Camcorders: Poll: Is your next camcorder going to be a HD one?
- 9/12/08 2:07 PM
Poll: Is your next camcorder going to be a HD one?
by Lee Koo (ADMIN) - 9/12/08 2:07 PM
Is your next camcorder purchase going to be a high-definition one?
Yes, and I'm ready to buy. (Which format and model do you have in mind?)
Yes, but I haven't decided on the format. (Please explain.)
No. (Why not?)
Undecided. (Please explain.)
I'm already in HD heaven. (Which model and format?)
I don't need no stinkin' camcorder.
Small . . . viewfinder
by bruceberman - 9/12/08 5:45 PM In reply to: Poll: Is your next camcorder going to be a HD one? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I want the smallest camcorder I can find with an optical viewfinder.
HD is unimportant.
BEWARE, SONY INCOMPATIBILITY!
by taesposi - 9/12/08 6:30 PM In reply to: Poll: Is your next camcorder going to be a HD one? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I purchased the SONY SR42 Hard Drive Handycam. I love the easy of use, the compact size and the features are great. It could have better quality for the digital picture/still photo option. I also bought the SONY GX335 DVR to burn from the camcorder hard drive to DVD. I bought that model DVR so I could also use it to dub and record other programs. However, I found out the hard way that the only connection SONY offers between these two items is RCA jacks! These two items are not digitally compatible, so images though taken on the full digital quality camera LOOSES a great deal of quality when dubbed. Video is dark, pixilated and grainy. SONY advises there is a Direct DVD burner that companions the camera, however it has a USB connection, still not completely digital and loss of quality. I've written to SONY and spoke to them on several occassions asking that a digital connection be made available. Their advice to me? UPGRADE to their > $1000 handycam and I can get the digital connection. No thanks SONY.
I don't need no stinkin' camcorder
by huizhe2 - 9/12/08 8:03 PM In reply to: Poll: Is your next camcorder going to be a HD one? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My Lumix digital point-and-shoot is all the "camcorder" I need. For that matter, my Nokia N70 is no slouch in that department either. I've checked out all the camcorders I can afford and found them lacking in everything but price: their most salient feature is that they cost far too much for what they deliver.
If I were a serious home-movie maker, I'd have the best equipment I could afford, but I haven't found any compelling reason to take many movies or to edit the few I've taken.
The technological temperature may be close to 451 Fahrenheit, but there still a great many of us who have not been seduced by the min-numbing, brain-cell murdering multimediaism that is taking over the world.
Montag
My current two camcorders shoot 1080i HDV...
by boya84 - 9/12/08 9:16 PM In reply to: I don't need no stinkin' camcorder by huizhe2I expect the next one to be able to capture that - or better.
i have a sony hdv1080i/mini dv
by evilwench1 - 9/14/08 3:16 AM In reply to: My current two camcorders shoot 1080i HDV... by boya84I am having problems downloading footage onto my computer.Any suggestions? When I take photos with it ,it uploads the photos fine just not the movies .My comp is a Advent with Vista, right at about a year old.
Definitely HD! Why would you want blurry SD?
by Considerate_Guy - 9/12/08 10:09 PM In reply to: Poll: Is your next camcorder going to be a HD one? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have two Canon HV-20s and *love* them. The video is beautiful, colorful and crisp. The video format is HDV (MPEG-2) so it is easily edited using Movie Maker (in Vista) or other video applications like Sony Vegas, Pinnacle Studio, etc.
I know we have a generation that thinks video on YouTube is the ultimate, but I think it looks horrendous! If you have moved away from an analog NTSC TV, why haven't you moved your video too?
As for tape vs. hard disks, tape still wins in my book. You have built-in backups. If you are out in the field recording and the HDD fills up, what do you do? With an HDV model, pop in a new tape and keep going.
No
by samusgravity - 9/13/08 3:08 PM In reply to: Poll: Is your next camcorder going to be a HD one? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I just got a Flip Video Mino. It has very good quality video and sound. It isn't HD, but close enough!
