turn off all the auto settings and adjust things carefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you set all the settings at tech rehearsal, with someone else’s help, you can make things good. It’s possible. The lighting may change at showtime<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Image size is also an issue. Placing the camera at the back of the room will often get you a shot that is mostly stage. The subject will be small. These kinda shots are not usually useful for promo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can shoot in 4k and crop the image to make it 2x as large for HD. I don’t know for sure: these cameras may overheat filming longer durations in some situations at 4k<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you can change the lens on a DLSR to a 200mm you could shoot from the back of the room. You’ll be carrying a camera body and lens to every show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sony rx100 vi has a long lense and is compact like the zv1, but can only shoot for 29min in HD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re shooting for promo, I would get something small and easy like a GoPro or an iphone, put it close to stage at an interesting angle with the hopes of getting 5 seconds of usable footage<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re shooting for your records, same a little further from stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t use my camera for long recordings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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