What do you think of this camcorder?

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Zoey

is this an overall good camcorder:
http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Dr.-Tech-5MP-2.4-inch-Red-Digital-Camcorder/5258394/product.html
I need a nicer one. So tell me what you think

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It is a no-name piece of crap. Whether or not it uses MiniDV tape (only one current consumer camera still does by the way) or not isn't the issue at all. Stick with quality name brands. Canon, Panasonic, JVC, Samsung, Sanyo and Sony come to mind. I can't think of any camcorder under $150 that quite frankly isn't a waste of money.
I got this for $119 a few weeks ago. Good luck still finding it.
http://www.samsung.com/us/photography/camcorders/SMX-F40SN/XAA
Right now you see the models that were introduced in 2010 having their prices slashed. New models often pop up after the Consumer Electronics Show of late January-early February. That's when the 2011 models were shown. Most hit the shelves 4-6 weeks later. 2010 models at bargain basement prices were common a week or so ago, but now pickings are slim. Good luck.

Do all JVC everios have the same size thread?

Zach

mine is the gz-hm320BU and it fits a 37 mm fisheye lens my friend wants to get an everio but he's getting a different model i want to know if his will also fit a 37 mm fisheye or not

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Many JVC Everios have no thread an cannot support a lens filer or add-on lens. The GZ series are consumer grade. Your GZ-HM320BU was new in 2010. Consumer cams change about every 18 months, and yours is no longer available. This does not mean it is somehow "bad" or "obsolete - it is neither... but just the nature of consumer electronics.

JVC does not exactly make it easy on their website. But follow these steps:

http://camcorder.jvc.com/product.jsp?pathId=171 displays the current Everio high definition camcorders.
On any of them, click on "Compare".
Under "Select models to compare", click the top one to select it, then the right arrow. Or shift-click to select multiples (or all) and click the arrow to have them appear in the window to the right. Click "Display Chart". Scroll down to "Filter Diameter." Some have a 40.5mm or 46.0mm spec, but most are blank, hence, no threads. Remember (or write down) the models with the filter spec, then go back and see if those are any your friend wants to get.

That 37mm fisheye will also fit any other manufacturer's camcorder with the same 37mm filter spec. If it is decided to get a camcorder with a different filter diameter spec, see if you can find a "step-up" or "step-down" ring to be an adapter.

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Camcorder with a screen on the side?

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Matt

I need to know of a good camcorder with a screen on the side of it so you ca see the screen while you are recording with the camera pointing at you. I need it to be high quality 720p or 1080p. (Doing youtube videos.) Hopefully under $150. Thanks!

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HD Camcorders and DSLR Cameras interpolate the video, which means of every 25 frames of video, 4 or 5 frames are taken by the lens assembly; the other frames in between these are filled in by the camcorder inner circuitry, thus giving you not true video. It looks like this -one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, from front to back of the video. Near impossible to edit, even when you have the Multi port processor computer with the big 1GB Graphics card and a Sound card that is required to edit, view, watch and work with the files these camcorders produce.

Consumer Level HD Camcorders and DSLR Cameras 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 and DSLR Cameras, 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 and DSLR Cameras 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 and DSLR Cameras. No event I have ever been to is that short. Either take multiple camcorders and DSLR Cameras or pack up with out getting the end of the event on video.

MiniDV is currently the most popular format for consumer digital camcorders. MiniDV camcorders are typically more affordable than their HDD and DVD counterparts. Each MiniDV tape will typically hold an hour of footage at normal recording speed and quality. MiniDV tapes are available for purchase at not only electronic and camera stores, but also at drugs stores and grocery stores, making them easy to find while your on vacation. There are literally hundreds of MiniDV camcorders available; both in standard and high-definition. And add the fact that to get a HD camcorder that could produce better video quality footage, one would have to spend in excess of $3500 for that camcorder that could produce higher quality video

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Camera that takes HD video for under 150 dollars?

RockLeeand

I want something that shoots high quality videos for under 150 bucks. Any size or shape. Your opinion? Thanks.

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Want High Quality? In consumer grade $150 Camcorders you are not going to find Quality video. To get video with the the quality of a $350 Canon ZR 930, (MiniDV tape cameras) you would have to spend in excess of $3500 for an HD camera

Canon ZR930 has a Mic jack. Any one who has a camera with out a Mic Jack, wishes they had one.

ZR930 uses firewire for video transfer, if your computer (laptop or tower) does not have a firewire port, $25 can get a card that gives your computer a firewire port. Do not try go through a USB port for video transfer, it WILL NOT WORK

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