Looking for a new camcorder
11-29-2005, 08:34 PM
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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
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
11-29-2005, 10:32 PM
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Re: Looking for a new camcorder
Originally Posted by ****
suggestion.
spend the money on a really nice digital that does short videos in decent quality, and get a huge mem card ??
spend the money on a really nice digital that does short videos in decent quality, and get a huge mem card ??
works good for taking video.
11-29-2005, 10:41 PM
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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
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
11-30-2005, 07:44 AM
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Re: Looking for a new camcorder
Originally Posted by c_piddy
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
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
Tape = Analog, DVD = Digital? no?
11-30-2005, 08:34 AM
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Re: Looking for a new camcorder
Originally Posted by c_piddy
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
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
11-30-2005, 11:02 AM
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Re: Looking for a new camcorder
Originally Posted by crxrocks
Originally Posted by crx88Si
Tapes are better than the DVD-R versions??
Tape = Analog, DVD = Digital? no?
Similar to Cassette Tapes versus DAT.
