Hi everyone! This is PinkSkink, Goldenfrog's sister.

I'm interested in making short movies, usualy sci-fi. However, I have been using a pretty lousy camera and I don't like the results. I'm thinking of purchasing a new camera, with a esolution of somewhere around 1000x700. I really don't want to spend more than $200, though. Do any of you have any recomendations as to what sort of camera gives good results and possibly has a microphone jack?

Alot of people have reccomended the Canon xl2, but that camera is almost $4000, and as such is far beyond my budget.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

PinkSkink

Ok, cool any chance of some pics?

Hey, that is looking cool!

Now the next step is to see what Scott Para thinks so far...

Hey I'm serious, you couuld pm him a link to your post if you want an experts opinion.

Thanks Nola. Still needs work on the doors

My one hundredth reply on this thread. Yay!

@unknownuser said:

Now we can use the thread for models again!

Indeed we can. It's been ages since I posted anything on this topic. Been reading my thick-as-aphonebook 3DS Max bible. Anyway, I've started a project (Duh!) In competition with Rogue's city hatchback that he is working on as we speak, I am too making a hatchback. And for all you sticklers for professionalism , the title of my file is called City Car r3. Also watching my polygon count, but it's very sad that the wheels I am currently using add about 8000 faces

But if I didn't use them, the shell of the car would only have 1000 faces in it! My lightest car model I think.

Anyway, enough with my blathering, time for pictures of the model!!

Rather crumpled looking. I'd suggest making absolutly sure that every line inbetween every face is in the right place; connecting the endpoints so that there are no unwanted convex faces.

Can you post the file here so I can download it?

Very nice so far! I'm jealous!

@dave r said:

I was being serious about the high speed tape.

Oh! Sorry

Hey Medina!

Feel free to ask around

@dave r said:

There's really nothing wrong with using that tape as they did there. That's what it is made for. It's people who don't know about legitimate methods of airframe repair who blow photos like that out of proportion. That photo shows the flaps extended. Most of that tape wouldn't be exposed during most of the flight anyway.

Ah I love wit XD
Made my day

Very nice little competition we have here I think I might enter...

Awesome work with the zoom functions. I wish I knew what the exploding gray spheres were...They seem to appear when I press key('f').

I can look into my crystal ball...and tell you...that this car is going to...turn out...to one of your...best!

Ah, thats really brilliant!

Hah, that's very nice, though on the second render the windshield glass seems "Grainy". Other than that, very nice. How, for heavens sake, did you make the tarp in the first??

Very nice, it's almost Mini cooper-ish. I suppose that's because of the roof panel.
Very nice work!!!

Awesome!

Woooh! Glad for you

Now you can resume work on your hatchback!

PS Whhy was your laptop being repaired? Virus?

@hobbnob said:

I've got to start helping more car modellers. . .

So, Nola, anything new?

Ah, well, being a rather lazy person, I never make models so large tht it takes a long time to save 'em, but I get your point.