Belle W
Basically, I have got a new job and wish to start saving up for a camera. I'm trying to decide between buying a digital camera to plug in my laptop and upload pictures and films, or a camcorder thing, like the kind you can put on DVDs and plug in the TV etc.
We have a family digital camera, and I hardly ever get to use it because someone else has it for some reason. My uncle has a camcorder that takes pictures that are very decent quality.
It's just for home use, you know going out with friends and things like that, nothing professional.
Any ideas?
Answer
Go with the digital camera. You will generall use it a lot more and pictures are much easier to share (online especially), browse through etc. than movies are (it's a lot less hassle).
Digital camera's tend to be smaller than camcorders - and you can take them with you adn carry them around much easier. In case you want to shoot a (short) film; you can use the digital camera too. The quality may not be as good as a good camcorder, but it's still quite decent on most cameras.
Tip: A good site to check out various cameras is dpreview.com.
Go with the digital camera. You will generall use it a lot more and pictures are much easier to share (online especially), browse through etc. than movies are (it's a lot less hassle).
Digital camera's tend to be smaller than camcorders - and you can take them with you adn carry them around much easier. In case you want to shoot a (short) film; you can use the digital camera too. The quality may not be as good as a good camcorder, but it's still quite decent on most cameras.
Tip: A good site to check out various cameras is dpreview.com.
sell camcorder and buy digital camera?
Reza
I know the newest digital camera have video recording capabilities (in HD). I have an older camcorder (about 2 years old), not even HD. I was thinking of selling the camcorder and get one of the new digital camera. Are the movie capabilities of the digital cameras on par with camcorders? What is the advantages of keeping both?
Answer
You may not get much for your current camcorder (standard definition) as nearly all camcorders sold today record in HD (720, 1080) and the prices are affordable too. Many point-and-shoot digital cameras record only in SD as 640x480. Then there are some that record HD as 720p. But to get a digital camera that can take high resolution images and full HD video, consider some of the new HD-SLR cameras like the Canon EOS 5D Mark II or the Canon EOS 7D. Nikon makes combo cams too. They have 35mm sized sensors and you can change the lenses. The only draw-back is that they have limited audio control so a separate audio recorder is best to use to compensate for that. I have a Canon G10 (replaced by the G11) which takes 14.7MP still images and can record video as 640x480 which is okay for those times 'I wish I had a video camera'. But I prefer an HD camcorder for it's features and having more control(s), etc. over a digital camera that is limited as far as video. Someday I would love to own a HD-SLR.
You may not get much for your current camcorder (standard definition) as nearly all camcorders sold today record in HD (720, 1080) and the prices are affordable too. Many point-and-shoot digital cameras record only in SD as 640x480. Then there are some that record HD as 720p. But to get a digital camera that can take high resolution images and full HD video, consider some of the new HD-SLR cameras like the Canon EOS 5D Mark II or the Canon EOS 7D. Nikon makes combo cams too. They have 35mm sized sensors and you can change the lenses. The only draw-back is that they have limited audio control so a separate audio recorder is best to use to compensate for that. I have a Canon G10 (replaced by the G11) which takes 14.7MP still images and can record video as 640x480 which is okay for those times 'I wish I had a video camera'. But I prefer an HD camcorder for it's features and having more control(s), etc. over a digital camera that is limited as far as video. Someday I would love to own a HD-SLR.
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