Thursday, November 28, 2013

What video camera has the most manual controls for under $400?

best camcorder 400 under on Posted by Tom Cox at 01:42 4 comments:
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clancy m


I want a good quality video camera for less than $400. But i want one with good manual controls such as exposure, focus, and white balance. Also it would be better if they shoot in full HD.


Answer
First off, HD camcorders interpolate the video, which means of every 25 frames of video, 4 or 5 frames are taken by the lens assembly; the other frames in between these are filled in by the camcorder inner circuitry, thus giving you not true video. It looks like this -one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, from front to back of the video. Near impossible to edit, even when you have the Multi port processor computer with the big 1GB Graphics card and a Sound card that is required to edit, view, watch and work with the files these camcorders produce.

MiniDV is currently the most popular format for consumer digital camcorders. MiniDV camcorders are typically more affordable than their HDD and DVD counterparts. Each MiniDV tape will typically hold an hour of footage at normal recording speed and quality. MiniDV tapes are available for purchase at not only electronic and camera stores, but also at drugs stores and grocery stores, making them easy to find while your on vacation. There are literally hundreds of MiniDV camcorders available; both in standard and high-definition. And add the fact that to get a HD camcorder that could produce better video quality footage, one would have to spend in excess of $3500 for that camcorder that could produce higher quality video.

My Canon ZR MiniDV tape camcorders can do all you list and more, in Manual mode, as that is the only mode I shoot in. And I would put my MiniDV tape camcorders in any contest regarding video Quality against any HD Camcorder under $3000, and i know I would win.

What should I buy, a digital camera or a camcorder?




Thankots


Hello, I'm in a bit of a trouble right here, what should I buy? A digital camera or a camcorder, I both like taking videos and pictures, what do you suggest?

I know digital cameras can't take very good quality videos, but can camcorders capture a good quality picture?

Please, if you suggest a product, please keep it under 400⬠(or 580$/359british pounds)

Thank you.



Answer
Most consumer grade digital cameras can't take very good quality videos AND most consumer grade camcorders can't capture good quality pictures.

Although, many camcorders are shooting up to say, 5 mega pixel images. And some digital cameras can record video in 640 x 480, which is not too bad for YouTube, etc.

I own the camera at the link below. It takes awesome images and the video is okay for my use. It's just standard definition. But I have high definition video cameras I use to for video.

It's one of those things where you have to decide which is more important to you, high quality images or high quality video.




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