Re: Looking for a new camcorder
 

you can get a regular cam with a S-video/Composite/other kind of output, and buy a basic video card with those inputs. i think you just need a tv tuner if the cam has a composite output

Re: Looking for a new camcorder
 

Check out

http://www.camcorderinfo.com/

They do reviews on a bunch of different cameras and rank them based on price. I just bought a Panasonic GS-31 mini DV camera (rated pretty highly in its price range) for about $350 at BBuy, but you can get them cheaper online. The reason I went with BB was because of the 24 month no interest offer they had going on.

Basically if you go with a regular digital camera you want to find the largest CCD you can in your price range. Generally the larger the CCD the better the quality in low light situations. You would be suprised what is considered "low light".

HTH.

Chris

Re: Looking for a new camcorder
 

I apprecite the info. I will look into that website.

Re: Looking for a new camcorder
 

thats what I did, 5.0 megapixels, can take 640x480 fine at 30 fps on my camera, i also rock a 1 gigger stock :6 works good for taking video.

Re: Looking for a new camcorder
 

want a good camera go 3chip... don't do anything but mini dv. get fire wire card for your pc, and you can upload digitaly... which is 100x better then analog composite in... don't get digital 8 that's not actualy digital.

like i say mini dv... is the way to go. don't do vhs c, or high 8, or dvd. dvd is crazy compression. sony makes good cameras, ohhh and don't get maxwell tapes. they will break your camera. always get fuji.

you want a really good camera, get the panasonic dvx 100a.... that's the ---- 24p... sony has a couple of great mini dv, HD cameras, but now we are talkin about cameras that are up to 5000 to 6000 bucks. it all depends. nice thing about the 3000 dollars and up cameras, are there abilities to shoot in low light, and there amazing audio features.

i am an editor in training, i start work at much music in january... i know what i am talkin about. any other questions pm me.

chris O0

Re: Looking for a new camcorder
 

hell i would even throw in a fire wire cable and ports for your computer. i am paypal verified :y

Re: Looking for a new camcorder
 

Tapes are better than the DVD-R versions??

Tape = Analog, DVD = Digital? no?

Re: Looking for a new camcorder
 

Yes, 3 CCDs are better but try to find a new 3CCD camera in the $250 price range.

Re: Looking for a new camcorder
 

Tape = Analog OR Digital

Similar to Cassette Tapes versus DAT.

Re: Looking for a new camcorder
 

how to tell if the camera does Digital Tapes vs Analog Tapes?