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Aggressive inline/skating camera choices- help needed

Hey guys, I am saving up to build my first proper street filming setup for aggressive inline edits. I'm also planning to take film school classes soon (mabye, to get better at filming skate) , so the gear needs to hold up technically.My budget is strictly €300–€340 shopping on eBay Germany (Gewerblich). I will be using a Boya shotgun mic and want to adapt one of those 0.3x ultra-wide Veledge fisheye lens (not the cheap adapter ones, proper fisheye) .My heart really wants an old handle-held digital camcorder like the Panasonic AG-HMC40 because of the form factor and the Y2K vibe and I've really just fallen in so much love with the thing. However, I’ve been warned that its 2009 small sensor will look muddy in low light and get rejected by film school professors.Should I stick to my dream of getting the HMC40 camcorder, or am I much better off building a modern skate-rig out of a 4K mirrorless camera like the Panasonic Lumix G7 mounted inside a C-shaped handle grip? (or a complete different option- hmc150s and Good sony camcorders seem above my price limit...) Would love to hear from people who actually film street sessions. Thanks!

Aggressive inline/skating camera choices- help needed

Hey guys, I am saving up to build my first proper street filming setup for aggressive inline edits. I'm also planning to take film school classes soon (mabye, to get better at filming skate) , so the gear needs to hold up technically.My budget is strictly €300–€340 shopping on eBay Germany (Gewerblich). I will be using a Boya shotgun mic and want to adapt one of those 0.3x ultra-wide Veledge fisheye lens (not the cheap adapter ones, proper fisheye) .My heart really wants an old handle-held digital camcorder like the Panasonic AG-HMC40 because of the form factor and the Y2K vibe and I've really just fallen in so much love with the thing. However, I’ve been warned that its 2009 small sensor will look muddy in low light and get rejected by film school professors.Should I stick to my dream of getting the HMC40 camcorder, or am I much better off building a modern skate-rig out of a 4K mirrorless camera like the Panasonic Lumix G7 mounted inside a C-shaped handle grip? (or a complete different option- hmc150s and Good sony camcorders seem above my price limit...) Would love to hear from people who actually film street sessions. Thanks!

Hey guys, I am saving up to build my first proper street filming setup for aggressive inline edits. I'm also planning to take film school classes soon (mabye, to get better at filming skate) , so the gear needs to hold up technically.My budget is strictly €300–€340 shopping on eBay Germany (Gewerblich). I will be using a Boya shotgun mic and want to adapt one of those 0.3x ultra-wide Veledge fisheye lens (not the cheap adapter ones, proper fisheye) .My heart really wants an old handle-held digital camcorder like the Panasonic AG-HMC40 because of the form factor and the Y2K vibe and I've really just fallen in so much love with the thing. However, I’ve been warned that its 2009 small sensor will look muddy in low light and get rejected by film school professors.Should I stick to my dream of getting the HMC40 camcorder, or am I much better off building a modern skate-rig out of a 4K mirrorless camera like the Panasonic Lumix G7 mounted inside a C-shaped handle grip? (or a complete different option- hmc150s and Good sony camcorders seem above my price limit...) Would love to hear from people who actually film street sessions. Thanks!

Hey guys, I am saving up to build my first proper street filming setup for aggressive inline edits. I'm also planning to take film school classes soon (mabye, to get better at filming skate) , so the gear needs to hold up technically.My budget is strictly €300–€340 shopping on eBay Germany (Gewerblich). I will be using a Boya shotgun mic and want to adapt one of those 0.3x ultra-wide Veledge fisheye lens (not the cheap adapter ones, proper fisheye) .My heart really wants an old handle-held digital camcorder like the Panasonic AG-HMC40 because of the form factor and the Y2K vibe and I've really just fallen in so much love with the thing. However, I’ve been warned that its 2009 small sensor will look muddy in low light and get rejected by film school professors.Should I stick to my dream of getting the HMC40 camcorder, or am I much better off building a modern skate-rig out of a 4K mirrorless camera like the Panasonic Lumix G7 mounted inside a C-shaped handle grip? (or a complete different option- hmc150s and Good sony camcorders seem above my price limit...) Would love to hear from people who actually film street sessions. Thanks!