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HD Camcorder recomendations??
Jim Pierce, Photographer
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Waltham | MA | usa | Posted: 3:59 PM on 08.15.09 |
->> I have been getting more and more requests from clients to supply video. This is actually how I started 7 years ago but the customers at the time wanted photos that they could not get, so I went in the "still" photo direction... it has worked out very well!
Things might be changing and I am looking at a HD camcorder and am looking at the Canon HFS10, S100.
Any comments on these or other recomendations appreciated as I have only just started my research.
Jim |
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Colin Mulvany, Photographer
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Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer
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McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 12:41 AM on 08.16.09 |
->> The problem with both is their format AVCHD. I haven't used it but it's supposed to take a lot of processing power when editing. It's also very compressed.
You might like to look at a Canon HV30, an HDV camera that records to tape, or the new JVC GY-HM100 for around $3500 that records to SD card. |
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Tom Knier, Photographer
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Lancaster | PA | USA | Posted: 12:54 AM on 08.16.09 |
| ->> What's your budget? |
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Jim Pierce, Photographer
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Waltham | MA | usa | Posted: 8:15 AM on 08.16.09 |
->> Tom,
I was looking at staying below $2k but if there are features that I would use and help me then more would work but I don't want to go over $2500.
Jim I will need to look into this. I have an older canon optima, NOT HD, that records to tape that works fine just not HD and from what I have seen the HD is much much better.
Jim |
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Steve Ueckert, Photographer
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Houston | TX | | Posted: 9:07 AM on 08.17.09 |
->> With AVCHD in FCP it renders once when you import and then you make any number of changes / edits and then render again during output.
The slow times are at the beginning and at the end, instead of every time you execute a change. When going back to other formats it became a serious disruption of the work flow to stop and render every change. I had no issues with AVCHD for web based video.
Vid cams are updated worse than still dit cams, there is a new version nearly every year. If you are looking for a bargain get a closeout on the previous year's model.
Canon has a couple that record to flash memory, both fixed internal and removable card. The plus of course for the removable card is that the camera isn't tied-up during ingest. But if you go with the flash memory and want to archive be sure to invest in some serious outboard hard drives, maybe a good raid. Likewise, as dated as the HD tape format is becoming, it is simple to file the entire tape in a filing cabinet (never reuse a video tape for serious work) and start fresh each time with a new tape.
Ditto the outboard mic, particularly a good shotgun and be absolutely certain there is an audio monitor jack that will let you plug-in some headphones. |
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