panag3
Hello.
I need a cheap HD video camera for a POV short film i'm going to do soon. All I need for it to do is shoot clear HD video and use SD cards (or something that is easy to import into Final Cut)
Looking to spend under $300.
Thanks for any help.
Answer
Consumer level HD camcorders have 4 problems. 1) Blurry, fuzzy, out of focus areas closely around people in videos taken by consumer level HD camcorders. 2) Any movement, even a wave or lifting an arm, while in front of a recording consumer level HD camcorder, results in screen ghosts and artifacts being left on the video track, following the movement. Makes for bad video, sports videos are unwatchable. 3) These Consumer level HD camcorders all have a habit of the transferred to computer files are something you need to convert, thus losing your HD quality, to work with your editing software. 4) Mandatory maximum record times - 1 hour, 30 minutes, 8 minutes, 3 minutes â four different times advertised as maximum record time for some consumer level HD camcorders. No event I have ever been to is that short. Either take multiple camcorders or pack up with out getting the end of the event on video. Consumer level HD camcorders interpolate the video. This means they take one frame, make up the next 4 or 5 frames, take a frame and repeat this, over and over, for the remainder of the video, every video it takes is like this.With a MiniDV tape camcorder, record 60 or 90 minutes ( camcorder settings), 90 seconds or less to change a tape and record for 60 or 90 more and repeat till you run out of tapes.
You can get a Canon ZR960 for $250. It is a MiniDV tape camcorder, has a Mic jack. You will need a firewire (IEEE1394) card ($25 to 30) for the computer and a firewire cable (less than 10) to be able to transfer video to your computer. To say this is not HD, think about this. It would cost in excess of $3500 to get a HD camcorder that could equal the video Quality of a $250 Canon MiniDV tape camcorder.
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/camcorders/consumer_camcorders/zr960
Consumer level HD camcorders have 4 problems. 1) Blurry, fuzzy, out of focus areas closely around people in videos taken by consumer level HD camcorders. 2) Any movement, even a wave or lifting an arm, while in front of a recording consumer level HD camcorder, results in screen ghosts and artifacts being left on the video track, following the movement. Makes for bad video, sports videos are unwatchable. 3) These Consumer level HD camcorders all have a habit of the transferred to computer files are something you need to convert, thus losing your HD quality, to work with your editing software. 4) Mandatory maximum record times - 1 hour, 30 minutes, 8 minutes, 3 minutes â four different times advertised as maximum record time for some consumer level HD camcorders. No event I have ever been to is that short. Either take multiple camcorders or pack up with out getting the end of the event on video. Consumer level HD camcorders interpolate the video. This means they take one frame, make up the next 4 or 5 frames, take a frame and repeat this, over and over, for the remainder of the video, every video it takes is like this.With a MiniDV tape camcorder, record 60 or 90 minutes ( camcorder settings), 90 seconds or less to change a tape and record for 60 or 90 more and repeat till you run out of tapes.
You can get a Canon ZR960 for $250. It is a MiniDV tape camcorder, has a Mic jack. You will need a firewire (IEEE1394) card ($25 to 30) for the computer and a firewire cable (less than 10) to be able to transfer video to your computer. To say this is not HD, think about this. It would cost in excess of $3500 to get a HD camcorder that could equal the video Quality of a $250 Canon MiniDV tape camcorder.
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/camcorders/consumer_camcorders/zr960
Camera with manual focus + 1080p recording for under £180?
Lil'MissMu
I am looking for a camera with 1080p recording and manual focus for under £180? I will be using it to record short films. If you have any ideas and/or suggestions that would be appreciated. Thanks xx
Answer
I have a JVC Full HD (1080p) video camera that costs just under £140 on Amazon.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/JVC-GZ-EX210BEK-equipped-Digital-Camcorder/dp/B007DH9UW2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1390164601&sr=8-2&keywords=jvc+camcorder
It does not have manual focus however
My guess is that you want to use selective focus using a shallow depth of field.
You are not going to find such a camera within your budget.
For that you need a camera with a large sensor like the Nikon D7100 or Canon 7D and a number of different lenses. Remember to add the necessary accessories you need to make a dSLR into a vialbe video camera.
Here is a link that describes those accessories and a list of where you can find them.
https://vimeo.com/15928756
Usually by the time you add all those accessories to your dSLR, the amount of money you will spend could have been used to buy a real video camera like those sold by Panasonic.
LINK.
http://www.panasonic.com/business/provideo/AG-AC7.asp
I have a JVC Full HD (1080p) video camera that costs just under £140 on Amazon.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/JVC-GZ-EX210BEK-equipped-Digital-Camcorder/dp/B007DH9UW2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1390164601&sr=8-2&keywords=jvc+camcorder
It does not have manual focus however
My guess is that you want to use selective focus using a shallow depth of field.
You are not going to find such a camera within your budget.
For that you need a camera with a large sensor like the Nikon D7100 or Canon 7D and a number of different lenses. Remember to add the necessary accessories you need to make a dSLR into a vialbe video camera.
Here is a link that describes those accessories and a list of where you can find them.
https://vimeo.com/15928756
Usually by the time you add all those accessories to your dSLR, the amount of money you will spend could have been used to buy a real video camera like those sold by Panasonic.
LINK.
http://www.panasonic.com/business/provideo/AG-AC7.asp
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