Q. I am going on a school trip to Greece and Italy, and I really want to get a good video camera to make videos and take pictures on the trip. I'm planning on getting it on ebay, so it will probably be less than 80, but a high retail price will probably get me a better camera. Any suggestions?
*Under $80 (can be 90 or a little over, but I will not take over $110)
*good pictures
*good videos
*high resolutions (please? I hate bad resolution photos and videos)
*long lasting battery (we will be out and about all day every day... not a 10 hour battery, but at least long enough to last longer than 40 minutes.)
*easily portable
*zoom options
*I would like it to be a handheld camcorder, if possible.
THANK YOU!
*Under $80 (can be 90 or a little over, but I will not take over $110)
*good pictures
*good videos
*high resolutions (please? I hate bad resolution photos and videos)
*long lasting battery (we will be out and about all day every day... not a 10 hour battery, but at least long enough to last longer than 40 minutes.)
*easily portable
*zoom options
*I would like it to be a handheld camcorder, if possible.
THANK YOU!
Answer
HD Camcorders and DSLR Cameras interpolate the video, which means of every 25 frames of video, 4 or 5 frames are taken by the lens assembly; the other frames in between these are filled in by the camcorder inner circuitry, thus giving you not true video. It looks like this -one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, from front to back of the video. Near impossible to edit, even when you have the Multi port processor computer with the big 1GB Graphics card and a Sound card that is required to edit, view, watch and work with the files these camcorders produce.
Consumer Level HD Camcorders and DSLR Cameras 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 and DSLR Cameras, 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 and DSLR Cameras 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 and DSLR Cameras. No event I have ever been to is that short. Either take multiple camcorders and DSLR Cameras or pack up with out getting the end of the event on video.
MiniDV is currently the most popular format for consumer digital camcorders. MiniDV camcorders are typically more affordable than their HDD and DVD counterparts. Each MiniDV tape will typically hold an hour of footage at normal recording speed and quality. MiniDV tapes are available for purchase at not only electronic and camera stores, but also at drugs stores and grocery stores, making them easy to find while your on vacation. There are literally hundreds of MiniDV camcorders available; both in standard and high-definition. And add the fact that to get a HD camcorder that could produce better video quality footage, one would have to spend in excess of $3500 for that camcorder that could produce higher quality video
http://simplevideoediting.com/learn/part1_camcorder_choices.htm
http://simplevideoediting.com/learn/part2_connect_camcorder.htm
http://usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/camcorders/consumer_camcorders/vixia_hv40#Overview
HD Camcorders and DSLR Cameras interpolate the video, which means of every 25 frames of video, 4 or 5 frames are taken by the lens assembly; the other frames in between these are filled in by the camcorder inner circuitry, thus giving you not true video. It looks like this -one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, from front to back of the video. Near impossible to edit, even when you have the Multi port processor computer with the big 1GB Graphics card and a Sound card that is required to edit, view, watch and work with the files these camcorders produce.
Consumer Level HD Camcorders and DSLR Cameras 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 and DSLR Cameras, 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 and DSLR Cameras 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 and DSLR Cameras. No event I have ever been to is that short. Either take multiple camcorders and DSLR Cameras or pack up with out getting the end of the event on video.
MiniDV is currently the most popular format for consumer digital camcorders. MiniDV camcorders are typically more affordable than their HDD and DVD counterparts. Each MiniDV tape will typically hold an hour of footage at normal recording speed and quality. MiniDV tapes are available for purchase at not only electronic and camera stores, but also at drugs stores and grocery stores, making them easy to find while your on vacation. There are literally hundreds of MiniDV camcorders available; both in standard and high-definition. And add the fact that to get a HD camcorder that could produce better video quality footage, one would have to spend in excess of $3500 for that camcorder that could produce higher quality video
http://simplevideoediting.com/learn/part1_camcorder_choices.htm
http://simplevideoediting.com/learn/part2_connect_camcorder.htm
http://usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/camcorders/consumer_camcorders/vixia_hv40#Overview
Why do digital video cameras have huge zooms but photo cameras do not?
Gladiator
I have often wondered why a digital/Hard drive/flash drive/etc. video camera can sport up to a 50x optical zoom, whereas the largest digital photo camera zoom i have seen (excluding humongous, extremely expensive SLR zoom lenses) is 20x on an Olympus. Is it too hard to get a high-quality 50x zoom onto a camera, or what?
Answer
There is nothing to guess about. There are two reasons for this.
First, the sensor size. Because most video cameras, regardless of what kind, don't capture video in 6, 8 or 10 megapixels they way a still camera will, the sensor can be smaller.
When the sensor gets smaller, it's easier to get that extra zoom because of a crop factor.
Next, would be size. Along with a tiny sensor, video cameras are generally larger than digital point and shoots. With that larger and deeper size, three is room for a larger lens.
There is nothing stopping you from getting 50x from a digital point and shoot. But the sensor size might have to drop, and it might be a lower resolution, like 2 or 4 megapixels for example. Next, you'll have a huge lens to deal with.
As sensor size increases, like say in a digital SLR, there is no way to get around the fact that you need a huge lens just to match the reach of a decent compact digital zoom. So the bottom line, it's a law of physics that stops you from getting a monster zoom on a tiny camera, it's not because camera companies don't want to do it.
There is nothing to guess about. There are two reasons for this.
First, the sensor size. Because most video cameras, regardless of what kind, don't capture video in 6, 8 or 10 megapixels they way a still camera will, the sensor can be smaller.
When the sensor gets smaller, it's easier to get that extra zoom because of a crop factor.
Next, would be size. Along with a tiny sensor, video cameras are generally larger than digital point and shoots. With that larger and deeper size, three is room for a larger lens.
There is nothing stopping you from getting 50x from a digital point and shoot. But the sensor size might have to drop, and it might be a lower resolution, like 2 or 4 megapixels for example. Next, you'll have a huge lens to deal with.
As sensor size increases, like say in a digital SLR, there is no way to get around the fact that you need a huge lens just to match the reach of a decent compact digital zoom. So the bottom line, it's a law of physics that stops you from getting a monster zoom on a tiny camera, it's not because camera companies don't want to do it.
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