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Alex
Im looking for a handle like on the VX1000 and looking for a super super cheap price like 100 dollars.... Yeah i know what your thinking. It doesn't have to be hd but its gotta have good enough quality for skating and stuff. Its also gotta have at least a viewfinder but doesnt need a pull out screen. Lets see what answers i get!
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For $100? Digital? None working. You can barely get a pocket cam for that.
For skating, your alternative is to get whatever camcorder that does work (and that you can afford) and make something like a GlideCam StuntBar.
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The Sony DCR-VX series - and any other miniDV or digital8 tape based camcorder connects to your computer using a firewire cable between the camcorder's DV port and the computer's firewire port. USB won't work. USB-to-firewire cable/converter/adapter/hub things won't work, either. If your computer has no firewire port, hopefully it has an available expansion slot so you can add one.
Firewire, IEEE1394, DV and i.LINK are all the same thing - and that communications protocol is very different from USB. USB can't handle the DV-format stream.
We don't know what computer you want to edit the video on - but if it has no firewire port, that will be your next challenge. No sense getting the camcorder if you are planning to edit - and find out later that you can't edit because your computer's missing a port...
For $100? Digital? None working. You can barely get a pocket cam for that.
For skating, your alternative is to get whatever camcorder that does work (and that you can afford) and make something like a GlideCam StuntBar.
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More information:
The Sony DCR-VX series - and any other miniDV or digital8 tape based camcorder connects to your computer using a firewire cable between the camcorder's DV port and the computer's firewire port. USB won't work. USB-to-firewire cable/converter/adapter/hub things won't work, either. If your computer has no firewire port, hopefully it has an available expansion slot so you can add one.
Firewire, IEEE1394, DV and i.LINK are all the same thing - and that communications protocol is very different from USB. USB can't handle the DV-format stream.
We don't know what computer you want to edit the video on - but if it has no firewire port, that will be your next challenge. No sense getting the camcorder if you are planning to edit - and find out later that you can't edit because your computer's missing a port...
Any filmmakers opinions on which is more important to upgrade first the camera or the editing equipment?
guitargeek
I'm an amateur filmmaker, and I have a decent HD camcorder, a Canon Vixia HF10. I also have decent editing software on a fairly powerful laptop. I'm starting to work on more projects and i'm looking to upgrade some stuff so I was just looking for opinions on what should come first a better camera with more controls? or better editing software/hardware? Please let me know what you think.
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Well first a lesson in terms. You are not a "film maker" you are a video maker. Film makers live in Hollywood and don't use video cameras they use film cameras.
I spent a career dong television news / sports photography. Everything in the chain is important but I always found that the quality of the camera and its lenses are the first step to a quality product. If the camera isn't producing no amount of editing will help it. If the camera is producing any editor will do because of the initial quality of product. Don't mis understand my use of the word "any" because quality here too is very important to maintain that quality as the video goes through.
This is along the line of what I'd consider a "professional" that will yield the kind of results you're looking for.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/684198-REG/Canon_4454B001.html
You'll want to add comparable editing gear. A lap top may do the trick but it's limited. You're going to want a much bigger computer to edit with.
Well first a lesson in terms. You are not a "film maker" you are a video maker. Film makers live in Hollywood and don't use video cameras they use film cameras.
I spent a career dong television news / sports photography. Everything in the chain is important but I always found that the quality of the camera and its lenses are the first step to a quality product. If the camera isn't producing no amount of editing will help it. If the camera is producing any editor will do because of the initial quality of product. Don't mis understand my use of the word "any" because quality here too is very important to maintain that quality as the video goes through.
This is along the line of what I'd consider a "professional" that will yield the kind of results you're looking for.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/684198-REG/Canon_4454B001.html
You'll want to add comparable editing gear. A lap top may do the trick but it's limited. You're going to want a much bigger computer to edit with.
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