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Buying first video camera.
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All right, so within the next week I am going to buy my first camera for this winter. Since the searchbar sucks, I wasnt able to find that many good threads that gave me the info i wanted. Alright so basically I want you guys to recommend me some cameras based on what you think is best.
I am not sure what format to get whether it be MiniDV or flash as from experiance I do not know whats best.
I am willing to spend up to $600 no more
I am most likely thinking of buying from bhphotovideo.com but if you guys have any different suggestions then I am open for that.
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i seriously think its worth spending a little bit more and buying the hv20...with the hd technology now, you're quality will be much better.
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I agree, but only go HD if you have a fast enough computer to handle it.
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You'd have to have a computer from like 1999 for it not to be able to handle it.
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Look at the Canon Consumer HD line, such as the Canon HV20. Also, you'll want to run Sony Vegas Pro 8 along with it to be able to edit the footage since only Vegas is able to edit AVCHD footage at this time... So hit me up if you need a pirated version, because i'll find you the version that can actually handle AVCHD footage.
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what are you talking about? Adobe premier edits hd. so do other programs?
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correct. i'm not sure what all the AVCHD chatter was about in context to the HV20/30
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im pretty much confirming what the other people have been saying...
but if you want a good, non-hd camera, go for the panasonic pv-gs500, if you do want a cheap (price, not quality) hd camera, go with the canon hv20 or maybe the hv30
but i would definitely suggest going miniDV, and not a HDD cam (hard disc drive) becasue their usually written in different codecs and shit, so you'll have to do a lot more work to upload the footy than you might think
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