Itemized List of Equipment for Foodcasts (videocasts, podcasts, vlog)
I received several emails asking about the equipment used for this blog and the foodcasts. Early readers have commented on how much the still photographs have improved since I first started this blog. At first we used a very cheap, low pixel digital camera. Last year we purchased an Olympus Stylus 800, an 8 megapixel camera for $500-$600 (I don't remember exactly how much we paid). For the videocasts we use our digital camera as a kind of second camera. You'll notice we edit in still images to our videocasts.
I'm not suggesting that the equipment we use is the best, the best in their price categories or that we paid the best price for them. But they are all easy to use and were affordable for us.
1. Canon ZR800 DV Camcorder- $279
2. Extra 5 hour battery- $79.99 (the camercorder comes with a battery that is good for less than an hour)
3. Tripod- $54.99 (it's definately sturdy enough for our little camecorder)
4. External microphone- $99.99 (most consumer camcorders don't seem to have adequate internal microphones for recording at least decent sound for videocasts. One issue is that the Canon ZR800 does not have a plate for attaching the external microphone- go figure. We did not use an external microphone for the first shoot)
5. Firewire or IEEE 1394 card for PC- $19.99, necessary for connecting the dv cable to the computer
6. DV Cable- 31.99 (Umm... the camcorder doesn't come with this, it's needed to download video from the camcorder to the computer)
7. Adobe Vlog software- $29.00 (video editing software that is incredibly easy to use and very good for even very tight editing, highly recommended)
8. Vlog or videocast hosting playstream.com- $22 per month plan for now
Oh yeah, the chef's shirt I wear is from Bragard, the Marcou, $26.00. I like it because it's clean and simple looking. They have other chef shirts that are much more expensive, but they look a little pretentious and frou frou to me. My pants are black cotton trousers in a slimmer fit ($50-$75), I don't like baggy elastic waist or drawstring pants and my shoes are Swedish clogs ($100-$150). I wear J.M. Weston shoes and suit trousers for other occasions and I'm considering having custom chef's shirts made in a better quality cotton. Yes, people ask these questions.
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