Television Production this year invested into some new cameras, these now allow us to film in 4K and offer stabilisation while doing handheld.
The Panasonic DVX200 camera is a large-sensor camera with the ability to film 25fps and 60fps. It has a built in stabilisation and the option to shoot in v-log, allowing much more colour information to be captured and then more to play with in post-production. The camera also uses SD cards rather than c-fast cards which can be very expensive. However, this does mean you'll require a higher grade and process powered card in order to film in 4K. When testing out the cameras, we tried out the built in stabilisation, which worked surprisingly well. It does take away those small shaky movements which can come from operating the camera handheld, with no steadicam as well which makes this camera a fantastic piece of kit. It has XLR inputs, a view finder and LCD screen. My only issues with this camera is that the menu is very complex, however this is a common issue with cameras. I also don't like that you can't change the lens's on the camera so you're limited on what sort of look you can get.Auto Que
Once we had seen the new cameras. We were shown the Auto Que which was an option for us to use while doing this unit. The Auto Que is basically a mirror, you have an IPad on the bottom of the grip, which is connected to the camera and then it reflects the script while it moves, you have to rotate it on the IPad for it to make sense from the Presenter's point of View. You can also control the speed and size of the text which is very helpful. Although, it is slightly hard to set up as it's a bit fiddly, when we tested it with our News Practice we found it really helpful as the presenter can literally read the script which takes away the pressure of learning all the lines.
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