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OK everyone, looking to hear your opinion on the BEST Mini HD camcorder on the market today.
Please consider the following when making your pick:
1) Must be small, we're looking at products like the Flip MinoHD or the Flip UltraHD.
2) No MiniDV, again just looking for a camcorder with a hard drive capture (like the above)
3) Image quality is extremely important. I know not to expect Zeiss Prime Lens quality here, but the optics and the image quality (in HD) should be great.
4) Adequate storage, I know this is limited due to size so maybe the Flip takes it again here?
I'm looking at Flip products since they seem to fit the bill. (Compact, high quality, HD, quick transfer to laptop, etc.)
Your thoughts?
Your pics for the best Mini HD camcorder?
Answer
This is an excellent consumer or even prosumer grade camcorder. Image quality is great and indoor light image quality is much improved over the first Sanyo HD 1 from 2 years ago. As some have complained about the image stabilization control, it is true to some degree. Walking while shooting will produce nearly as great a shaking image as not using the image stabilization. However, if your standing still and moving the camera in normal, non jarring movements, it will do a good job of stabilizing the image. This too is an improvement over the old HD 1 (which I still own), but I believe it's one area where Canon has an advantage, using optical instead of digital image stabilization. Sanyo's advantage for me is in the ergonomics of the design and the price.It comes down to what's more important to you.Finally, the free Nero editing/DVD/Blu-Ray authoring is very good for editing even 1080p HD footage. It could be more intuitive in its functions, but once you learn it, it's easy.
Sanyo Xacti HD1010 4MP MPEG4 High Definition 1080i/1080p Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom
http://www.amazon.com/Sanyo-HD1010-Definition-Camcorder-Optical/dp/B001AO10YU/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&s=photo&qid=1250776697&sr=1-18&tag=commentglitte-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325
This is an excellent consumer or even prosumer grade camcorder. Image quality is great and indoor light image quality is much improved over the first Sanyo HD 1 from 2 years ago. As some have complained about the image stabilization control, it is true to some degree. Walking while shooting will produce nearly as great a shaking image as not using the image stabilization. However, if your standing still and moving the camera in normal, non jarring movements, it will do a good job of stabilizing the image. This too is an improvement over the old HD 1 (which I still own), but I believe it's one area where Canon has an advantage, using optical instead of digital image stabilization. Sanyo's advantage for me is in the ergonomics of the design and the price.It comes down to what's more important to you.Finally, the free Nero editing/DVD/Blu-Ray authoring is very good for editing even 1080p HD footage. It could be more intuitive in its functions, but once you learn it, it's easy.
Sanyo Xacti HD1010 4MP MPEG4 High Definition 1080i/1080p Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom
http://www.amazon.com/Sanyo-HD1010-Definition-Camcorder-Optical/dp/B001AO10YU/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&s=photo&qid=1250776697&sr=1-18&tag=commentglitte-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325
Great, cheap video camcorder on the market?
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I have a Pure Digital flip that stores 30 min of video, but i'm really not impressed because the voice record sucks and the picture quality is crappy. Also, 30% of my internal memory mysteriously disappeared...so is there a much better, cheap one out there?
Answer
It all depends on your opinion of "cheap." Good camcorders start at roughly $400, and a "Great Camcorder" will run you $600+. They do make disposable camcorders (try Walmart, etc) that are cheap and used in the same manner as a disposable camera. The video will be better than a digital camcorder, but not as good as a actual extended use camcorder.
Hope this helps,
Randall Wolff
It all depends on your opinion of "cheap." Good camcorders start at roughly $400, and a "Great Camcorder" will run you $600+. They do make disposable camcorders (try Walmart, etc) that are cheap and used in the same manner as a disposable camera. The video will be better than a digital camcorder, but not as good as a actual extended use camcorder.
Hope this helps,
Randall Wolff
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