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Okay, so these are the camcorders I'm tossing up between at the moment:
Sony HDR-SR1
Sony HDR-PJ10E
or
Panasonic SDR-S50
Which of these would you recommend? And if none of them, could you suggest some others? I really wanted to get the Sony HDR-XR150 but it's been discontinued :(
Answer
I would recommend a Canon MiniDV tape camcorder. I would do this to save you disappointment you will have when you you take your new HD camcorder, shoot something moving and discover that all HD camcorder in the Consumer level, interpolate the video, making the video near impossible to edit and motion videos mostly unwatchable. When the HD camcorder interpolates the video, what it does is not good for editing, You see, if you used one of those camcorders to shoot a video, say it was 1000 frames long. Of those 1000 frames, 800 of them were not shot or recorded by the person holding the camcorder. Those 800 frames were made by electronic circuitry within the camcorder and the are throughout the video, like this - one frame from lens assembly, 7 or 8 from the electronics within the camcorder, one frame from lens assembly, 7 or 8 from the electronics within the camcorder, one frame from lens assembly, 7 or 8 from the electronics within the camcorder, one frame from lens assembly, 7 or 8 from the electronics within the camcorder, From front to end of the video. Then there is the issue of the Multi core computer with a big graphics and sound card that is needed to view, edit and work with HD video.
I would recommend a Canon MiniDV tape camcorder. I would do this to save you disappointment you will have when you you take your new HD camcorder, shoot something moving and discover that all HD camcorder in the Consumer level, interpolate the video, making the video near impossible to edit and motion videos mostly unwatchable. When the HD camcorder interpolates the video, what it does is not good for editing, You see, if you used one of those camcorders to shoot a video, say it was 1000 frames long. Of those 1000 frames, 800 of them were not shot or recorded by the person holding the camcorder. Those 800 frames were made by electronic circuitry within the camcorder and the are throughout the video, like this - one frame from lens assembly, 7 or 8 from the electronics within the camcorder, one frame from lens assembly, 7 or 8 from the electronics within the camcorder, one frame from lens assembly, 7 or 8 from the electronics within the camcorder, one frame from lens assembly, 7 or 8 from the electronics within the camcorder, From front to end of the video. Then there is the issue of the Multi core computer with a big graphics and sound card that is needed to view, edit and work with HD video.
Good HD Panasonic camcorder?
Try to give a link to the camcorder and if you can find the camcorder on bhphotovideo.com and post that link. I am looking at around $500-900.
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http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/shop/Cameras-Camcorders/Camcorders.75052_11002_7000000000000005702
this is the camcorder page on panasonic's web page.
personally i don't like panasonic and id go for sony but your choice.
it really depends what you want the camera for. if you want to take pictures and videos of memories that you wont want to edit much or preferable at all then you should definately go for a minidisc camcorder or a dvd camcorder (they are the same except one has a standard size dvd and one has a minidisc) they have pretty much no difference except the actual camera can be smaller if you get a minidisc one. ok so if you want to edit your footage then id get a harddrive one. the reason for this is the discs in most of those cameras are too advanced for stndard editing programs (ive got one) and that makes EXTREMELY hard to find a program to edit with. but i do prefer the disc cameras and have found a program to edit them which i can give you the name of if you would like. also a little tip if you are looking at getting a disc one. if you are shotting takes on something turn the camera off between each one (im not sure if this is panasonicbut a lot do this). otherwise all the stopped and started takes go in one folder and that doesnt sit well with most editing programs where as if they are in different files then they are far easier to handle and to get the one you actually want rather than having them all run after one another without a break.
if you click the type of camera you want on this page then you will get many examples in your price range.
good luck and email me if you need help with something
xx
http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/shop/Cameras-Camcorders/Camcorders.75052_11002_7000000000000005702
this is the camcorder page on panasonic's web page.
personally i don't like panasonic and id go for sony but your choice.
it really depends what you want the camera for. if you want to take pictures and videos of memories that you wont want to edit much or preferable at all then you should definately go for a minidisc camcorder or a dvd camcorder (they are the same except one has a standard size dvd and one has a minidisc) they have pretty much no difference except the actual camera can be smaller if you get a minidisc one. ok so if you want to edit your footage then id get a harddrive one. the reason for this is the discs in most of those cameras are too advanced for stndard editing programs (ive got one) and that makes EXTREMELY hard to find a program to edit with. but i do prefer the disc cameras and have found a program to edit them which i can give you the name of if you would like. also a little tip if you are looking at getting a disc one. if you are shotting takes on something turn the camera off between each one (im not sure if this is panasonicbut a lot do this). otherwise all the stopped and started takes go in one folder and that doesnt sit well with most editing programs where as if they are in different files then they are far easier to handle and to get the one you actually want rather than having them all run after one another without a break.
if you click the type of camera you want on this page then you will get many examples in your price range.
good luck and email me if you need help with something
xx
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