What are the features which go into making the best professional camcorders?

Q. And how are professional camcorders different from prosumer/consumer camcorders?

A. 1. smpte time code
2. xlr mic inputs with phantom power
3. 3 CCD sensor
4. headphone audio monitor jack
5. bayonet mount lens (like on a SLR)
6. high data rate recording, 35 to 100 mbps.
7. mpeg2 or DV encoding
8. easily balanced shoulder mount
9. genlock for matching multiple cameras

pro camcorders are primarily different from consumer in that they sample 4:2:2 color space instead of 4:1:1 (ntsc) or 4:2:0 (pal) and connect with HD-SDI instead of HDMI.

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Looking for a good prosumer Camcorder but not too pricey?

Q. Hey there,
My friends and I are going to start a high-quality web show for reviewing video games.
We are looking for a prosumer camcorder that shoots high-end video.

What would you recommend for under 800$?

A. JVC Everio GZHD7 would offer a high level of manual controls since we first spent some time with the HD7 at CES in January. The big question has been whether the camcorder would perform up to its billing. The HD7 records video using a new flavor of MPEG-2 compression that wanders as high as 30 Mbps in FHD ("Full HD" 1920 x 1080) mode. That led us to wonder whether that venerable HDV format had finally met its match. As it turns out, video performance is not the reason to buy the JVC GZ-HD7 – but it remains one of the year’s most intriguing models.

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