<![CDATA[Help with camcorder purchase]]>well im in the market for a camcorder i have never owned one before so i dont know what im looking at.

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

i also want something that is easy to get the video on a computer

this is something i plan on having for long time so price isnt the biggest worry if the quality is there

any help would be great, thanks

]]>https://fargostreet.com/topic/5991/help-with-camcorder-purchaseRSS for NodeWed, 27 May 2026 22:56:17 GMTThu, 30 Mar 2006 20:20:56 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Help with camcorder purchase on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:22:11 GMT]]>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

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/97126https://fargostreet.com/post/97126Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:22:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help with camcorder purchase on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:03:08 GMT]]>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

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/97095https://fargostreet.com/post/97095Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:03:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help with camcorder purchase on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 01:20:11 GMT]]>http://www.jvc.com/product.jsp?modelId=MODL027545&pathId=119&page=2

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/97054https://fargostreet.com/post/97054Fri, 31 Mar 2006 01:20:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help with camcorder purchase on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 01:19:29 GMT]]>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

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/97053https://fargostreet.com/post/97053Fri, 31 Mar 2006 01:19:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help with camcorder purchase on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:43:52 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/97051https://fargostreet.com/post/97051Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:43:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help with camcorder purchase on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:47:50 GMT]]>did i say helmet cam? i meant my PURPLE helmet cam

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/97039https://fargostreet.com/post/97039Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:47:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help with camcorder purchase on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:43:51 GMT]]>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!

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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

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/97027https://fargostreet.com/post/97027Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:34:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help with camcorder purchase on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:09:06 GMT]]>Yes it is a mini tape. And they are typically 60 min. in length.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/97023https://fargostreet.com/post/97023Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:09:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help with camcorder purchase on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:01:20 GMT]]>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

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/97021https://fargostreet.com/post/97021Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:01:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help with camcorder purchase on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:47:38 GMT]]>what does a dv use for recording like a mini tape? how much record time?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/97019https://fargostreet.com/post/97019Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:47:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help with camcorder purchase on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:26:00 GMT]]>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

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/97012https://fargostreet.com/post/97012Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:26:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help with camcorder purchase on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:05:26 GMT]]>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

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/97006https://fargostreet.com/post/97006Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:05:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help with camcorder purchase on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:05:18 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/97005https://fargostreet.com/post/97005Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:05:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help with camcorder purchase on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:00:01 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/97003https://fargostreet.com/post/97003Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:00:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help with camcorder purchase on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:52:19 GMT]]>i used a dvd camera this fall and i had no problems with it...i guess if you want to use it was a helmet cam i would ask someone else haha

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/96999https://fargostreet.com/post/96999Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:52:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help with camcorder purchase on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:48:50 GMT]]>do dvd cam's have problems with vibrations while recording

whats dv?

ive read that some digital cam's only have a certain amount of digital space and cant record very much of digital?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/96997https://fargostreet.com/post/96997Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:48:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help with camcorder purchase on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:42:57 GMT]]>Mini Dv is ok too. Just maker sure it has either a firewire or usb cable hook up.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/96996https://fargostreet.com/post/96996Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:42:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help with camcorder purchase on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:31:27 GMT]]>honestly look at DVD camcorders...

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