Whats The Best HD Camera For A Decent Price ?
Posted on March 14th, 2010 by mike
Sony HDR-HC9
Canon HV30
Sony HVR-HD1000U
Sony HVR-A1U
Sony HDR-FX1 (maybe)
The HV30 is the least expensive consumer cam that has 24p and 30 options. Because of its price, you can get accessories like an additional high capacity rechargeable battery, Glidecam/Steadicam device, good tripod, 2x tele lens, wide angle lens, fisheye lens, external mic, camera bracket (to hold the external mic), sturdy case... and as a MiniDV tape based camcorder your computer needs a firewire port - so if your computer does not have one, hopefully, it has an available expansion slot so you can add one... and a firewire cable... and an external 500 gig drive JUST for the video project work (HDV uses 44 gig of computer hard drive space per hour of imported video).
The lenses are not removable for any consumer or prosumer camcorder - but with threads at the lens, you can add different lenses and filters.
Don't bother with hard drive camcorders - the potential for shock in the rough environment you will be in could park the hard drive heads and prevent video capture. If you must go that route, go the direction of flash memory - AVCHD compressed high definition can be a challenge to edit, so be sure your editor can handle AVCHD video from the specific camcorder model you select. AVCHD compresses a LOT more than HDV, so quality is not quite there, so be very careful.
Don't bother with DVD based camcorders - they barely make decent doorstops.
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