kewina
I am going on my honeymoon in a few months. we are going to Bora Bora for a week. we are going to be doing a lot of water excursions (snorkeling, scuba diving, swim with dolphins, etc). I want to get a camcorder to film everything. i know nothing about camcorders but would like one that can be held easily and water proof. i was looking at a GoPro and it looks great but it doesn't seem like i would use it in the future for recording like family stuff. have any suggestions?
thanks
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i suggest that you get a Nikon Coolpix AW110 or AW100 instead of a camcorder. beside waterproof, they are resistant to shock damage and made for rugged service. also, with any waterproof camera, be sure and get a flotation strap because if you ever let go of the camera in the water, it will sink and be ruined otherwise. i have used the Olympus version of the camera and liked it very much. as to scuba, these camera have very limited depth capability, scuba diving requires much more specialized and expensive equipment.
i suggest that you get a Nikon Coolpix AW110 or AW100 instead of a camcorder. beside waterproof, they are resistant to shock damage and made for rugged service. also, with any waterproof camera, be sure and get a flotation strap because if you ever let go of the camera in the water, it will sink and be ruined otherwise. i have used the Olympus version of the camera and liked it very much. as to scuba, these camera have very limited depth capability, scuba diving requires much more specialized and expensive equipment.
What is the newest Flip camera/camcorder with HD?
Taylor
I am looking in to buying the Flip Ultra HD 3rd Generation. But, I would like to know if it is the newest of their cameras/camcorders made. Have they come out with any more cameras/camcorders since this one?
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Flip camcorders are no longer made.
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. 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.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/camcorders/consumer_camcorders/zr960
Flip camcorders are no longer made.
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. 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.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/camcorders/consumer_camcorders/zr960
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