We have a new set in the making, actually two sets, here at MissionTV in the GMI office. We have a studio where we’ve been shooting MissionTV Shows with missionaries, and Extreme Faith Reports with David Gates when he returns from his trips to the mission field. But for the last year we’ve talked about and prayed for a church set, where we can have people come and preach about missions. Nothing really happened until… well, I’ll let you watch the video! It’s only 20 minutes. You’ll also get to learn about the other set as well — the JFA News set.

This video is wrapped as a MissionTV Show Special. We had lots of building materials and stuff spread out in the studio, so we didn’t really have our formal set for MissionTV Show. Another thing that’s cool about this show is that it’s not shot with our regular studio cameras, we decided that I would use my new camera to shoot it. I just got a Canon 60D DSLR several weeks ago, and the video footage from that kind of camera is really very good. This is the camera that I plan to use when I go to Africa to shoot video and do interviews as well as take still pictures. It has very good low light performance compared to it’s professional video counterparts, and it has the advantage of being able to use regular DSLR lenses which offers lots of flexibility. It does come with a few drawbacks but I’m willing to work with them in exchange for the benefits. I’m still praying because I need to get a couple of lenses with Image Stabilization (IS) and it would be good if I can get a wireless microphone as well as a shotgun mic to go on top of the camera. ( I have a shotgun mic already that mounts on the camera, and while it works, this model is not ideal because it’s very sensitive to wind. ) I borrowed Jon Wood’s lens and microphone for this shoot, and it turned out very good. My skill is the biggest lack, as far as smooth camera work, but as I practice more that will improve. Here it is: