Being as I have a 3D camcorder now, and people are discussing other models too then I thought I'd change the thread title to reflect the discussion. Come discuss shooting techniques, editing or problems!
My original post is below:
My original post is below:
First time poster in the camcorder forum, and pretty much a newbie to the world of camcorders. I'm looking in to doing some 3D filming and editing, largely for fun.
I've been looking at the Panasonic SDT750, which has been floating around for about £450 with the 3D lens. This seemed pretty reasonable to me for a full HD camcorder. Now I know the lens splits the image up and records as SBS, so 3D isn't 'full' HD (though from my experience of SBS videos on my Panny GT30 the quality still ain't half bad!).
Has anyone any experience with this camcorder? I've been able to check out some examples of the 3D on youtube, which has impressed me, but the bit-rate on the videos doesn't give me a decent idea what quality to really expect.
I also hear due to the lens that filming in low light can suffer. What qualifies as low light? A lot of my videos will be taken down at the local climbing wall, which whilst not pitch black can be a little dim at times. An example of the kind of thing I'm after doing is this:
Me, myself and I bouldering at City Bloc in Leeds - YouTube
As I said, nothing serious, in that video I was messing around with difference matte's and motion tracking. Very rough, but I enjoy doing it and don't expect to hit professional standard. Editing that kind of thing in 3D would keep me very entertained and out of the wife's way for many an evening so she's given me the ok to splash some cash in the new year.
Is the SFT750 a good choice? Is there a better camera? Realistically I don't want to have to spend much more than £500 so I imagine I'm really limited. I also don't want to get a camera that's good at 3D, but rubbish at 2D. I'm aware this panasonic camcorder has limitations in 3D (no zoom, only auto-focus) and I'm quite happy to sacrifice those features to get a good quality 2D picture too.
As mentioned, it'll be used for climbing vids (indoor and outdoor), holiday pictures and family vids.
Cheers for the advice guys.
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