Which camera am I talking about?

A couple weeks ago I made a post about the Canon FS100 and HF100, one of which I reviewed. Read about it here:

• Canon FS100 Review and Process

After going back and forth I was undecided on which camera to purchase. Here’s what I had going for each camera when compared head to head:

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Canon FS100 Pros:

• Cheap! Close to $300
• I could add extra accessories like the Steadicam Merlin and Lavaliere Microphone for the extra cash
• Easy editing

Canon FS100 Cons:

• No manual audio gain control
• No HD (not really a con at this point in time)
• No lens attachment feature (I fixed this with a lens adapter)
  

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Canon HF100 Pros:

• Has HD (but wont be using it really)
• Had manual audio gain control
• Can add lens to it without and fiddling

Canon HF100 Cons:

• $600+ causing me to go out of budget with other accessories

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So what did I purchase?

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Canon FS100

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Transcend 8GB & 16GB SDHC Flash Cards

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Lens adapter with 52mm to 37mm step down ring

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Audio Technica ATR-35S Lavaliere Mic

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Tiffen Steadicam Merlin Camera Stabilizer

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I’ll be posting about my experiences with this camera and how well the steadicam merlin performs after this weekend. I’m also planning on doing a head to head comparison of the Merlin with the $14 steadycam I built and tested here: http://www.leechon.com/14-steadycam-9.htm

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Stu Maschwitz (author of The DV Rebel’s Guide) post on his blog the other day a trailer for a short film by Ayyaz Waraich (judging by the name, I think he’s Muslim) titled “White Red Panic.”

What do I mean by “filming totally naked”? The trailer above was shot with a “naked” Canon HV20…

…without any special 35MM lens attachments or gizmos. Just your simple $600 camera.

It’s amazing what sort of results keeping to simple principals of video, photo, lighting, sound, and editing can get you.

Personally I’m looking to get the Canon HF100.

It’s similar to to the HV20 in price and features, except that instead of recording to tape in HDV, it records to SDHC flash media in AVCHD (compressed high definition) format. Personally I hate tape and the time it takes to transfer.

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The other day a friend of mine was telling me about Microsoft Silverlight and stated that it’s a “Flash Killer.” This interested me in the sense that, being in a field were media is the main for of communication, I’m always looking out for different vehicles that might help me get results faster than I’m currently getting them.

I figured I’ll ask you all about it. So…give me your thoughts about this program

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