Best HD Camcorder? ($400 budget)?

Jordan C

I'm looking for a good HD Camcorder for under 400 bucks, need to have great zoom and ability to macro really close and keep its quality. Any suggestions help, thanks.

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HD camcorder that near your budget is Sanyo VPC-FH1 HD 1080p Flash Memory Camcorder w/ 16x advance zoom
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001Q3M9PY?ie=UTF8&tag=computer0bd-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001Q3M9PY

or cheaper one Sanyo VPC-WH1 HD Waterproof Flash Memory Camcorder w/ 30x Optical Zoom
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref%255F%3Dnb%255Fss%255Fp%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3DSanyo%2520VPC-WH1%2520%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Dphoto&tag=computer0bd-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

what is the best camcorder under 400$?

emma

a good quality one

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I have been looking at camcorders for months now and finally decided on one. I was down to two picks one was the Canon Z700 and the other was the Panasonic GS59 I finally chose the Panasonic and made my purchase. I went to every website possible to find all the consumer reviews on all th models I was looking at and for price range these two had the best reviews. The Panasonic was 379.00 and the Canon was 399.00. I was looking at the DVD ones two but the reviews were the lowest and everyone said that they had problems with the clarity of the dvd and sometimes they wouldn't play back. I then checked out the hard drive ones which seemed nice and the reviews were good but I didn't want to spend over 500.00 for one . If you wind up getting a mini dv like I did you can still transfer the video to DVD on a PC I have done it several times already and the picture is great.Or just hook the camcorder up to your TV and it will play as is.
Good luck in your search I know exactly what your going through.

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Top HD Camcorders under $500?

OutPut87

What are the top 2011 HD camcorders under $500?

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The top HD camcorders for under $500 are all JUNK. It would take you in excess of $3500 to get a HD camcorder that could even compete withe video Quality of a $300 MiniDV tape camcorder.

consumer level HD camcorders have 3 issues. 1) Fuzzy, blurry, out of focus areas around people in the HD video. 2) Any movement in front of a recording HD camcorder shows up in the finished video with screen ghosts and artifacts following the movement, ruining the video. 3) Lack of record times. 1 hour, go home, no way to change storage or continue shooting. Some offer a whole whopping 30 minutes. What, record 1/3 of the event then put the camcorder away or leave.

You can get the Canon ZR960 for $250 or the ZR930 for about $300. Both of these camcorders are MiniDV tape based. Both camcorders have a Mic jack. Both of these camcorder can take better quality video and audio than any sub $3000 camcorder.

Connecting Canon MiniDV camcorder to Mac?

Alex

Hey, so I have a canon GL2 MiniDV camcorder which I've been trying to connect to my macbook pro (running most recent version of OSX Mountain Lion), but have been having trouble getting iMovie to recognize it. I'm using a firewire cable, but nothing appears under "devices" in neither iMovie nor Finder. The camcorder does recognize when the FireWire is plugged in to the laptop, however. I don't know if the GL2 came with software, as I got it from a friend. If anyone knows of some sort of compatibility software or driver, please let me know. (I tried using photostich, but the dialog box tells me I need to insert the CD-ROM containing the following software (PhotoStich) that came with your Canon product).
when I go to firewire under hardware, it says "Warning: Unable to list firewire devices. imovie is still not recognizing it, and neither is finder (the devices tab pops up on the left side of Finder under the "favorites" and "shared" tab.

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Starting from the top...

With the camcorder off, connect the camcorder's DV port (not USB) to the computer's firewire poer (not USB) with a firewire cable. In your case, a 4-pin (camcorder side) to 9-pin (MacBook Pro side) firewire cable.

Link to the camcorder manual
http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/6/0900000646/01/GL2IM-EN.pdf
for location of the DV port on page 11 (under the flap at the back of the camcorder - under the USB port).

Power up the camcorder and put it into PLAY (VCR) mode. See page 35 in the manual. You do not need any software from Canon. Also be sure the "Card/Tape" switch is in the Tape position.

There is no "Devices" in iMovie or the Finder. Under the Apple, you can select "About this Mac" and click on "More Info" - then under "Hardware" select "Firewire". Since "PhotoStitch" is used for stills, it has nothing to do with video connectivity.

If the camcorder has been plugged/unplugged from the DV port with the camcorder on, it is possible to blow the firewire port - so do not do that. It is an expensive repair. ALWAYS power down the camcorder before plugging in or unplugging the DV cable to the camcorder.

Anyway... with the camcorder correctly connected to the MacBook Pro with the firewire cable and in Play/VCR mode, launch iMovie and name the project. When you get into iMovie, under File, select Import or Capture... it is a realtime capture (and should appear on the Mac). 30 minutes of video on the digital tape will take 30 minutes to import.

Assuming the camcorder menu items are at default, there is noting n the camcorder that needs to be set. If any changes were made and not put back, now is a good time to put them back.

The CDROM that came in the box with the camcorder has only Windows-specific software on it and nothing is on there your MacBookPro needs.

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