Help with camcorder purchase

[weshole]

Both are good but I prefer mini Dv to dvd in the case of in vehicle use just because of the vibration. It all boils down to hbow much you want to spend. I just bought a mini Dv from Panasonic and it works superbly.

[weshole]

One other thing to look for is a decent optical zoom. 20X is the norm but the higher the better. The one I got happened to be 30X. Check it out.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7605852&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat21300050021&id=1130983361113

It wasn't the cheapest or the most expensive. Good bang for the buck.

[Raider]

I have a Sony mini DV and I love it...has tons of features and great quality.. I will search and see what model it is

its a DCR-TRV38...I bought it from butterfly photo for 639.00

[Jim]

stay away from dvd cam corders. they wont be small enough anyway.

you want a mini dv camera .... things to look for are resolution and lens quality. low light and night shot. also usb is only used for still photos only firewire for video.... ill post more later

posting from my phone so hard to go in to detail

[Turbo5Oh]

what does a dv use for recording like a mini tape? how much record time?

[Jim]

time varies by quality and tape.

instead of recording actual images on the tape ex. frames, it records it digitally such as 0 and 1 on the tape so there isnt a quality loss like analog recording... also allows for eaisier tranfe and efitng

[weshole]

Yes it is a mini tape. And they are typically 60 min. in length.

[h22d_hatch]

Turbo5Oh wrote:
basically i want something that is going to make good quality video's and something rather small in size because i would like to use it with a helmet cam
Sounds like this could be used for filming some 50's

[slowvo]

yeah, i havent heard anything good about the DVD camera's....i think there pretty much worthless...anything you tape your probably going to want to edit it anyways, ide rather just do a minidv and transfer thru DV which basically all computers have now anyways.

helmet cam? screw the bikes, i see porn coming from that! i want one!

[Turbo5Oh]

did i say helmet cam? i meant my PURPLE helmet cam

[treimche]

I have a Sony DCR-HC21 and love it. It's small and light. Takes good videos and I bought an aftermarket battery for it that lasts for a long ass time, probably like 7 hrs or so. It does 20x Optical zoom and 800x Digital zoom. I think you'd be happy with one.

[Guest]

JVC Everio GZ-MG40. Compact, 20GB internal HD, not the cheapest camera on the market, but very good (I have one and love it).

List is $900, PM me for price I'd sell it to you for Schell

[Guest]

http://www.jvc.com/product.jsp?modelId=MODL027545&pathId=119&page=2

[Turbo5Oh]

what u guys think of this one? has a helmet cam with it. dosnt have have awsome zoom but looks like a decent rig

http://www.samsung.com/Products/Camcorder/DigitalMemory/SC_X210LXAA.asp

[musthavemuzk]

interesting.
i borrowed an older vhs-c camcorder for HIN this past weekend.
better low light would have been nice
more zoom would have been nice. it had 16x optical and 300 digital, but digital was turned off.
battery life was pretty poor. about 2hrs with a duracell battery. had to stopat walmart for a new one on the way to chicago. they were 30 each so i picked up a pair of them. sure glad i did that.
30 or 90 minutes per tape. depending on which mode you chose.
but the tapes were cheap.

what are the benefits of doing the hard drive based ones?
do they come with software to put movies onto DVD from these hard drive based camcorders?

Monty