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I'm a film student, looking for a decent camcorder for a reasonable price (<500) I was looking at the Canon vixia m50 (I've used canon before and always liked it) which I was gonna pick up on Sunday at best buy. but before I do that I figured I'd ask and see if anyone had any other suggestions, or a review of the m50. Can anyone help?
i'm pretty set on full digital, because i do not have a firewire port on my computer, i am also looking at the m500, which is $100 cheaper,
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Hi Brian:
I know that being in school & having tuition expenses keeps your budget tight. And I know it's "fun" having your own camcorder to shoot with, even if you are a film major & have access to college-owned gear.
But I don't know if that particular Canon Vixia model will give you the best "bang for the buck".
PC Magazine wasn't that impressed with the "value" of the M50, and editing in AVCHD isn't always the easiest, depending on your software platform. Here's the PC Mag review: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404776,00.asp (They did like the M50's low-light video performance, compared to others.)
My personal preference is shooting DV & HDV (cassette format, FireWire interface) which has a higher bit-rate (less compression) than most AVCHD recorders, and I own & use several small Canon palm-corders that I bought used for that. (I do most of my pro shooting on Sony DV/HDV/DVCAM models: HVR-Z1U & HVR-S270, which are out of your price range.)
Canon used to offer their excellent Vixia HV40 (DV/HDV) model (and the older HV30) as a "factory refurbished" option on their CanonUSA website, for $499 (list: $799, street: $599), but I just noticed they added a few as "clearance" items for just $250. I'd snap one of those up before they disappear!
Here's the link: http://shop.usa.canon.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10051_10051_249403_-1
But if your heart is set on the M50, do your pocketbook a favor and save your Best Buy shopping money & take advantage of CanonUSA's $349 factory-refurb offer: http://shop.usa.canon.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10051_10051_310712_-1
I've had good luck buying both refurb and used camera gear (my three Canon ZR-series only cost me $25-$75 each), and if you ended up at your NY-area transfer school, check out B+H Photo (NYC) and their used-gear department, as well as some of the bargains on eBay, from reliable sellers.
hope this helps,
--Dennis C.
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Hi Brian:
I know that being in school & having tuition expenses keeps your budget tight. And I know it's "fun" having your own camcorder to shoot with, even if you are a film major & have access to college-owned gear.
But I don't know if that particular Canon Vixia model will give you the best "bang for the buck".
PC Magazine wasn't that impressed with the "value" of the M50, and editing in AVCHD isn't always the easiest, depending on your software platform. Here's the PC Mag review: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404776,00.asp (They did like the M50's low-light video performance, compared to others.)
My personal preference is shooting DV & HDV (cassette format, FireWire interface) which has a higher bit-rate (less compression) than most AVCHD recorders, and I own & use several small Canon palm-corders that I bought used for that. (I do most of my pro shooting on Sony DV/HDV/DVCAM models: HVR-Z1U & HVR-S270, which are out of your price range.)
Canon used to offer their excellent Vixia HV40 (DV/HDV) model (and the older HV30) as a "factory refurbished" option on their CanonUSA website, for $499 (list: $799, street: $599), but I just noticed they added a few as "clearance" items for just $250. I'd snap one of those up before they disappear!
Here's the link: http://shop.usa.canon.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10051_10051_249403_-1
But if your heart is set on the M50, do your pocketbook a favor and save your Best Buy shopping money & take advantage of CanonUSA's $349 factory-refurb offer: http://shop.usa.canon.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10051_10051_310712_-1
I've had good luck buying both refurb and used camera gear (my three Canon ZR-series only cost me $25-$75 each), and if you ended up at your NY-area transfer school, check out B+H Photo (NYC) and their used-gear department, as well as some of the bargains on eBay, from reliable sellers.
hope this helps,
--Dennis C.
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What is the best value HD video camera on the market?
Robert R
I'm considering buying an HD video camera for home movies. I need to know which one will give the biggest bang for the least amount of money possible. I just don't know enough about them to make a good decision.
Answer
You can learn more about the HD format here:
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/d/Reviews&level_b=Camcorder&level_c=HD.htm
The best value currently is probably the Canon HV20:
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Canon-HV20-Camcorder-Review.htm
it has excellent video quality - you can probably get it for less than $700 if you shop around.
Canon also recently announced the HV30:
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Move-Over-HV20-Here-Comes-the-Canon-HV30-34020.htm
so you can expect the price of the HV20 to be even lower when the HV30 is available for sale.
You can learn more about the HD format here:
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/d/Reviews&level_b=Camcorder&level_c=HD.htm
The best value currently is probably the Canon HV20:
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Canon-HV20-Camcorder-Review.htm
it has excellent video quality - you can probably get it for less than $700 if you shop around.
Canon also recently announced the HV30:
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Move-Over-HV20-Here-Comes-the-Canon-HV30-34020.htm
so you can expect the price of the HV20 to be even lower when the HV30 is available for sale.
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