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El Cheapo Camcorder Buying Advice Needed.
« on: 20 August 2007, 13:17:16 »

Looking for a cheap but well featured camcorder to take on my hollybags...it doesnt need to be leading edge, just pretty, good brand, good specifications...any thoughts / recommnedations / tips ?

also thoughts on this one.. http://www.digitaldirect.co.uk/products_moreinfo3/index.asp?product_id=10430

Thanks in Advance.. :y
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Re: El Cheapo Camcorder Buying Advice Needed.
« Reply #1 on: 20 August 2007, 13:22:22 »

I think at that end of market, all the branded are much of a muchness.  Nip into dixons and get a 'feel' for which you find comfortable and easy...
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Re: El Cheapo Camcorder Buying Advice Needed.
« Reply #2 on: 20 August 2007, 13:22:33 »

Well I bought a Panasonic Mini DV about 5 years ago and it has been brilliant, picture quality is good, so is the sound, easy to get footage onto my computer (now I know how ;D) to burn onto disc..
There will be better ones now I should imagine but I would get another one when this eventually goes wrong :y
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Re: El Cheapo Camcorder Buying Advice Needed.
« Reply #3 on: 20 August 2007, 13:25:35 »

Greetings, m'Lord....  ;)

I am not much of an expert on camcorders, just to add to the discussion that the wife wants a camcorder that writes directly to DVD so that the kids can view it asap, but I am in favout of Mini-DV cartridges and then writing to a DVD, because DVDs get scratched easily while the Mini-DV cartridge will keep a good source copy for many years. But it does mean that I need to write the Mini-DV to a DVD before it can be viewed.

Should have said I currently have a Sony Mini-DV and quite happy with it...
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Re: El Cheapo Camcorder Buying Advice Needed.
« Reply #4 on: 20 August 2007, 13:29:11 »

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Greetings, m'Lord....  ;)

I am not much of an expert on camcorders, just to add to the discussion that the wife wants a camcorder that writes directly to DVd so that the kids can view it asap, but i am in favout of Mini-DV cartridges and then writing to a DVD, because DVDs get scratched easily while the Mini-DV cartridge will keep a good source copy for many years. But it does mean that I need to write the Mini-DV to a DVD before it can be viewed.

It takes me about an hour now to get footage onto my computer then burn onto a disc. The footage does take up alot of room on the hard drive though. I do seem to be getting quite an archive of mini DV cassettes ;D
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Re: El Cheapo Camcorder Buying Advice Needed.
« Reply #5 on: 20 August 2007, 13:45:36 »

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Greetings, m'Lord....  ;)

I am not much of an expert on camcorders, just to add to the discussion that the wife wants a camcorder that writes directly to DVd so that the kids can view it asap, but i am in favout of Mini-DV cartridges and then writing to a DVD, because DVDs get scratched easily while the Mini-DV cartridge will keep a good source copy for many years. But it does mean that I need to write the Mini-DV to a DVD before it can be viewed.

It takes me about an hour now to get footage onto my computer then burn onto a disc. The footage does take up alot of room on the hard drive though. I do seem to be getting quite an archive of mini DV cassettes ;D

Yes, they do pile up  ;D

I used to do this over firewire but stopped doing this through the PC when I bought this Philips VCR/DVD-RW standalone player, so now I simply record directly from the AV input to DVD. I know that the image is converted to analogue and back to digital this way, but I chalange anyone to spot the difference....




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Re: El Cheapo Camcorder Buying Advice Needed.
« Reply #6 on: 20 August 2007, 14:54:39 »

MiniDV is best for this purpose

Any major brand should be OK
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