Q. I am looking to buy a professional camcorder, and am just wondering why they all use tapes and not hard drives? Does using tapes offer better quality? Also, what is a good professional camcorder to buy?
I have a budget of about £18,000 for 5 cameras.
I have a budget of about £18,000 for 5 cameras.
A. Your right, Tape based camcorders do produce a much higher quality video. Until you start to get into the higher end such as Red a basic camera would be around $30, 000 certainly out of my price range.
So us mortals have to use the best we can, its all down to compression, the more the video is compressed the less information in actually saved. Sure tape based video is compress but we are talking about the amount of compression, uncompressed video runs at about 85GB per hour, there are not many flash drive camcorders that can one hold this amount of data, two can handle the data transfer rate. Hard drive cameras are not much better obviously they can save/hold more.
If you watch outside broadcasts, you will see many tape based camcorders, even documentaries will use them. are you looking for a "professional" camcorder or a "prosumer" camcorder. the latter is more of a half way between the two, most people (unless you are a trained camera man) would opt for this type of camera, they give you the best of both worlds automatic features such as exposure and focus, but also to be able to use manual controls. the more you pay the better the quality but the less things there are to help you out.
You do not give a budget, but you would need to start at around $2500 minimum, then work upwards.
Canon, Sony make good quality equipment, but obviously other manufacturers do have cameras for that market.
Again with out a budget there is no point in suggesting a $3000 camera when you only want to pay $1000 or 500
RR
So us mortals have to use the best we can, its all down to compression, the more the video is compressed the less information in actually saved. Sure tape based video is compress but we are talking about the amount of compression, uncompressed video runs at about 85GB per hour, there are not many flash drive camcorders that can one hold this amount of data, two can handle the data transfer rate. Hard drive cameras are not much better obviously they can save/hold more.
If you watch outside broadcasts, you will see many tape based camcorders, even documentaries will use them. are you looking for a "professional" camcorder or a "prosumer" camcorder. the latter is more of a half way between the two, most people (unless you are a trained camera man) would opt for this type of camera, they give you the best of both worlds automatic features such as exposure and focus, but also to be able to use manual controls. the more you pay the better the quality but the less things there are to help you out.
You do not give a budget, but you would need to start at around $2500 minimum, then work upwards.
Canon, Sony make good quality equipment, but obviously other manufacturers do have cameras for that market.
Again with out a budget there is no point in suggesting a $3000 camera when you only want to pay $1000 or 500
RR
What are some of the best camcorders that can produce semi professional quality at a low price?
Q. I'm looking into buying a camcorder to make mini movies and just to have a little fun. I've seen HD camcorders and all sorts of camcorders that look nice but I'm not sure which ones give me the best bang for my buck. Could someone help send me in the right direction please?
A. Great news, as opposed to just a couple of years ago, you have some pretty great options. All depends on your budget.
For a decent budget, the canon 7D is an amazing camera for $1600 with a good lens. Its a VDSLR, which is a very new type of camcorder and has its own set of issues to deal with, but for a relatively cheap price you can capture amazing images, do some research about this type of cam before buying however- its not for everyone.
Next, go for a canon HV40 for about $700- or a used HV20 for about $200, both great consumer HD cams that if shot well can make some great images, the 40 is a little newer and fixes some issues with the older models, but the difference isn't huge.
Lastly, the Flip Camera, for about $120. A full HD cam the size of a cell phone, its becoming very popular with documentaries- I'm about to shoot part of a $2000 doc with one- great little cam in the right circumstances.
Those are my recommendations as I've used all of them, no matter what you pick, do some research to find out about each cameras strengths and limitations- you can't get everything you want for a cheap price. Check out hvxuser.com and hv20user.com for some good info.
Best of luck.
For a decent budget, the canon 7D is an amazing camera for $1600 with a good lens. Its a VDSLR, which is a very new type of camcorder and has its own set of issues to deal with, but for a relatively cheap price you can capture amazing images, do some research about this type of cam before buying however- its not for everyone.
Next, go for a canon HV40 for about $700- or a used HV20 for about $200, both great consumer HD cams that if shot well can make some great images, the 40 is a little newer and fixes some issues with the older models, but the difference isn't huge.
Lastly, the Flip Camera, for about $120. A full HD cam the size of a cell phone, its becoming very popular with documentaries- I'm about to shoot part of a $2000 doc with one- great little cam in the right circumstances.
Those are my recommendations as I've used all of them, no matter what you pick, do some research to find out about each cameras strengths and limitations- you can't get everything you want for a cheap price. Check out hvxuser.com and hv20user.com for some good info.
Best of luck.
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