benjo_ferr
why is this
http://usa.chinavasion.com/images/chinavasion-CVSEJ-A4402-side1.jpg
cheaper than for example a 3ccd one?
or is it?
Answer
Any Chinese camcorder is going to be cheap... but also disappointing.
These days, a 1920x1080 sensor isn't significantly more expensive than a standard definition sensor. What really costs is large vs. small. Most of these Chinese camcorders have very tiny sensors, 1/6", 1/8", possibly even smaller (I don't know any details of the model you like, I've never seen it before). This will cause very poor performance in low light.
A consumer level camcoder should have a single sensor at 1/3" or so, or perhaps three 1/4" or 1/6" sensors (Panasonic makes a bunch of consumer-priced 3-chip sensors... they typically underperform a single larger sensor in low light). A pro/prosumer camcoder will have three 1/4" or 1/3" sensors, probably whether it's HD or SD. It's the sensor size that's expensive these days.
Any Chinese camcorder is going to be cheap... but also disappointing.
These days, a 1920x1080 sensor isn't significantly more expensive than a standard definition sensor. What really costs is large vs. small. Most of these Chinese camcorders have very tiny sensors, 1/6", 1/8", possibly even smaller (I don't know any details of the model you like, I've never seen it before). This will cause very poor performance in low light.
A consumer level camcoder should have a single sensor at 1/3" or so, or perhaps three 1/4" or 1/6" sensors (Panasonic makes a bunch of consumer-priced 3-chip sensors... they typically underperform a single larger sensor in low light). A pro/prosumer camcoder will have three 1/4" or 1/3" sensors, probably whether it's HD or SD. It's the sensor size that's expensive these days.
Cheap flip camcorders?
Zoe
Anyone know of any really cheap but good quality small pocket / flip camcorders?
Looked on a few websites but the cheaper ones have mixed reviews
Thanks
Answer
Flip camcorders SUCK big time. And they have an ongoing battery issue. Get one and every 6 months, replace your rechargeable battery.
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. Not to mention, but the computer you upload your HD files to jas to have at least a 1 GB video card and a separate Audio card that can support Direct X 9 technology, you normal every day computer has massive troubles with HD 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.canon.co.uk/For_Home/Product_Finder/Camcorders/High_Definition_HD/HV30/index.aspx
Flip camcorders SUCK big time. And they have an ongoing battery issue. Get one and every 6 months, replace your rechargeable battery.
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. Not to mention, but the computer you upload your HD files to jas to have at least a 1 GB video card and a separate Audio card that can support Direct X 9 technology, you normal every day computer has massive troubles with HD 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.canon.co.uk/For_Home/Product_Finder/Camcorders/High_Definition_HD/HV30/index.aspx
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