Emma
Hi I'm 14 and I love to make videos/mini movies. I have been using my iPhone 4 to film everything and well it's okay but it's not the best thing to film with. Anyway for my birthday my parents are willing to buy me a camcorder but it can't be $300 and up. I want one that can connect to my computer (Windows 7) and I obviously want it to capture good quality videos. Also, I want a tripod because it would make my life a lot easier! Any recommendations?
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Emma you camcorder vixen! The Canon Vixia HF-R30 HD is the camcorder for you! I will not say more---check the features on abesofmaine.com so you'll have a clue!
Emma you camcorder vixen! The Canon Vixia HF-R30 HD is the camcorder for you! I will not say more---check the features on abesofmaine.com so you'll have a clue!
Whats the best camcorder for me?
Robert Bon
My parents are letting me buy a Camcorder so I can make more videos for my Youtube Account (AwesomeBoy278)
Im really bad about choosing the best one so if any one could give me some ideas that would be great.
The guidelines are:
-My budget is £135 but this MUST also include a memory card and case for it
-have a memory card slot
-have HD
-Please done let it be black. Any other colour, even silver. Just not black.
-be Portable - so its easy to just carry in your hand.
-Preferably not a Flip Video of any kind
Okay, does anyone have any ideas? And please be as quick as you can! THANK YOU
Rob
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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 will 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 will 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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