Garrett
What is a relatively cheap but good camera that's good quality, long battery life, and a lot if memory. I'm going to be filming my basketball games and I need clear quality for the whole game and I will watch them later and possibly edit them for highlights. Also what would be a good video editing software?
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Don't use an SLR - your recording time is limited to a few minutes at a time before things start to overheat and the camera shuts down. Similarly, most of the HD formats aren't going to work for you - they're very highly compressed and don't capture movement well. They're also poor in low / uneven light conditions (I'm guessing you don't have much control over the lighting). If you can run to it, I'd look at the Canon HV40 or a used HV20 or 30.
For editing, the front runners are the Adobe Premier family and the Sony Vegas family (you'd be fine with either of the entry level products) but I'd have a look at Serif's MoviePlus X5 - it's now one version out of date so it's heavily discounted. It's very Vegas like but it's easier to use and you get a lot for your money (e.g. unlimited video and audio tracks).
Don't use an SLR - your recording time is limited to a few minutes at a time before things start to overheat and the camera shuts down. Similarly, most of the HD formats aren't going to work for you - they're very highly compressed and don't capture movement well. They're also poor in low / uneven light conditions (I'm guessing you don't have much control over the lighting). If you can run to it, I'd look at the Canon HV40 or a used HV20 or 30.
For editing, the front runners are the Adobe Premier family and the Sony Vegas family (you'd be fine with either of the entry level products) but I'd have a look at Serif's MoviePlus X5 - it's now one version out of date so it's heavily discounted. It's very Vegas like but it's easier to use and you get a lot for your money (e.g. unlimited video and audio tracks).
Any reccomended digital cameras that have a very good camcorder function?
ralphnfifi
Looking for one that will take an hour or two worth of decent video too. Thanks anyone.
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Canon Powershot S2 IS. Highly recommended camera (by Consumer Reports) and I've used it to video record from time to time with good results (example, recorded several minutes at the end of the basketball game between George Mason and UConn in the NCAA tourny from second level. Up to 40X zoom, so you can get a variety of views, and horizontal stabilization keeps things fairly clear even at magnification). Length of video would depend on how much memory you put in. Probably want at least a 1G card for the amount of time you're talking about.
Canon Powershot S2 IS. Highly recommended camera (by Consumer Reports) and I've used it to video record from time to time with good results (example, recorded several minutes at the end of the basketball game between George Mason and UConn in the NCAA tourny from second level. Up to 40X zoom, so you can get a variety of views, and horizontal stabilization keeps things fairly clear even at magnification). Length of video would depend on how much memory you put in. Probably want at least a 1G card for the amount of time you're talking about.
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