Learning about the studio

On Thursday 17th September 2015, my class and I had our first studio lesson in Media Studies. In that lesson we used three different types of cameras along with tripods and additional lenses to go onto the cameras we used. The cameras that we used were the Sony NX5, Sony FS100 and a Canon 5D. Now I am going to talk about each one in detail and separately.

The Sony NX5:

This camera can cost up to £3,000 which is a lot of money, but the main purpose of this camera is that it will be used when filming big, high budget films, due to it very high quality and power the camera holds within, which can definitely be seen by looking at the size ant the weight of this machine. This Sony camera is quite heavy for a camera but you can expect it due to its size, due to its weight it is normally put on a tripod. Unless you are looking to do big budget and incredible filming then the next best camera to have is another Sony camera called the Sony FS100. 

The Sony FS100 & The Cannon 5D:

This camera is not as expensive as the Sony NX5 but it is also a very good camera as it shoot in very high definition and it is also quite heave and it would normally be put onto a tripod to hold a very steady shot as that is what it would normally be used for. The Cannon 5D is a light weighted camera which can very easily be held by hand but when this is a camera for a low budget film then this is the camera as it is good quality at a reasonable price.

The Tripod:

A tripod is a three-legged stand for  supporting a
camera and keeping at a horizontal level so it can stay on a straight line, you check this by "bubbling the camera" (this is where you stabilise the camera to make sure  that it is straight), you bubble the camera by a small spirit levler in the shape of a circle. The tripod holds each camera securely at different heights adjusted by the user by locking and unlocking the hooks which securely keeps the tripod in place without falling over.