Filming Pool

ForumGhost516

ForumGhost516

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Hey whats up everyone i have a question, there is a tournament coming to my local pool room and i would like to tape some of the matches and i am not sure if i need some hardcore equipment or not. What would you guys suggest to film some matches. I have a mini dvd cam from canon thats really good for like family stuff but i am concerned about lighting and resolution. What have you guys done in the past does anyone have any experience in this?
 
There is a reason ESPN and Accustats have the table lit up like an operating room. Video needs alot of light especially for most consumer level cameras. Your other issue is going to be audio, just using the in camera mic it will suck.

I could go on forever about all the problems but I doubt you are looking to invest serious money in new gear. My advice for filming with what you have is use a tripod, try to get the camera high up shooting down on the table and frame the shot so the great majority of the frame is taken up by the table (unless the room is abnormally bright you wont be able to see anything outside of the table light worth a damn anyway).

Audio will suck and there is no easy fix for this on a consumer camera, most do not have mic inputs even if you wanted to buy a decent shotgun mic.

If you wanna get crazy go buy one of these http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/308853-REG/Sony_DSRPD170THPAC_DSR_PD170_3_CCD_Mini_DVCAM.html they are the stone nuts in low light and have XLR inputs so you can use decent mics. Getting all the crap to actually work and make a watchable video I will let you figure out on your own :D
 
Does anyone have any suggestions that i can use while i appreciate the previous one it kind of didnt help me aside from the tripod which i already knew. If i had 2800 for a camera i would be investing in a much nicer cue than i currently own.
 
ForumGhost516 said:
Does anyone have any suggestions that i can use while i appreciate the previous one it kind of didnt help me aside from the tripod which i already knew. If i had 2800 for a camera i would be investing in a much nicer cue than i currently own.
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LOL...my bad.

If your camera has manual shutter, iris and focus use them. You need as much light in the camera as possible without washing out from the table light or getting noisy from the gain adjustment.

If you are looking for a magic button or trick there isnt one.
 
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