Video camara

[Chukie]

HI everyone
I am after a new video camara must admit it will be mainly for family holidays and I get married next year but also for nature video at a fox set that I know.It must be as clear picture as you can get my old one ain't all that clear.I was after some info about what others are using my top buget if approx £500 but would not like to spend that much unless you get a real lot more for your money.Help and advice would be really helpful.I just want putting in the right direction as I arn't up to date with the latest video camara's
Thank's in advance
Trev

[tceditor]

Hi there. Im my experience, JVC make a great camcorder, and all you really need to look for is one that records in HD 1920x1080, and preferably to a hard drive. SD card recorders are okay, but they sometimes struggle with long periods of recording. If you are planning to do some wildlife filming with an unattended camera, than a hard drive would be fine.
My current camcorder is in the JVC Everio range with a 80gb drive - this was about £600 4 years ago. I think if you if look at a minimum of £300, it should give you a nice enough camera.
Hope that helps
Paul

[Chukie]

Originally Posted by tceditor

Hi there. Im my experience, JVC make a great camcorder, and all you really need to look for is one that records in HD 1920x1080, and preferably to a hard drive. SD card recorders are okay, but they sometimes struggle with long periods of recording. If you are planning to do some wildlife filming with an unattended camera, than a hard drive would be fine.
My current camcorder is in the JVC Everio range with a 80gb drive - this was about £600 4 years ago. I think if you if look at a minimum of £300, it should give you a nice enough camera.
Hope that helps
Paul

Thx for that paul I will take a look

[cosmicma]

with a 500 quid budget you should be able to get something nice

if clarity is what you want HD is a must but as allready said make sure it's 1080p

i wouldn't worry too much about the hard drive / sd issue i have a panasonic full hd camcorder with both and to honest i tend to use sd cards more than the hard drive it's just easier to whip the card out and use it in the pc than attaching the camcorder to access it drive

one thing about 1080p HD video footage
is your PC / Laptop up to date ??
if not your gonna struggle editing the video it takes quite a bit of processing power to do so
it's one of the main reasons i upgraded my pc

[Red Squirrel]

I have a Panasonic HDC SD600 and it's excellent. Very easy to use and really good quality HD. No regrets about buying it. Amazon price at the moment is £480.

It's been superseded by the SD 800 and Amazon price is £482 and £50 cash back but I haven't compared the 2 cameras or reviews so couldn't comment on it's quality. If they are like for like then that's a good deal.

As Cosmicma says though HD does take a lot of oomph from the computer. I gather if the computer isn't good enough you'll have problems with editing.

Cosmicma gave me a lot of useful advice when I was looking for editing software. I went for Power Director 9. Again easy to use.