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You room dimensions are putting filming under some pressure - is this because the room is limited, or that that's where you have been given, perhaps?
Conversion lenses do introduce some measure of distortion and may cut corners too. However, if you find one that works OK for your needs, that's the solution.
You can get close to the WA need (or not) by filming the stage with/without the conversion lens....OR you can take a still using a compact camera with a known WA spec, then relate that to the camcorder you wish to use. i.e. Try before you Buy.
Could it be your friend has extensive experience of these PTZ cameras? ( They're never mentioned here, AGAIK.)
A ( pair of ) modest camcorders could be a better use of Funds - but you've not said "what" you are filming - Especially if one is not so wide, as this is rather easier for the audience to follow - Wide-angles mean their attention is not directed. You can zoom-in at the Edit stage, but this shows up definition loss and focus errors. Even if you have only one "position" it is a great help to the Editor to have different shots available. This may put pressure on the Operator, but the WA can be left alone as defects won't show much - However the "better" footage will need the zoomed-in camera to be more accurate - so the Editor has the WA to fall back on.
As I may have mentioned the use of lighting should be to direct the audience's attention to the Speaker/Product(etc.) and it also helps to allow the background to be less distracting. Out eyes are poor judges of lighting ( due to our brains' ability ), but the background should be visually obviously darker than the subject(s) - and this may mean having some control of light-positioning - rather than lighting as I understand you suggested. |
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