Leelee
I'm about to get a camcorder! But the thing is, I don't know which one to get !
I like camcorders like the sanyo xacti vpc cg100.
And these . . http://www.sears.com/dxg-digital-camcorder-with-built-in-5mp-digital/p-00317188000P?prdNo=4&blockNo=29&blockType=G29
And this ! http://www.sears.com/dxg-luxe-green-glitter-polka-dots-luxe-1080p/p-00320423000P?prdNo=15&blockNo=40&blockType=G40
And camcorders like that. I was wondering if you can pause. Like, if you're recording and you pause it. Then you 'unpause" it (forgot the word xD) and continue recording .
By any chance do you see any reviews on these type of camcorders? Or any items similar to it?
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Nope, no camcorder sold has a "PAUSE' button on it. Reason being, using a PAUSE button on a camcorder will damage the recording media and the internal electronics of the camcorder. That is why they created the Non Linear Editing (NLE) video editing program. You shoot a clip, shut of the recording, restart it when needed, doing this several times in a day. Take all the footage back to your computer, open your NLE, place the various clips on timeline in a order that you want or need to, then make File or if your program can, a DVD.
Any camcorder you should get, if you want to shoot better videos, should have a MIC port and the ability to shut off any Easy or Auto functions and go totally Manual. Learn how to focus and set exposure and you will be making better videos.
My choice, if I wanted the best video quality, would be a camcorder that is using MiniDV tape for video storage. I say that because all Consumer level HD camcorders, using any other form of media storage, interpolate the video. In short, what that means is - If you had a video made with one of these HD camcorders, with 1000 frames in the video, 800 of those frames would not be from the lens. They would be made by the internal electronic circuitry with in the camcorder, using an algorithm based on the frames from the lens, before and after these made up frames. A nightmare to edit, this HD video is. And not mention the upgrades or total replacement of your computer that is needed to edit HD video.
Nope, no camcorder sold has a "PAUSE' button on it. Reason being, using a PAUSE button on a camcorder will damage the recording media and the internal electronics of the camcorder. That is why they created the Non Linear Editing (NLE) video editing program. You shoot a clip, shut of the recording, restart it when needed, doing this several times in a day. Take all the footage back to your computer, open your NLE, place the various clips on timeline in a order that you want or need to, then make File or if your program can, a DVD.
Any camcorder you should get, if you want to shoot better videos, should have a MIC port and the ability to shut off any Easy or Auto functions and go totally Manual. Learn how to focus and set exposure and you will be making better videos.
My choice, if I wanted the best video quality, would be a camcorder that is using MiniDV tape for video storage. I say that because all Consumer level HD camcorders, using any other form of media storage, interpolate the video. In short, what that means is - If you had a video made with one of these HD camcorders, with 1000 frames in the video, 800 of those frames would not be from the lens. They would be made by the internal electronic circuitry with in the camcorder, using an algorithm based on the frames from the lens, before and after these made up frames. A nightmare to edit, this HD video is. And not mention the upgrades or total replacement of your computer that is needed to edit HD video.
Good cheap camcorder?
Q. I need a good camcorder. Needs HD but SD is fine,good mic quality and an option to use my own mic, tripod compatible and under 100 if possible. Thanks.
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Consumer level HD camcorders have 4 problems. 1) Blurry, fuzzy, out of focus areas closely around people in videos taken by consumer level HD camcorders. 2) Any movement, even a wave or lifting an arm, while in front of a recording consumer level HD camcorder, results in screen ghosts and artifacts being left on the video track, following the movement. Makes for bad video, sports videos are unwatchable. 3) These Consumer level HD camcorders all have a habit of the transferred to computer files are something you need to convert, thus losing your HD quality, to work with your editing software. 4) Mandatory maximum record times - 1 hour, 30 minutes, 8 minutes, 3 minutes â four different times advertised as maximum record time for some consumer level HD camcorders. No event I have ever been to is that short. Either take multiple camcorders or pack up with out getting the end of the event on video.
With a MiniDV tape camcorder, record 60 or 90 minutes ( camcorder settings), 90 seconds or less to change a tape and record for 60 or 90 more and repeat till you run out of tapes.
You can get a Canon ZR960 for $250. It is a MiniDV tape camcorder, has a Mic jack. You need a firewire (IEEE1394) card ($25 to 30) for the computer and a firewire cable (less than 10) to be able to transfer video to your computer. To say this is not HD, think about this. It would cost in excess of $3500 to get a HD camcorder that could equal the video Quality of a $250 Canon MiniDV tape camcorder.
Consumer level HD camcorders have 4 problems. 1) Blurry, fuzzy, out of focus areas closely around people in videos taken by consumer level HD camcorders. 2) Any movement, even a wave or lifting an arm, while in front of a recording consumer level HD camcorder, results in screen ghosts and artifacts being left on the video track, following the movement. Makes for bad video, sports videos are unwatchable. 3) These Consumer level HD camcorders all have a habit of the transferred to computer files are something you need to convert, thus losing your HD quality, to work with your editing software. 4) Mandatory maximum record times - 1 hour, 30 minutes, 8 minutes, 3 minutes â four different times advertised as maximum record time for some consumer level HD camcorders. No event I have ever been to is that short. Either take multiple camcorders or pack up with out getting the end of the event on video.
With a MiniDV tape camcorder, record 60 or 90 minutes ( camcorder settings), 90 seconds or less to change a tape and record for 60 or 90 more and repeat till you run out of tapes.
You can get a Canon ZR960 for $250. It is a MiniDV tape camcorder, has a Mic jack. You need a firewire (IEEE1394) card ($25 to 30) for the computer and a firewire cable (less than 10) to be able to transfer video to your computer. To say this is not HD, think about this. It would cost in excess of $3500 to get a HD camcorder that could equal the video Quality of a $250 Canon MiniDV tape camcorder.
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