I've recently got interested in motion capture lately and I've been trying to get my hands on some equipment. The one road block, I've run into is that the equipment is quite expensive. In terms of equipment, the cheapest option is probably purchasing a Kinect or PS eye. Then using software from ipisoft. Problem is though, the software is on the pricey side.

So I was wondering if anybody knew of any affordable cameras that cost around $50 -- $300?? Should I expect that motion capture will be a pricey venture moving forward? If anybody is an expert or is involved in the field, I would really appreciate any advice you might have thanks.

@Hodgman,

Thats actually a good question. Lol. I was originally going to use ipisoft software packages, but like I said before.,There price point seems a little steep, but I'm running out of options. And as I think about it, their package seems like the most feasible at this point

Can I use regular video cameras to capture the motion data? If you have any experience with motion capture let me know.

Well, I messed around with regular 2D animations, so in a way yes. So the regular software animation will be used to export the data to blender?

You may be better off hiring a studio for a day. Just need to do your research thoroughly beforehand as to what data you will need to capture.