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anne marie
I know nothing about video cameras, but my boyfriend has an ancient Sony Handycam, and I want to get him something more modern and more appropriate for a Film & Video Student. I am also a student so price is somewhat of an issue.
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We have had many students asking the same question over the months, Its very hard to say get this type/model of camera, Probably the best idea is to contact the college and talk to the media teacher, he/she will be able to give you an idea what would be the best type, and best for compatibility with their equipment. Ease of getting the video from the camera to the computer to edit it, or just view it. so a comera that the video needs to be converted may not be a good idea.
A budget would have been nice, maybe consider second hand, there are a number of companies that offer reconditioned semi professional camcorders, (that would give him a good start) Maybe something like a Canon XL1s (not the newest kid on the block) but will still give most hard drive and media card camcorders a good run, not only for the quality of the images but the features of the camera,
Because its a mini-dv (tape) then there is almost zero problems with connecting it to any college media computer.
Agian first port of call is the college and talk to them.
Good luck
RR
We have had many students asking the same question over the months, Its very hard to say get this type/model of camera, Probably the best idea is to contact the college and talk to the media teacher, he/she will be able to give you an idea what would be the best type, and best for compatibility with their equipment. Ease of getting the video from the camera to the computer to edit it, or just view it. so a comera that the video needs to be converted may not be a good idea.
A budget would have been nice, maybe consider second hand, there are a number of companies that offer reconditioned semi professional camcorders, (that would give him a good start) Maybe something like a Canon XL1s (not the newest kid on the block) but will still give most hard drive and media card camcorders a good run, not only for the quality of the images but the features of the camera,
Because its a mini-dv (tape) then there is almost zero problems with connecting it to any college media computer.
Agian first port of call is the college and talk to them.
Good luck
RR
what are the best hd video cameras under $300 that record sports well in low light conditions?
jdl12321
i know that the $300 is not a lot for an hd video camera and that it won't be the greatest video quality ever, but i'm just a college kid so my funds are limited to say the least. i record tennis matches with my brother, and we usually play at night, as well as basketball games (during the day). any thoughts?
Answer
no consumer HD camera can record sports action except as a blur. that is because of the super high compression. MPEG4, AVCHD and similar codecs record only one actual frame and then throw out the next 7, giving it a GOF factor of 8. on playback the missing frames have to be guessed at by interpolation, which gives blurry jumpy results.
the solution is to use the system most widely used by action sports videographers, which is miniDV. while not HD it can be shot in the widescreen mode so the picture will fill an HDTV screen. And you can get one for under $300, look at the Canon ZR960.
no consumer HD camera can record sports action except as a blur. that is because of the super high compression. MPEG4, AVCHD and similar codecs record only one actual frame and then throw out the next 7, giving it a GOF factor of 8. on playback the missing frames have to be guessed at by interpolation, which gives blurry jumpy results.
the solution is to use the system most widely used by action sports videographers, which is miniDV. while not HD it can be shot in the widescreen mode so the picture will fill an HDTV screen. And you can get one for under $300, look at the Canon ZR960.
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