best camcorder recording sports image
mike
I am a college track athlete who sprints and runs hurdles I really want 2 improve on my form and break down my races this year. Though I know a lot about hurdles I have no clue what 2 look for when it comes 2 camcorders. Help me please. Any suggestion is much appreciated.
Answer
High frame rate cameras or pro-grade cameras with "overcranking" capabilities are expensive - but it is possible to do.
A more cost-effective method is pretty much using any camcorder with the capability of increasing the shutter speed a lot - then using the video editor in your computer for slow-motion playback or frame-by frame playback in the computer or on the camera.
How are you expecting to position the camera, start recording and stop recording? I hope you have a "helper" do that for you.
I've recorded football games and basketball games using a shutter speed of 1/1000 second and there is very little/no blur when reviewing frame-by-frame. When the shutter speed is faster than this, the video image will darken because the shutter is not open long enough for the light to come in through the lens and get collected by the imaging chip(s).
Stay away from high compression video formats - like AVCHD. The video recorded by these hard drive, flash memory or DVD based camcorders is not so good because of the way they interpolate the information between frames. DV/HDV onto miniDV tape is most common in consumer camcorders (for standard definition, Sony DCR-HC62, Panasonic PV-GS320 - among others; Canon ZR960... for high definition, that starts at the Canon HV40). DV/HDV format - whether to miniDV tape, flash memory (Panasonic AG-HVX200 redords to DVCPRO HD; Sony HVR-Z7U) or hard disc drive (any miniDV tape based camcorder compatible with a Focus Enhancements FireStore drive) should be fine.
High frame rate cameras or pro-grade cameras with "overcranking" capabilities are expensive - but it is possible to do.
A more cost-effective method is pretty much using any camcorder with the capability of increasing the shutter speed a lot - then using the video editor in your computer for slow-motion playback or frame-by frame playback in the computer or on the camera.
How are you expecting to position the camera, start recording and stop recording? I hope you have a "helper" do that for you.
I've recorded football games and basketball games using a shutter speed of 1/1000 second and there is very little/no blur when reviewing frame-by-frame. When the shutter speed is faster than this, the video image will darken because the shutter is not open long enough for the light to come in through the lens and get collected by the imaging chip(s).
Stay away from high compression video formats - like AVCHD. The video recorded by these hard drive, flash memory or DVD based camcorders is not so good because of the way they interpolate the information between frames. DV/HDV onto miniDV tape is most common in consumer camcorders (for standard definition, Sony DCR-HC62, Panasonic PV-GS320 - among others; Canon ZR960... for high definition, that starts at the Canon HV40). DV/HDV format - whether to miniDV tape, flash memory (Panasonic AG-HVX200 redords to DVCPRO HD; Sony HVR-Z7U) or hard disc drive (any miniDV tape based camcorder compatible with a Focus Enhancements FireStore drive) should be fine.
What is the best camcorder to buy that is 250 dollars or under?
Andrew Ber
im looking for an hd camera with good sound that i can record sports stuff with and then video edit them and put them on youtube..whats the best camera for that type of work for under 250?
Answer
your results from consumer HD cameras will be very disappointing, that is because they all use temporal compression. temporal compression works this way- the camera takes one frame, and then the next 7 are omitted. On playback, the player replaces the missing frames with interpolation. the interpolation can be quite poor for action sports. that is why all skateboarders use miniDV which has no temporal compression. the lack of compression also makes editing more precise. editing HD video is a real crap shoot as you cannot just lineup any frame.
your results from consumer HD cameras will be very disappointing, that is because they all use temporal compression. temporal compression works this way- the camera takes one frame, and then the next 7 are omitted. On playback, the player replaces the missing frames with interpolation. the interpolation can be quite poor for action sports. that is why all skateboarders use miniDV which has no temporal compression. the lack of compression also makes editing more precise. editing HD video is a real crap shoot as you cannot just lineup any frame.
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