ginettag33
Standard Member
Hello Ive joined up again as its a long time since I was on this website and I'm new to camcorders so have a few questions. As per most beginners am struggling to decide on what to buy based on my outdated PC and TV?
Firstly SD or HD with a sub £500 budget?
Not bothered about storage formats but want the best quality CC I can afford to be future proof for up to 10 years! I plan to do quite a lot of indoor filming of my kids and Outdoors I want to film motor racing mainly. In car films and track day use may be an option with a good camera mount.
Problem 1. At the moment I dont have a HD TV or a very high spec PC but in addition I do have a separate AV DVD recorder with DV and component input sockets. I have recorded video footage onto DVD this way recently with a borrowed old spec C Corder.
I know this would reduce picture quality if using a HD camera but at least then I could send films to others who also dont have HD gear yet like the oldies and parents.
Modern CCs dont seem to have DV leads so will any camcorder send the right signals to the DVDR -/+ to record DVDs from any format CC if using either of two sockets?
If I got a HD CC then I would still try and archive the original unedited files on my PC HDD at full resolution but realise I wont be able to edit them easily until the PC upgrade. I seldom get the time to sit down and edit films anyway but as the kids grow up and my gear is upgraded in the next few years I could then have a go at editing the HD quality footage.
I also have a mate with a blue ray recorder as an other option if that would work for sharing films at a better quality.
As I have an SLR camera which I carry a lot I quite like the idea of the small pistol grip CCs such as the TG3 TG7 Sanyo G9 & 10 and my favourite is the Sanyo VPC-HD2000 but Ive read its not very good in doors?
The TG7 has a smaller lens than the sanyo plus overpriced memory sticks but is it a lot better (£150-£200)than the Sanyo?
Ive been using an older traditional grip CC for a year or so but often leave it behind due to its bulk in its case but if you still all think these machines are way better such as the Sony HDR CX105E or Pan SD9 SD10 or 20 then fair enough.
Also read reviews on the Canon HG10 and think the HF 11 and 200 may be a bit expensive.
Short listed Samsung VP HMX20 too but no image stabiliser?
Most clips will probably get stored away on my hard drive for years before they are viewed again anyway
So what are other users favourite CCs at the moment and for my camera to last a long time am I better to by a HD machine even though Ill struggle with the format until I upgrade my gear.
Would the pistol grip machines give much worse pictures than the traditional style CCs?
Cheers in advance Harvey
Firstly SD or HD with a sub £500 budget?
Not bothered about storage formats but want the best quality CC I can afford to be future proof for up to 10 years! I plan to do quite a lot of indoor filming of my kids and Outdoors I want to film motor racing mainly. In car films and track day use may be an option with a good camera mount.
Problem 1. At the moment I dont have a HD TV or a very high spec PC but in addition I do have a separate AV DVD recorder with DV and component input sockets. I have recorded video footage onto DVD this way recently with a borrowed old spec C Corder.
I know this would reduce picture quality if using a HD camera but at least then I could send films to others who also dont have HD gear yet like the oldies and parents.
Modern CCs dont seem to have DV leads so will any camcorder send the right signals to the DVDR -/+ to record DVDs from any format CC if using either of two sockets?
If I got a HD CC then I would still try and archive the original unedited files on my PC HDD at full resolution but realise I wont be able to edit them easily until the PC upgrade. I seldom get the time to sit down and edit films anyway but as the kids grow up and my gear is upgraded in the next few years I could then have a go at editing the HD quality footage.
I also have a mate with a blue ray recorder as an other option if that would work for sharing films at a better quality.
As I have an SLR camera which I carry a lot I quite like the idea of the small pistol grip CCs such as the TG3 TG7 Sanyo G9 & 10 and my favourite is the Sanyo VPC-HD2000 but Ive read its not very good in doors?
The TG7 has a smaller lens than the sanyo plus overpriced memory sticks but is it a lot better (£150-£200)than the Sanyo?
Ive been using an older traditional grip CC for a year or so but often leave it behind due to its bulk in its case but if you still all think these machines are way better such as the Sony HDR CX105E or Pan SD9 SD10 or 20 then fair enough.
Also read reviews on the Canon HG10 and think the HF 11 and 200 may be a bit expensive.
Short listed Samsung VP HMX20 too but no image stabiliser?
Most clips will probably get stored away on my hard drive for years before they are viewed again anyway
So what are other users favourite CCs at the moment and for my camera to last a long time am I better to by a HD machine even though Ill struggle with the format until I upgrade my gear.
Would the pistol grip machines give much worse pictures than the traditional style CCs?
Cheers in advance Harvey