Camcorder for weddings

[kozel]

I would like to get into wedding videography. My question is what is a good enough camcorder for that type of work? For editing I will go with Final Cut Epress & upgrade if enough business is coming to move to another level.

I have a retail miniDV DCR-TRV14E Sony, but don't think it is good enough. To start off with I will price a video shoot/montage to suit people with low budgets, so I know there are camcorders out there worth thousands of pounds, I am only interested in entry level ones to match quality required to film weddings.

Thanks

[redsox_mark]

There is no definitive answer to that is "good enough" for weddings, but typically one would use a larger 3 CCD model, something like the Sony VX2100, or it's pro model cousin the PD170. A VX2100 costs £1400 here
http://www.purelygadgets.co.uk/showp...php?prodid=916

Or Canon has similar models; e.g.
http://www.cameras2u.com/products/de...607d56009f9c4b

But it won't be long before your clients may want High Def videos, so you might want to consider something like the the Sony FX7
http://www.digital-point.co.uk/model.php?ID=2841
Or it's pro cousin the V1 http://www.purelygadgets.co.uk/showp...hp?prodid=3232

You could do a decent job with something like the Sony HC3/5/7 which would cost you far less, but they won't have as good low light performance, and with their small size they don't look as professional.