mini dv camcorders???, need some suggestions... Options

[LBCxGUY]

well, i really need a camcorder and i don't know what to get. can you guys suggest a couple brands that are good? reason being is that my son is on his way into the world and i want to capture every moment that i can. im looking to prabably spend bout 5-6 hunderd dollars when its all said and done. oh yeah i might be looking for a dvd burnner also so i can put all the videos i take on dvd so any input on that would be nice also. well thanks for looking and any help is apreciated!!
THANKS!!!

sang

[lagos]

i just bought a jvc grd 270. i love it cause its nice and small and records to minidv tape. only cost 300$.

for 500-600 you can probably buy one of those camreas that records directly to dvd. tho i dont know how well those work.

[LBCxGUY]

does this seem okay?? its a Canon - MiniDV Digital Camcorder ZR100 .



sorry im just so clueless. trying to do some research now.
THANKS!

sang

[Digndoug]

I personaly like the sony cameras an camcorders. Good quality easy to use. Id say go with a dvd camcorder lot easier better quality and still good price. I sell more dvd's cause well there just better. an you can just drop the disk in then use cords.

[LBCxGUY]

which model are you talking about in particular??

[lagos]

LBCxGUY the one i bought looks just like that one and works great. i hear some of the small cannon are noisy.

[Coomer]

I'm using my friend's Sony MiniDV camcorder to produce a video and I love it.

[celicarocker]

Sony HC21 or Panasonic GS31. Look into both of those modles. The panasonic has more features on it, like a built in light, a memory card slot for the still images (only about .6mp though, real bad quality). but the sony is nicer. it runs off the touch lcd screen, better night mode, stuff like that. both have pretty similar video quality both around the $400 price range. that would give you a little bit of room to pick up a bigger battery, cuz the ones the come with dont last long at all, and a good one cost normally around $80 from a store. the JVC lagos said is aight, alot better than their older modles, but im still not a fan of JVC. the canon you were looking at, just like coomer said is noisey. if your in a quiet setting like indoors, you can actually hear the motor noise on the tape. it also struggles in low light. lemme know if you have any questions, i work with this **** all day long...

edit: on the subject of the miniDV vs. the dvd ones... the DVD ones are nice for sheer convience. you film your stuff, burn the disk, pop it in a DVD player. the only two downfalls of them is, you can only hold 20 minutes of high quality video per DVD, and your very limited with your editing. im still a fan of DV tapes.

This post has been edited by celicarocker: May 2, 2005 - 12:18 AM

[LBCxGUY]

okay say i was to get the Sony HC21, how do i get that to burn onto a dvd?? also i was wondering can i shoot video and save onto the memory card or stick whatever it is?? and if i can i was thinkin about getting like a 1gb card or stick. would that save me some cash on dv tapes?

  Sony HC21 or Panasonic GS31. Look into both of those modles. The panasonic has more features on it, like a built in light, a memory card slot for the still images (only about .6mp though, real bad quality). but the sony is nicer. it runs off the touch lcd screen, better night mode, stuff like that. both have pretty similar video quality both around the $400 price range. that would give you a little bit of room to pick up a bigger battery, cuz the ones the come with dont last long at all, and a good one cost normally around $80 from a store. the JVC lagos said is aight, alot better than their older modles, but im still not a fan of JVC. the canon you were looking at, just like coomer said is noisey. if your in a quiet setting like indoors, you can actually hear the motor noise on the tape. it also struggles in low light. lemme know if you have any questions, i work with this **** all day long...

[celicarocker]

okay say i was to get the Sony HC21, how do i get that to burn onto a dvd?? also i was wondering can i shoot video and save onto the memory card or stick whatever it is?? and if i can i was thinkin about getting like  a 1gb card or stick. would that save me some cash on dv tapes?

  Sony HC21 or Panasonic GS31. Look into both of those modles. The panasonic has more features on it, like a built in light, a memory card slot for the still images (only about .6mp though, real bad quality). but the sony is nicer. it runs off the touch lcd screen, better night mode, stuff like that. both have pretty similar video quality both around the $400 price range. that would give you a little bit of room to pick up a bigger battery, cuz the ones the come with dont last long at all, and a good one cost normally around $80 from a store. the JVC lagos said is aight, alot better than their older modles, but im still not a fan of JVC. the canon you were looking at, just like coomer said is noisey. if your in a quiet setting like indoors, you can actually hear the motor noise on the tape. it also struggles in low light. lemme know if you have any questions, i work with this **** all day long...

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to burn that onto a dvd, there are a few things you would need. you would need to buy a firewire/IEEE1394/DV cable. and you would need a firewire port on your computer. if you dont have a firewire port, you would need to get one on your computer, you can buy a firewire pci card for like $30 at a store, alot cheaper online. you cant send the video through USB. so you have the firewire port and cable. you put the video on your computer. then you just need a DVD burner and software. if you have all that your good. now you can record movie to the memory card, but its low quality mpeg movies. not recommened. if you want to save on DV tapes, buy a few of them, and reuse them till you notice quality loss, cuz it seems like you want to put them on DVD anyway. no need to save the tapes.

[gt2nv]

i think that the Sony DVs have the most options, but some of the canons are cheaper. i guess that this knowedge is right from Best Buy since i work there, but that is my opinion.

[coustoe]

i think that the Sony DVs have the most options, but some of the canons are cheaper.  i guess that this knowedge is right from Best Buy since i work there, but that is my opinion.
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ive been in this market for a while and for portability, convenience, and price I'd have to go with the dual purpose pocket recorders, these things are about the size of a cell phone or ipod, but allow you to take still images 5.1mp or higher while also shooting dvd quality dvd on a memory cards. you can get the Sanyo Xacti C5 on ebay from hong kong (not sold in the US) which in my opinion is the best pocket recorder out there for about $450 the same price as a decent camcorder

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For $349 you can get a Panosonic GS-19. Which has 24x optical zoom. Optical zoom is actually the only zoom you need to care about when buy a camcorder/camera.

[95gtschick]

Sony is awesome... i know someone who's got one and the quality is just great.

[LewFX]

ive got the sony hc-30, nice and small, i can store my dv movies onto my computer via s-video. there is a ms duo slot too but its way better to record on dv then on the memory stick.

[LBCxGUY]

thanks for the replys!! i'll look into a sony product so i will rest assure on product quality and being able to save my videos have piece of mind. can anyone tell me the difference between the sony DCR-HC32 and the DCR-HC21??

thanks again!


sang

This post has been edited by LBCxGUY: May 3, 2005 - 8:51 PM

[celicarocker]

thanks for the replys!! i'll look into a sony product so i will rest assure on product quality and being able to save my videos have piece of mind. can anyone tell me the difference between the sony DCR-HC32 and the DCR-HC21??

thanks again!


sang
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the HC32 has a memory stick duo slot, and comes with a docking station to connect to your computer. the video quality is the same.