Spec me a camera for interviews

Phage · 21 May 2017 at 18:03

Hi All,

The other half has a project to document the verbal history of our rural town. What is the easiest way to record good quality audio and 1080p video? It would be mostly interviewing indoors with fixed shots as the interviewees are not as mobile as they used to be.

Could this be done with an iPhone and and some sort of gorilla pod ? I'm not sure that the sound would be good ?

Any advice gratefully received.

Thanks

Raymond Lin · 21 May 2017 at 18:10

It could be done with an iPhone but it depends how good you want the quality in both video and sound.

Phage · 21 May 2017 at 19:24

That's pretty much what I thought. Can you recommend something that would be a step up ?
I have a budget of a few hundred but it should be as simple as possible

Raymond Lin · 21 May 2017 at 19:27

Ideally if you can record the audio separately either on an camera with an audio input jack and mic the person up or record it in a dedicated audio device and dub that over the audio in your editing.

That would be what I do. And the sky is the limit, what's your budget?

Phage · 21 May 2017 at 19:53

500 tops. So a camera with a mic input ?

Raymond Lin · 21 May 2017 at 19:55

Yes and get a mic, instead on relying on internal which are generally all rubbish.

Phage · 21 May 2017 at 21:06

Any suggested models ?

Mark M · 23 May 2017 at 13:28

Could hiring something be an option?