I have had a few people ask me about camera gear because they are DETERMINED to shoot their own.
Mind you, I do not recommend this until you have learned how to drive traffic, convert a sale, as well as some other things involved in just RECRUITING girls. Which does not get into filming them correctly, and planning out your sessions.
You could probably escape with a $500.00 consumer camcorder like I did for years. But this is a middle of the road recommendation from him, and what I am looking at for myself. So you can opt to go a consumer camera route to minimize your start up expenses. But just giving you both options.
But for those who've asked, here is what my buddy (Jim Gunn) recommends.
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http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...HDV_1080i.html
For lightign I like fluorescents with dayalight balanced bulbs. They throw a beautiful soft light and also very important they throw little heat into the room, so you and teh models don't sweat so much.You need two lights, with stands, ballasts, cables etc. Kits have all but bulbs which you must buy separate.
They have several similar kits and a few different series oif lights but this one is very good. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...rescent .html
You want the 5500 degree bulbs to go with it. Those are daylight.
Unlike mine, you can dim these with a dimmer switch. And it has a travel case. I believe they come with smallish stands so they are easy to set up in a small bedroom or living room.These will last you for years, well worth the investment
I haven't even changed the bulbs in my bigger Kinos and I have been giving them heavy location use for almost five years now!
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When I started years ago. I started out with $3-5000.00 (which included gear, 10 sessions, with 12 different models), a consumer DV camcorder, still camera with a couple memory sticks, a lot of batteries, some blue gels from the camera store, construction lights, a house with nice sunlight, and I shot during the middle of the day.
Unless you are looking to directly produce and license content to programs, brokers, I do not think you need to be shooting on the highest of high end to start. I have made plenty shooting like I did. Not only on clip stores, but membership sites, DVD, among other things later.