Time for a new camcorder

[Hoss the Hermit]

The old vhs-c has just about had it, wife sez it's time for a new one.Thoughts on type and brand would be greatly appreciated. mini-dv, mini-dvd, hard drive, ????????

 

[thefairlaneman]

Re: Time for a new camcorder

I found I no longer needed a camcorder when I got my sony digital camera that shoots movies. All you need is a larger memory chip and a couple of extra batteries, It can download into your computer or with the connection wires provided plug directly into the jacks on you tv.......Better than a camcorder and cost around 200 total. You even have the option of buring your movies on a cd and then play them back on your disc player.

 

[Mark42]

Re: Time for a new camcorder

I and my brother have had great experiences with Sony camcorders. Their performance is outstanding and we have never had to have one serviced, even after 8 years of use.

Last year my sister and parents bought Sony mini-dv camcorders. They are great, fantastic color and contrast, outstanding Carl Zeiss lens, and have never had one eat a tape. They paid over $400 for their camcorders.

This Christmas I just bought my wife the Sony DCR-HC38 Mini DV Camcorder, 40x Optical/2,000x Digital Zoom, Color Viewfinder, 2.5" Touch Panel LCD Screen, for about $270. The prices are really dropping! Firewire (1394) connection lets you load video into you computer for editing with ease. It is so small it fits in my wife's purse, so light it is a pleasure to use.

I was looking at internal hard drive camcorders, but they still compress the image, so you don't get the high quality DV image to edit.

This is where I bought mine:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/475500-REG/Sony_DCRHC38_DCR_HC38_Mini_DV_Camcorder.html

 

[Hoss the Hermit]

Re: Time for a new camcorder

Thanks, Mark