Q. I am looking for a good value camcorder. Any brand or type is alright with me. Any recommendations will be much appreciated. Thank you. :)
A. What is your budget?
What do you need the camcorder to do?
Who is your audience?
"affordable" means different things to different people.
The "best" and no stated budget?
High end? Red One. Maybe Silicon Imaging.
Pro grade? Sony XDCAM series, HDCAM series; Canon XLH or XH series; Panasonic AG-HVX series; JVC GY-HM100.
Prosumer? Sony HDR-FX1000... or jump to the higher end of the HVR series.
Consumer? Canon HV40.
If the above are to much, then consumer cams in the standard definition Canon ZR960 or FS100 are decent.
As the cameras get less expensive, the lenses and imaging chips get smaller and their low-light behavior diminishes. Manual controls get buried in a menu and audio control is lost.
Pocket cams less than about $250 can work well IF you stay within their limitations... Always under good light, always with audio that is not loud and not soft, always on some sort of steadying device (tripod, chair, table, whatever) and never handheld. Never use digital zoom. Stray from these recommendations - or try to make a camcorder work outside its specifications - and any cam will not provide acceptable results.
What do you need the camcorder to do?
Who is your audience?
"affordable" means different things to different people.
The "best" and no stated budget?
High end? Red One. Maybe Silicon Imaging.
Pro grade? Sony XDCAM series, HDCAM series; Canon XLH or XH series; Panasonic AG-HVX series; JVC GY-HM100.
Prosumer? Sony HDR-FX1000... or jump to the higher end of the HVR series.
Consumer? Canon HV40.
If the above are to much, then consumer cams in the standard definition Canon ZR960 or FS100 are decent.
As the cameras get less expensive, the lenses and imaging chips get smaller and their low-light behavior diminishes. Manual controls get buried in a menu and audio control is lost.
Pocket cams less than about $250 can work well IF you stay within their limitations... Always under good light, always with audio that is not loud and not soft, always on some sort of steadying device (tripod, chair, table, whatever) and never handheld. Never use digital zoom. Stray from these recommendations - or try to make a camcorder work outside its specifications - and any cam will not provide acceptable results.
What is the best type of Camcorder to use?
Q. I need a good quality camcorder for shooting videos. What kind should I use and how much? Thanks.
A. What other requirements do you have?
What environmental conditions do plan to be under - or do you want to plan for as many conditions as possible? Poor lighting? High audio levels? Commercial, prosumer or home-video?
What kind of quality are you expecting?
What is your budget?
Will you be editing? What with (application) and on (computer)?
Overall, in the consumer space, the Canon HV30 and HV40 are probably the best value and most flexible, but assume your computer has a firewire port and your editing software can deal with HDV format video. The HF S series for tapeless - they are flash memory based are next in line.
Then the "prosumers"... Sony HDR-FX1000 and HDR-FX7...
The the Pros... Canon XH and XLH series, Sony HVR-Z1, Z5, Z7; Panasonic AG-DVX and HVX series; JVC GY series... there are many more, but this is a good starting point...
Pocket cams up to about $250.
Consumers up to about $1,200
Prosumers up to about $3,000
Pro... above that.
Mics? Cases? Tripods? Video lights?
What environmental conditions do plan to be under - or do you want to plan for as many conditions as possible? Poor lighting? High audio levels? Commercial, prosumer or home-video?
What kind of quality are you expecting?
What is your budget?
Will you be editing? What with (application) and on (computer)?
Overall, in the consumer space, the Canon HV30 and HV40 are probably the best value and most flexible, but assume your computer has a firewire port and your editing software can deal with HDV format video. The HF S series for tapeless - they are flash memory based are next in line.
Then the "prosumers"... Sony HDR-FX1000 and HDR-FX7...
The the Pros... Canon XH and XLH series, Sony HVR-Z1, Z5, Z7; Panasonic AG-DVX and HVX series; JVC GY series... there are many more, but this is a good starting point...
Pocket cams up to about $250.
Consumers up to about $1,200
Prosumers up to about $3,000
Pro... above that.
Mics? Cases? Tripods? Video lights?
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