video cameras

[weeds]

just interested in want everybody uses

i'm thinking about one of these

SONY DCRSR42 HANDYCAM

i know nothing about video cameras, never owned one, but have been playing with one of these at work, seems easy to use

[sclarke]

Should this go to the MUDPIT????

What are you going to use it for???

[weeds]

What are you going to use it for???

don't know

well i took some footage of my kids playing soccer on the weekend and when i work out how to convert the file and burn it so that a vdv player will play it i will send if off to the grandsparents

just general footage while on holidays, camping, the kids doing there sports etc......and spose the bedroom

[weeds]

the bit of research i have done i figured one with a hard drive is the way to go these days, this one has a 12V charger as well

[Outlaw]

yeah go a hard drive one if the budget allows... much easier for converting and putting on web, editing etc.

some guys have the dvd ones but they seem to finish it as a dvd which is a pain in the ass to then do anything with later but i guess handy if you don't plan on editing

[cartm58]

thank god for grandparents who else can get excited about watching 90 mins of little johnny kicking a round ball about

but do you think your mummie wants to watch you do the wife when your making grandchild No X for the from inception to the soccer field documentary

[weeds]

thank god for grandparents who else can get excited about watching 90 mins of little johnny kicking a round ball about

but do you think your mummie wants to watch you do the wife when your making grandchild No X for the from inception to the soccer field documentary

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[weeds]

maybe what i should have asked is what camera do member have, the pro and cons and if they had the $$$ what would they buy now??

[Michael2]

the bit of research i have done i figured one with a hard drive is the way to go these days, this one has a 12V charger as well

The Hard Drive (HDD) units store the video in a compressed format, whereas the tape stores raw data. Hence 2 min of tape is about 2GB (not sure, but something close to that).

Because the HDD image is compressed, there's less quality to edit with. So if you want to do a lot of editting for your DVD, then everytime you alter or splice the image you will lose a lot of quality.

When I was looking at getting a camera a few months ago, I was initially tempted by the HDD, but after talking to the camera techs in the stores, I opted for a tape.

I just capture the video on the laptop and edit it there. Some tape cameras have a USB link, but many have a Firewire link. I thought they all had USB, I ended up having to buy a PCMCIA Firewire adaptor, but that was only $14 on ebay and gave me Big & Small Firewire connectors and an additional 2 USB ports.

I'd recommend the tape, you can easily carry extra tapes in case you run out of space before you get a chance to download (like on a trip) and you have greater editting flexibility.

[weeds]

thanks for the advice Michael