What is the best camcorder that has the best night recording mode; but at a reasonable price?

Nunya B

Links would be appreciated. Thanks!!

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Sony DCRSR57E Handycam Camcorder is good to buy.

This camcorder having the excellent features.Such as,
* Records up to 45 hours of high quality standard definition video on 60GB hard drive
* Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens with 60x optical zoom / 2000x digital zoom
* Features include: SteadyShot Image Stabilisation, Face Index and Film Roll Index
* 2.7-inch wide LCD with easy to use touchscreen
* Up to 11.5 hours STAMINA continuous shooting time (with optional battery)

Great action can come and go very quickly so you donât want to waste valuable time starting up your camera.

Now you can make sure that even the trickiest scenes look great, thanks to auto functions which take the guesswork out of matching settings to subject. Take sunâdrenched backlit scenes, for example. The Dârange Optimiser adjusts exposure and contrast to counter the effects of highâcontrast conditions, so you can clearly see faces in the foreground.

If you are shooting with the camera in your hand, there is always a danger of camera shake spoiling your picture, even if your subject is stationary. SteadyShot is a handy digital image stabiliser that is active every time you shoot. This is especially important when using the powerful zoom to close in on details. The SR37 lets you hear in close up too. The SR37 lets you record sound in closeâup too. Its super smart mic zooms in with your optical zoom to cut out background and foreground noise and concentrate on sounds that matter, such as conversation.

what is meant by night recording in camcorders?

sakthi

i want to know the details about night recording and their types

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night recording in camcorders means that the camcoder is put in a mode where it is more sensitive to low-light conditions and is capable of higher resolution at the expense of colors. Night recording is most often done with an Infrared lamp shining.

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Which camcorders has a blue tint when filming in night mode?

S

Ive noticed that when some people film with there IR filters there night footage looks blue. Why is that and how could I do that?

I know Sony's has a green tint. I have a few Sony camcorders. But I want the blue looking night footage.
Or do I just buy a blue IR filter!?

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you just shift the hue setting in you video editor, you can have red or blue if you don't like green. IR is monochrome so any color produced is false anyway. the false color is the reason normal digital cameras have the IR blocking filter in the first place.

you may be confused with a technique used by movie producers called "shooting day for night". originally it was done by loading studio type film (indoor) in the camera when shooting outside. it gives a cool blue color to the image that creates the psychologic effect of night time. when used with a story line that implies being out in the dark, it is reasonably effective. actual shooting at night is expensive and difficult, so it is a shortcut used in most low budget films. if you want to try this, set the white balance on your camcorder to "indoor" or "tungsten" when outdoors.

Why Camcorders in Night mode they start lagging and not smooth and stable?

Cyberman

I've owned some panasonic, canon and jvc camcorders and they all have night mode options to increase visibility in night, but they all start to lag and I've been wondering why they can't just stay smooth and stable.

currently i have one of the new Jvc everio and does the same, why putting that in cameras if its going to lag, is useless.

can anybody explain why this happens to camcorders when switch to night mode?

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When you switch to night mode, the shutter gets opened up as long as possible to capture light. If you want good low-light capture, you need large imaging chip(s) and large lenses to let in and capture available light - which you will not find on most consumer-grade camcorders because they are expensive.

Or... use a video light so the camcorder is not capturing in "low light:".

Or... use a Sony camcorder that has the "SuperNightShot" feature - the camcorder has a built-in infrared emitter and can see in zero light, though the image is monochromatic and a bit grainey like in "Blair Witch Project" or "Ghost Hunters".

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What is night mode on a camcorder?

Hayden

My digital camcorder say Night Mode- On-Off I turn it on and it does not do anything

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Night mode or night shot usually means the camera is sensitive not only to visible light, but a short way into the infa-red as well. It has an infa-red light, so you can actually videotape things in complete darkness, as long as they are within a few feet of the camera.

But (there are always buts)

Night mode, being based on infa-red light, does not capture colors the way we see them. Usually it comes out as green-and-white. If you've ever seen a movie where someone was using night vision gear, that's what it'll look like.

What cheaper camcorder should I buy that has night mode?

JB

Hi everyone, I know this is asked a lot, but I want to buy a camcorder between 200-475$. It needs to have pretty good quality (For posting on youtube, etc.), a night-mode (preferably 0 lux/ Total darkness!), and if possible vista compatibility or at least a usb hook-up. Anyone have any ideas!? Thanks!

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I would look into the aiptek a-hd, not a great camera but it's selling for around 100$ which is cheap enough to buy another one in a year or 2. Has a night mode and does 720p video on an sd card. The videos supposedly also play in your xbox 360 as well.

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