Q. I need a video camera that records great video; good enough video to pass on as a movie worth seeing, if you know what I mean. I need something like a camcorder, nothing too proffesional. And I would probably get it off of ebay. Any ideas of what kind, brand is best?
I really do care about price though...If its below the price of 200$ then thats good.
I really do care about price though...If its below the price of 200$ then thats good.
A. Unfortunately, there are very few cameras under $200 that perform fairly. How much time do you have? If I were you, I'd try to save up maybe at least $100 more dollars, or $200. That way you won't spend too much money, and can still get a fairly good camera. Since you're going to be looking on eBay, my best advice is to observe. I got my canon GL2 for $1500 off of eBay and while it wasn't the lowest price, I went on eBay everyday for about 3 weeks, and got an idea of the different prices and packages available. Then once I was ready to buy one, I knew exactly how much the price should be. With the eBay route, it is possible to find fairly decent camcorders for around $200, although you will most likely have to do some digging. If I were you, I'd try to find something from the panasonic pv-gs series. These are good cameras in general, and you might be able to find a low priced gs150 or gs65, both 3ccd cams. Hope this helps!
Does anyone know any good movie makers?
Q. I think move makers is the correct phrase? :S
I recently got a video camera which records movies on DVD-R discs & DVD-RAM discs (the smaller ones). I have used both of these types of discs & am hoping to edit them, add special effects & text & so on. I am completely new to this so a less complicated programme would be better. Any suggestions?
I recently got a video camera which records movies on DVD-R discs & DVD-RAM discs (the smaller ones). I have used both of these types of discs & am hoping to edit them, add special effects & text & so on. I am completely new to this so a less complicated programme would be better. Any suggestions?
A. TAKE THE CAMERA BACK!!!
DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.
Highest compression of the available storage formats results in lost data = poor video quality... especially if you have any intention of ever editing. The DVD based camcorders will compress into a VOB file typically not useful directly by most video editors. That typically means ripping the DVD or using the analog AV cables that come with the camcorder and transferring low-quality analog video through a analog/digital bridge.
DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.
The BEST quality video comes from camcorders that use miniDV tape (which record into DV format for standard definition video). There is very little compression applied and if your computer has a firewire port, DV can be editied by pretty much any video editing application. You will use the DV port of the camcorder connected to the firewire port of your computer - using a firewire cable (firewire, i.Link, IEEE1394 are all the same thing).
DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.
Higher video quality than DVD based and not quite miniDV tape based camcorder video quality are the hard drive and certain higher-end flash based camcorder - they typically compress a lot into a MPEG file format. Most (not all) video editors can deal with this with not additional codecs - but the translation apps are available for all editing apps to deal with them.
DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.
When you use MiniDV tape, it is your "archive". Fill a 60 minute tape, pop out the tape, put in a new one and start rolling. I can use around 5 seconds from the time I press stop, replace a tape and am recording again.
When you use a hard drive based or flash memory based camcorder, what happens when you run out of memory? You need to transfer video to a computer, delete the files from the camcorder and start shooting again. Yes, they hold menay hours of video - you have to be sure to clean it out each time - just like you need to remember to carry blank tapes.
DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.
Video on things for sale is only part of the whole ecosystem. Most low-end and mid-range camcorders do not have any manual audio control and have to rely on an auto audio leveling circuit. For the most part, this auto-audio gain mechanism cannot deal with loud music - this can be loud from a marching band or loud from amplified instruments. The resulting audio will be muddy and not usable. You can either find a Sony camcorder (DCR-HC28, DCR-HC96) that has a menu selection for normal or low gain for the audio or you can use an external device to control the gain (like a BeachTek XLR adapter - but you would be using a camcorder with a mic-in jack and XLR mics) or you can find a camcorder with manual audio control. The least expensive ones I know of are the Canon HV20 or Sony HDR-HC7.
DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.
Both the Sony DCR-HC28 and DCR-HC96 do not have a proper mic-in jack - they do have a Sony proprietary "active interface" shoe. Normally, that would mean you are locked into using ONLY Sony proprietary mics that work with the proprietary shoe... but, if you get http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/47... ... then you can use any mic or XLR adapter with a 1/8" jack. B&H is the only place these seem to exist - you can't even get them directly from Sony!
DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.
DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.
Highest compression of the available storage formats results in lost data = poor video quality... especially if you have any intention of ever editing. The DVD based camcorders will compress into a VOB file typically not useful directly by most video editors. That typically means ripping the DVD or using the analog AV cables that come with the camcorder and transferring low-quality analog video through a analog/digital bridge.
DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.
The BEST quality video comes from camcorders that use miniDV tape (which record into DV format for standard definition video). There is very little compression applied and if your computer has a firewire port, DV can be editied by pretty much any video editing application. You will use the DV port of the camcorder connected to the firewire port of your computer - using a firewire cable (firewire, i.Link, IEEE1394 are all the same thing).
DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.
Higher video quality than DVD based and not quite miniDV tape based camcorder video quality are the hard drive and certain higher-end flash based camcorder - they typically compress a lot into a MPEG file format. Most (not all) video editors can deal with this with not additional codecs - but the translation apps are available for all editing apps to deal with them.
DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.
When you use MiniDV tape, it is your "archive". Fill a 60 minute tape, pop out the tape, put in a new one and start rolling. I can use around 5 seconds from the time I press stop, replace a tape and am recording again.
When you use a hard drive based or flash memory based camcorder, what happens when you run out of memory? You need to transfer video to a computer, delete the files from the camcorder and start shooting again. Yes, they hold menay hours of video - you have to be sure to clean it out each time - just like you need to remember to carry blank tapes.
DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.
Video on things for sale is only part of the whole ecosystem. Most low-end and mid-range camcorders do not have any manual audio control and have to rely on an auto audio leveling circuit. For the most part, this auto-audio gain mechanism cannot deal with loud music - this can be loud from a marching band or loud from amplified instruments. The resulting audio will be muddy and not usable. You can either find a Sony camcorder (DCR-HC28, DCR-HC96) that has a menu selection for normal or low gain for the audio or you can use an external device to control the gain (like a BeachTek XLR adapter - but you would be using a camcorder with a mic-in jack and XLR mics) or you can find a camcorder with manual audio control. The least expensive ones I know of are the Canon HV20 or Sony HDR-HC7.
DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.
Both the Sony DCR-HC28 and DCR-HC96 do not have a proper mic-in jack - they do have a Sony proprietary "active interface" shoe. Normally, that would mean you are locked into using ONLY Sony proprietary mics that work with the proprietary shoe... but, if you get http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/47... ... then you can use any mic or XLR adapter with a 1/8" jack. B&H is the only place these seem to exist - you can't even get them directly from Sony!
DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.
What videa camera could be good for recording movies?
Q. HI people.I want to get a video camera to record videos.I can't buy proffesional camera.I think that HD camera is good but I don't know which one I can buy.which camera can I buy from $400 to $500?Please help me with choosing good video camera.Thanks
A. you will get the best quality from a good image camera with recording capabilities. You could spend thousands to get a really good video camera but i would look into an image camera with recording capabilties. Just ask people at stores aswell they alwasy have good info about this stuff
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