Fastest camcorder you ever seen? (frame per second)?

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A. A specialized camera / recorder (camcorder) used for military and industrial research that can shoot 168,000 pps is the NAC Memrecam fx K4. It can only record a few seconds of video at this rate. And if you have to ask how much it costs then you surely can't afford it!

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Anyone ever use/own a Hitachi Blu-Ray camcorder.?

Q. I've got a Hitachi dvdram camcorder and like it but want to upgrade to HD, Blu-ray seems the way to go as it will play in my PS3. Are they any good?
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A. If you ever want to edit the video or import it to your computer for uploading somewhere and expect decent results, you won't get a DVD camcorder.

Compressing the video that much as the first step will cause problems downstream. The best method is to compress as little as possible in the firs step - that way you have the flexibility downstream to compress as little or as much as you want and impact the quality however you want.

DVD based camcorders provide the worst available quality for editing.

Next best (because the compression is less) are hard drive and certain higher end flash memory based camcorders.

Best available quality continues to be from miniDV tape based camcorders because they compress the least - with DV or HDV.

Once the high definition video is in the computer and the editing is done and you are ready to render the project out to disc, using a BluRay burner makes sense... as the LAST step of the process...

If all you are planning to do is shoot the video and play it - no intention of editing or importing to your computer for upload, then go for the DVD camcorder. Personally, I would not waste my money on them...

And neither do the professionals:

http://bssc.sel.sony.com/BroadcastandBusiness/markets/10014/market_10014.shtml

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ProductCatIndexAct&fcategoryid=172

http://www.usa.canon.com/html/industrial_bctv/home.html

http://www.panasonic.com/business/provideo/cat_camcorders.asp

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What is the best camcorder to take ghost hunting?

Q. Ok so i need to know what is the best cam camcorder to take ghost hunting. I need one that has night vision and infrared. Also if there is anything else that can help me at night like another light to put on top of my cam corder. Where can i buy these cam corders and accessories. To take Ghost hunting.

A. There are very many different types and brands of video recording devices and camcorders you can invest in. Finding one is not that hard and you do not have to spend a whole lot of cash to get one to suit your needs. The higher end video cameras are not cheap. The Infrared and "FLIR" Forward Looking Infrared cameras are upwards of $1,200.00 and unless you can fork out that much it really is not necessary to buy one. There are types and brands that have night vision features and settings you can acquire for around the $300.00 range. Best Buy is a great place to go and test these cameras out. You can have a store clerk assist you and you can also compare between them. Any camera, digital and film , is capable of capturing activity. As long as you are recoding and have it on a setting that is appropriate for the environment you are just as likely to get it with an inexpensive camera than with a higher end one. I've upgraded to a Digital SLR Nikon D 60 (still) but actually have captured more activity on my Kodak easy share. Its more being in the right place at the right time with what ever you have at the time not necessarily the best equipment. Happy hunting.

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What is the best camcorder $300 and under for low light lov budget film?

Q. I an currently writing a script for a fan film based on The Crow. I cannot seem to find a low budget camcorder with good software and low light capability. Most of the film will be shot at night and I want a good clear picture in low light and it has to work with windows movie maker!
I'd appreciate any suggestions cause I can't find anything in my price range.

A. Good low light video capture behavior = large lenses and large imaging chip systems.

Big glass and big chips are expensive. There are no "inexpensive" camcorder with lenses larger than 60mm lens filter diameter + 3CCD (or 3CMOS) imaging chips (1/3" or larger) which is why you can't find any.

Versions of MovieMaker before Windows 7 cannot deal with AVCHD compressed MTS files unless they are transcoded first. Only certain combinations of of Windows 7 and MovieMaker Live can deal with AVCHD/MTS files... No version of MovieMaker will deal with MOV files (unless transcoded, first). Only certain configurations of MovieMaker will deal with AVI files. So I'll say any consumer camcorder or camera that captures high definition video to flash memory or hard disc drive is not do-able because dealing directly with MovieMaker won't happen. No one should ever waste their $ on a DVD based camcorder. As for miniDV tape, MovieMaker can't deal with HDV. But, if the computer has a firewire port, it can deal with importing standard definition DV files. Certain versions of MovieMaker can deal with the MPG files from some consumer cams - no version of MovieMaker can deal with standard definition MOD files...

For $300, the Canon FS series standard def flash memory cams are OK - and they can do stndard definition widescreen - but you will need to use a transcoder like MPEG StreamClip www.squared5.com or HandBrake www.handbrake.fr to convert the files to WMV format so MovieMaker can deal with them.

Good luck!

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