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davidpey

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Hi everyone,

I am looking around for a digital camcorder--and came across the following specials at Dion Wired:

http://www.dionwired.co.za/container.aspx?ID=17&Cat=Imaging

(valid from 6 to 16 November 2008)

I am a total n00b to digital camcorders etc and was wondering if any of these are good. I just need a decent digital camcorder (do they take pictures too?) that will take family videos etc. What would you recommend? Anything from the Dion Wired specials?

Have a great afternoon peeps :)

David
 
There's nothing wrong with that one. They can take pictures, but at a poorer resolution compared to a camera of the same price.
 
A camera is poor at taking movies, and a camcorder poor at taking pictures.

There's a market opening... a combination of the two :D
 
The_Librarian said:
A camera is poor at taking movies, and a camcorder poor at taking pictures.

There's a market opening... a combination of the two :D
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Nikon D90 and Canon 5DMk2 are two dSLRs that shoot excellent video and there are several P&S that do a credible job too such as the Canon G9 and 10 or the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3.
 
Guys, does the HDD of "Sr45 HDD Camcorder" mean that this is a High Definition camcorder? And would you recommend a High Definition camcorder for family video purposes?
 
Heh :) I started thinking that might be the case! Would you say this product is any good? Here are the other details:

# 800k pixel ccd
# Built in 30gb hard disk drive
# 40 x optical zoom
# 2000 x digital zoom
# Movie recording on memory stick
# 1 year guarantee
 
It will shoot DVD quality video, pictures will be roughly 1024x768 I think. I worked in an electronics store, and even the cameras that supported 6MP photos gave crappy photos ... (You're talking about 15k cameras) ... pure and simple, a video camera is designed for video, don't look for a hybrid. The photo feature is nice if you're busy videoing and want to capture a quick photo for e-mail or something.
Saying that, and DV tape or hard drive based camera should suffice, but if you want great video, go for HD. I don't recommend buying cameras that use SD cards only cause then you have limited recording time ... but then again, with the large SD cards coming out, this is changing. When buying a video camera, don't bother yourself with the MP photo quality ... trust me, its just a marketing ploy.
 
eitai2001 said:
I don't recommend buying cameras that use SD cards only cause then you have limited recording time ... but then again, with the large SD cards coming out, this is changing.
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It surely beats the crap out of:
1 Transfering dv tapes
2 HDD failure.Can those be replaced anyway?

I would gladly work around with 2 or more sd cards.Just make sure of the limitation on SD size the camera have,don't just go buy a big one.
 
bwana said:
Nikon D90 and Canon 5DMk2 are two dSLRs that shoot excellent video and there are several P&S that do a credible job too such as the Canon G9 and 10 or the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3.
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The problem is that that DSLR costs R40.000 with a so-so lens.

I'm still set on my Sony PMW-EX1. The cheapest full HD prosumer camera. However in reviewing cameras recently I saw something really really cool....

Red has a 4K - yes a 4K camera which shoots RAW native 4K video in full progressive frame at 30fps, it shoots HD at 120fps! 4K is 4096 x 3112 btw. That's 6 times full HD resolution (full HD is 1920by1080p30).
http://www.red.com/cameras/ Sweeeht and it's used directly by Hollywood over and instead of Panavision cams.... of course it costs but nowhere near what a any other 4K camera from those makers costs. This camera costs about $25.000 but its nowhere near the price a full HD Panasonic Varicam (CCD based cam) goes for ($65.000) - the Varicam was used to shoot Planet Earth for the BBC.

Anyway I'm just blabbering here :). The appearance of cheap(er) CMOS based cameras is upon us. CMOS does have problems - namely Rolling Shutter but that's something which one can learn to avoid. Anyway ...
 
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