Hi,
I am looking for a camcorder to mostly take footage of our toddler and general family holidays etc. I'm quite interested in the ability to film her during winter evenings via indoor house lights so low light performance is important.
I have narrowed the choice down to the following three models and would welcome your advice because I have managed to locate Panny 250 old stock in a dealer and I gather it's better than the 300 in several ways.
In short the differences between them seem to be:
NV-GS250 - £500
Manual focussing ring (not on the new model)
Analogue video in i.e. we can couple it to our old camcorder and copy all the material over
Excellent image quality - better than the Sony in all conditions apart from the dark.
A better user interface than the Sony
Headphone socket so you can playback the sound when on holiday thorugh headphones or speakers
Bulkier than GS300 aned HC96
NV-GS300 £450
Slightly better balance of colour than NV-GS250
The LCD flip out screen is a widescreen one, on the 250 it isn't
Sony HC96 £450
Does have analogue video in so we could copy the old camcorder stuff over
Better widescreen mode than either Panny (less cropping)
Don't really like the fact I will have to carry a docking station around
Seems a bit more plasticky than the Panny but more compact
Better in low light than either panny????
I'd really welcome some advice as I do need to move fast. It's worth noting that I do have a Razzle video capture box so I can get S-VHS off my camcorderto the PC via USB but this has been occasionally problematic - so is analogue video in that important??
I could really do with some advice.
Many thanks,
Jonathan
I am looking for a camcorder to mostly take footage of our toddler and general family holidays etc. I'm quite interested in the ability to film her during winter evenings via indoor house lights so low light performance is important.
I have narrowed the choice down to the following three models and would welcome your advice because I have managed to locate Panny 250 old stock in a dealer and I gather it's better than the 300 in several ways.
In short the differences between them seem to be:
NV-GS250 - £500
Manual focussing ring (not on the new model)
Analogue video in i.e. we can couple it to our old camcorder and copy all the material over
Excellent image quality - better than the Sony in all conditions apart from the dark.
A better user interface than the Sony
Headphone socket so you can playback the sound when on holiday thorugh headphones or speakers
Bulkier than GS300 aned HC96
NV-GS300 £450
Slightly better balance of colour than NV-GS250
The LCD flip out screen is a widescreen one, on the 250 it isn't
Sony HC96 £450
Does have analogue video in so we could copy the old camcorder stuff over
Better widescreen mode than either Panny (less cropping)
Don't really like the fact I will have to carry a docking station around
Seems a bit more plasticky than the Panny but more compact
Better in low light than either panny????
I'd really welcome some advice as I do need to move fast. It's worth noting that I do have a Razzle video capture box so I can get S-VHS off my camcorderto the PC via USB but this has been occasionally problematic - so is analogue video in that important??
I could really do with some advice.
Many thanks,
Jonathan