I'm already in HD heaven. (Which model and format?)
by MomBear77 - 9/13/08 5:03 PM In reply to: Poll: Is your next camcorder going to be a HD one? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Ok I wouldn't say I'm in heaven... but a friend of mine bought me a camcorder. Never had one so it's pretty cool. It is an AIPTEK HD-DV Camcorder. It's as small as a digital camera. It has 4-5 settings going from the lowest which is YouTube quality all the way up to the HD setting. Which is Crystal Clear. It's awesome. The only problem is it's 10,000,000 mb and you can't send it to anyone without crashing someones system. LOL This friend of mine has me use a transfer program to send him videos which he posts on his website SpursReport.com when we do a commercial for WOAI.com or KTKR.com which are radio websites. But it is a cute camera and only cost $99.00.
Mary
I Don't Know
by ESUNintel - 9/14/08 12:13 AM In reply to: Poll: Is your next camcorder going to be a HD one? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I'm not really the camcorder type of person, although I love cameras. I recently got a Sony D-SLR, and truly love its picture quality, and if I ever need a video, I just use my thin and small Nikon S550. I've thought about an HD camcorder, and I am iffy between blu-ray or built in flash or hard drive memory. ...but the truth is I wouldn't use the cam, and they're to big and ugly for me to carry, so the day Sony comes out with a Canon TX1 like camcorder that is 1080P ready, with the ability of at least 30GB, than I might change my mind about buying one.
I have a Sony HDV1080i/mini dv
by evilwench1 - 9/14/08 3:19 AM In reply to: Poll: Is your next camcorder going to be a HD one? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Great for taking photos but I am having problems uploading video to my computer.Any sugestions?
Haven't decided yet on a HD Camcorder
by SScherf - 9/14/08 7:53 AM In reply to: Poll: Is your next camcorder going to be a HD one? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
The main problem for me is I don't see a solution for a person that is 'persnickity'. I don't want to lose quality as I first download to a computer, than again when a software progress renders the editing, and than again when when I burn it to DVD for distribution to friends. It seems that every device has its own 'format'. And, I'm told in articles that you lose quality each time you change 'format'.
Recently I upgraded my older Pinnacle software because the ad said it is "HD". I was working a slide presentation at the time that I wanted the software to burn to 1920 x 1080 (I think I have that correct and that it is 1080P). Guess what, Pinnacle (my favorite video software) doesn't yet edit that high of a pixel count! So I haven't even installed the software yet.
Once the camera manufacturers, software manufacturers, and the DVD burning equipment is more closely 'matched', I'll be replacing my broken Hi-8 camcorder.
Sam
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HD Camcorders...how may users
by thunderboomer952 - 9/15/08 5:39 AM In reply to: Poll: Is your next camcorder going to be a HD one? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Just got back from a trip to California. Noticed that very few people were using Camcorders. I believe that many have realize that after shooting hours and hours of video this has to be editted down to less then one. Few have the patience or knowledge to do this. Also not an easy format to share over the net. Can see people going over to higher quality photographs where the prices of the cameras continue to drop.
None of the above - I have HD but not in heaven!
by selimap - 9/29/08 3:04 PM In reply to: Poll: Is your next camcorder going to be a HD one? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My Sony mini-DV tape camcorder was lost/stolen and I wanted a tape replacement so I could continue to use my old tapes, many of which I have not yet played back, captured or edited etc. I also like the ability to take a single tape somewhere and use it, or post it to someone etc.
My insurers provided the Sony HDR-HC9E which was the top of range tape high def. camcorder.
I happily recorded my first HD tape... and then found my PC won't accept it as neither my Pinnacle software nor other capture programs that I have recognise HD. I think I need a new PC to run any of the more recent software, assuming i wanted to invest in a new program. Certainly Adobe, which I bought, does not recognise my chip set and won't install.
I had to find out how to play back in standard definition.
Among other issues - the camera is much slower to 'turn on' and reach a standby situation as it wastes time showing fancy graphics; if you leave it on standby it failry quickly goes to a point where pressing 'REC'ord flashes the REC for about 10 seconds before it actually starts to film, often losing the moment; the HD screen aspect (low and wide) means it is much harder to film, say, buildings or trees, as they are inevitable truncated at top or bottom. It it is extreme 'landscape' when most subjects are portrait. but that's true of the new generation of TVs as well. I have no idea why people think this wide screen format is good.
No HD....
by Papa Echo - 10/1/08 2:13 AM In reply to: Poll: Is your next camcorder going to be a HD one? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I would still go for mini Hi8. Tapes are easier and more fun to handle... HD requires HD all the way...camcorder, supplies, editing program, TV,...and HD $$ ....
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