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I need a good quality camcorder for shooting videos. What kind should I use and how much? Thanks.
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What other requirements do you have?
What environmental conditions do plan to be under - or do you want to plan for as many conditions as possible? Poor lighting? High audio levels? Commercial, prosumer or home-video?
What kind of quality are you expecting?
What is your budget?
Will you be editing? What with (application) and on (computer)?
Overall, in the consumer space, the Canon HV30 and HV40 are probably the best value and most flexible, but assume your computer has a firewire port and your editing software can deal with HDV format video. The HF S series for tapeless - they are flash memory based are next in line.
Then the "prosumers"... Sony HDR-FX1000 and HDR-FX7...
The the Pros... Canon XH and XLH series, Sony HVR-Z1, Z5, Z7; Panasonic AG-DVX and HVX series; JVC GY series... there are many more, but this is a good starting point...
Pocket cams up to about $250.
Consumers up to about $1,200
Prosumers up to about $3,000
Pro... above that.
Mics? Cases? Tripods? Video lights?
What other requirements do you have?
What environmental conditions do plan to be under - or do you want to plan for as many conditions as possible? Poor lighting? High audio levels? Commercial, prosumer or home-video?
What kind of quality are you expecting?
What is your budget?
Will you be editing? What with (application) and on (computer)?
Overall, in the consumer space, the Canon HV30 and HV40 are probably the best value and most flexible, but assume your computer has a firewire port and your editing software can deal with HDV format video. The HF S series for tapeless - they are flash memory based are next in line.
Then the "prosumers"... Sony HDR-FX1000 and HDR-FX7...
The the Pros... Canon XH and XLH series, Sony HVR-Z1, Z5, Z7; Panasonic AG-DVX and HVX series; JVC GY series... there are many more, but this is a good starting point...
Pocket cams up to about $250.
Consumers up to about $1,200
Prosumers up to about $3,000
Pro... above that.
Mics? Cases? Tripods? Video lights?
What is a good camcorder to begin with?
G.S.
I am looking for a camcorder to begin making videos. Are there any MiniDV camcorders that have a USB cable to connect to a computer? What are some good quality brands? What are the best prices that are low?
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MiniDV is a good choice, but USB is only used to transfer stills or for video streaming, which is very low quality. You'll need to capture the video via firewire rather than USB - if your PC hasn't already got one you'll need to install a firewire card. They're cheap, easy to install and readily available. You'll also need a firewire cable.
Sony, Canon, JVC and Panasonic all make good camcorders. Prices will depend on where you are and what sort of deals you can get. MiniDVs are very good value though, because flash memory and HDD camcorders are thought to be "sexier".
MiniDV is a good choice, but USB is only used to transfer stills or for video streaming, which is very low quality. You'll need to capture the video via firewire rather than USB - if your PC hasn't already got one you'll need to install a firewire card. They're cheap, easy to install and readily available. You'll also need a firewire cable.
Sony, Canon, JVC and Panasonic all make good camcorders. Prices will depend on where you are and what sort of deals you can get. MiniDVs are very good value though, because flash memory and HDD camcorders are thought to be "sexier".
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