Best camcorder for around $800

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Best camcorder for around $800
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flag jo-biking
Posted: Jun 16, 2008 at 18:40 Quote
dude, get the hv20.
flag steezymcgee
Posted: Jun 16, 2008 at 22:55 Quote
ok for the last time I don't want a tape camcorder, I want a hdd camcorder
flag emarciniak
Posted: Jun 16, 2008 at 23:03 Quote
Have fun with stupid formats that are super compressed and un-editable by any software.
flag steezymcgee
Posted: Jun 16, 2008 at 23:07 Quote
What are you talking about? I tried tape and hdd, hdd edits way easier
emarciniak wrote:
Have fun with stupid formats that are super compressed and un-editable by any software.
flag jo-biking
Posted: Jun 17, 2008 at 4:29 Quote
dropoffsandjumps wrote:
What are you talking about? I tried tape and hdd, hdd edits way easier
emarciniak wrote:
Have fun with stupid formats that are super compressed and un-editable by any software.
are you serious. Blank Stare
theres a reason why no prosumer or professional cameras run harddrives. they are stupid and a pain in the ass.
flag steezymcgee
Posted: Jun 17, 2008 at 9:08 Quote
ok if you all think that tape camcorders are soooooo much better then i must be missing somthing, hdd camcorde are a whole lot easier to edit, plus tapes drop a whole lot of frames, plus when you buy a tape camcorder you also have to buy extra tapes to film the same amount as an hdd, and i film a whole lot. This camcorder is also going to be used by the rest of my family and they dont really know tech stuff that much so i dont want my family rewinding the tape so i record overtop a shot that i like, and hdd film comes out in easy to find and use chapters and it gives you the same chapters on your computer to edit with, and i wwant to know what do you mean that hdd tapes can't be edited, i know lots of people who will only use hdd because it edits bwetter than tape and dvd
flag dm-rider
Posted: Jun 17, 2008 at 17:19 Quote
Sorry, but right now, no other camera in the $1000 price range can produce a nicer image than the HV30 or HV20. But if you don't want to deal with tapes then I guess it's not for you.

Image quality is not determined by whether or not the camera records to Mini DV or a hard drive. There's a lot more to it.
flag steezymcgee
Posted: Jun 17, 2008 at 17:36 Quote
i know i said hdd camcordes but i actually meant to say the ones that i saw,hd hddcamcorders, plus i have seen amazing camcorderd that are hdd for under $1000
flag emarciniak
Posted: Jun 17, 2008 at 20:03 Quote
Then go f*cking buy one instead of talking to us.
flag steezymcgee
Posted: Jun 17, 2008 at 20:06 Quote
i was looking for help on which hdd camcorder would be best, srry for being so annoying
flag destri
Posted: Jun 17, 2008 at 20:08 Quote
dropoffsandjumps wrote:
i was looking for help on which hdd camcorder would be best, srry for being so annoying

I have a JVC GZ-HD3U and it has a 60GB hard drive and records in 1080 full HD.

Here's what the video quality looks like.

https://www.pinkbike.com/video/25607/
flag steezymcgee
Posted: Jun 17, 2008 at 20:36 Quote
thats is the kinda camcorder im talkin about ill look into it maybe its the one for me, the quality was really good
flag fujative
Posted: Jun 23, 2008 at 10:38 Quote
IMO, tapes>hdd.

i know your bitching about not wanting the hv20 becasue its tape, but you wanted the jvc becasue it was "really good quality"

heres a 3.4 mb clip from a canon hv20.
http://media.newschoolers.com/uploads/member/videos/1193349407exporttest3.mov

and some other samples:
16.67 mb
http://media.newschoolers.com/uploads/member/videos/1199925329j72.mov

41.8 mb
http://media.newschoolers.com/uploads/member/videos/1200367329Attitash_Jan_12-_Day_1_with_HV20_small.mov

48.1 mb
http://media.newschoolers.com/uploads/member/videos/1199925329j72.mov

doesnt say because its on vimeo
https://vimeo.com/705848
flag steezymcgee
Posted: Jun 23, 2008 at 11:07 Quote
I never said that tape camcorders were poor quality all i said was that hdd cams were a whole lot easier to edit and if i got the flast drive camcorders like the hf100 (still my favorite) it would be a whole lot smaller, so i could fit it in my camel-back, i talked to my videography teacher and she said that i defiantly didn't want to get a dvd or a tape cam, she has tried everything out and said that she still prefers her hdd, also there is another guy who posted a little while ago saying he tried everything and liked hdd as well, i still want hdd or flash, if you are going to post somthing about how tapes are sooo much better please dont because i would like a hdd or flash not a tape
flag jo-biking
Posted: Jun 23, 2008 at 11:26 Quote
dropoffsandjumps wrote:
I never said that tape camcorders were poor quality all i said was that hdd cams were a whole lot easier to edit and if i got the flast drive camcorders like the hf100 (still my favorite) it would be a whole lot smaller, so i could fit it in my camel-back, i talked to my videography teacher and she said that i defiantly didn't want to get a dvd or a tape cam, she has tried everything out and said that she still prefers her hdd, also there is another guy who posted a little while ago saying he tried everything and liked hdd as well, i still want hdd or flash, if you are going to post somthing about how tapes are sooo much better please dont because i would like a hdd or flash not a tape

fine. we are done.. but have fun regreting your decision when you have a ridiculous workflow that involves converting each individual file for editing!

 


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