I picked up this set of 3 Mevo Start Cameras, made by Logitech
A dream of mine since leaving college was to record live gigs multi-cam, and I was close to getting it going just before Covid hit, then it all fell apart.
I tried to record my own band during Covid, to potentially live stream our jams, but a mix-mash of DSLRs and GoPros wasn't cutting it, so I put the idea to rest until I found cameras good enough for what I needed, and preferably at an affordable price.
A few months ago, I was floating around on YouTube, and was made aware of these Logitech Mevo Start cameras.
I'm going to list some of the good things about them.
- 6 Hour Battery Life
- Ability To Record, As Well As Livestream To 1 or All Platforms Directly From The App
- No Cables, Unless You Need Longer Than 6 Hours of Filming
- Discrete
- Easy To Use App
- Affordable
- Good in-built microphones
I looked online, and on the official website, these three cameras would have cost me $1200, which is a lot more than I wanted to spend, so the dream almost died right there.
Then I checked CEX, and the three-pack in the town next to me was being sold for €390. I know it is a fair bit, but compared to what they cost new, it was a steal. So, without hesitation, I picked them up.
I have filmed 2 gigs so far with them, and there are plenty more to film. I also bought 1 more, so now I have four of them, which will give me a lot of coverage and options.
Filming gigs, I would obviously rather have 3-4 camera operators to get many more angles and interesting shots. But, we don't have the means for that, and also, we don't want to distract the audience or annoy anyone, so setting these up out of the way of everyone, and sporadically adjusting the angles throughout the night, is the better option.
Future Endevours
From this point on, I will continue to film the gigs and edit the footage after the fact, but soon I will be testing out their live streaming capabilities.
If I spend €180 for the year I will be able to live stream to everyone platform at once, but without the subscription you can only stream to one at a time. It's pretty obvious why it would be good to go out on all platforms at once, but it's a bit of steep cost.
I'll hopefully stream with them this week at our next band practice and I will know for sure how they hold up.