If I wanted to get a HD video camera

which one should I be looking at?

They're usually palm-sized, grey or black, with a round circly-bit on the front.

Most stores have them behind locked glass, so head over to those cabinets first.

what's the most important features you want Charlotte?

JerseyKRS said:

mcmeekle said:

They're usually palm-sized, grey or black, with a round circly-bit on the front.

Most stores have them behind locked glass, so head over to those cabinets first.

ZombieKitten said:

JerseyKRS said:

what's the most important features you want Charlotte?

excellent picture quality when played back on our HD tv

A friend of mine just recently got one, not HD, but that has the in-built memory (60 GB?). It's a Sony and I love how small it is. One thing though, the picture quality is worse than that of an old second-hand Panasonic another friend and I used to mess around with in the mid-90s.

Fauxie said:

A friend of mine just recently got one, not HD, but that has the in-built memory (60 GB?). It's a Sony and I love how small it is. One thing though, the picture quality is worse than that of an old second-hand Panasonic another friend and I used to mess around with in the mid-90s.

JerseyKRS said:

ZombieKitten said:

excellent picture quality when played back on our HD tv

is that it? There are tons that do that, it's the extras that start to add the money.

Excellent picture quality is something that a regular camcorder will have more of than the currently poplular Flip and associated "handcams".

Look for one that records directly to flash memory, 1080p.

ZombieKitten said:

ZombieKitten said:

Fauxie said:

A friend of mine just recently got one, not HD, but that has the in-built memory (60 GB?). It's a Sony and I love how small it is. One thing though, the picture quality is worse than that of an old second-hand Panasonic another friend and I used to mess around with in the mid-90s.

we've had 2 standard def digital camcorders, both Panasonic, the earlier one that we got in 1997 had better picture quality than the next one we got about 4 years ago
but both look crap on our telly
so, it HAS to be HD
I HAVE to have a good picture

JerseyKRS said:

Fauxie said:

ZombieKitten said:

we've had 2 standard def digital camcorders, both Panasonic, the earlier one that we got in 1997 had better picture quality than the next one we got about 4 years ago
but both look crap on our telly
so, it HAS to be HD
I HAVE to have a good picture

Weird. I'm talking tape with the old 90s one though. Seriously, that was a cheap camcorder (before that word, really. Think 'video camera'). May even have been early 90s come to think of it. My friend's new one, on his 40 something inch screen, looked awful.

the SIZE of the sensor plays a huge part in quality also. Generally, the more expensive cameras have larger CMOS sensors, which in turn produce much nicer video.

JerseyKRS said:

http://www.sonystyle.com/...6#features

This is in your price range, however for a few dollars more you get better low light performance and a bunch of other cool shit.

http://www.sonystyle.com/...7#features

JerseyKRS said:

ZombieKitten said:

JerseyKRS said:

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665736696#features

This is in your price range, however for a few dollars more you get better low light performance and a bunch of other cool shit.

http://www.sonystyle.com/...7#features

do you work for sony?

JerseyKRS said:

ZombieKitten said:

do you work for sony?

lol, it's just that's what I'm familiar with.

Pay attention to the sensors and lenses, they're the most important factors in video quality. And digital zoom sucks ass, don't even bother looking at those numbers...optical zoom is more useable.

ZombieKitten said:

JerseyKRS said:

lol, it's just that's what I'm familiar with.

Pay attention to the sensors and lenses, they're the most important factors in video quality. And digital zoom sucks ass, don't even bother looking at those numbers...optical zoom is more useable.

I know, I'm a photographer too

JerseyKRS said:

ZombieKitten said:

I know, I'm a photographer too

JerseyKRS said:

ZombieKitten said:

excellent picture quality when played back on our HD tv

is that it? There are tons that do that, it's the extras that start to add the money.

Excellent picture quality is something that a regular camcorder will have more of than the currently poplular Flip and associated "handcams".

Look for one that records directly to flash memory, 1080p.

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RenHoek said:

JerseyKRS said:

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665736696#features

This is in your price range, however for a few dollars more you get better low light performance and a bunch of other cool shit.

http://www.sonystyle.com/...7#features

ah there it is...

ZombieKitten said:

JerseyKRS said:

lol, it's just that's what I'm familiar with.

Pay attention to the sensors and lenses, they're the most important factors in video quality. And digital zoom sucks ass, don't even bother looking at those numbers...optical zoom is more useable.

I know, I'm a photographer too

PanthaGirl said:

ZombieKitten said:

I know, I'm a photographer too

A damn good one too.

ZombieKitten said:

PanthaGirl said:

A damn good one too.

Chris, we're looking at the sony at the moment

can you tell my why a flash memory one would be better than HD recording?

I have a KODAK HD VIDEO thingy and it kinda sucks. You might want to stay away from it. It doesn't have that steady function. Everything I record is shaky.

This is what I have.

http://www.google.com/pro...BMQ8gIwAw#
[Edited 11/6/09 9:28am]

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RenHoek said:

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I have a KODAK HD VIDEO thingy and it kinda sucks. You might want to stay away from it. It doesn't have that steady function. Everything I record is shaky.

This is what I have.

http://www.google.com/pro...BMQ8gIwAw#
[Edited 11/6/09 9:28am]

Dude, you're supposed to hold still while filming, NOT bump & grind...