Q. What are the top 2011 HD camcorders under $500?
A. The top HD camcorders for under $500 are all JUNK. It would take you in excess of $3500 to get a HD camcorder that could even compete withe video Quality of a $300 MiniDV tape camcorder.
consumer level HD camcorders have 3 issues. 1) Fuzzy, blurry, out of focus areas around people in the HD video. 2) Any movement in front of a recording HD camcorder shows up in the finished video with screen ghosts and artifacts following the movement, ruining the video. 3) Lack of record times. 1 hour, go home, no way to change storage or continue shooting. Some offer a whole whopping 30 minutes. What, record 1/3 of the event then put the camcorder away or leave.
You can get the Canon ZR960 for $250 or the ZR930 for about $300. Both of these camcorders are MiniDV tape based. Both camcorders have a Mic jack. Both of these camcorder can take better quality video and audio than any sub $3000 camcorder.
consumer level HD camcorders have 3 issues. 1) Fuzzy, blurry, out of focus areas around people in the HD video. 2) Any movement in front of a recording HD camcorder shows up in the finished video with screen ghosts and artifacts following the movement, ruining the video. 3) Lack of record times. 1 hour, go home, no way to change storage or continue shooting. Some offer a whole whopping 30 minutes. What, record 1/3 of the event then put the camcorder away or leave.
You can get the Canon ZR960 for $250 or the ZR930 for about $300. Both of these camcorders are MiniDV tape based. Both camcorders have a Mic jack. Both of these camcorder can take better quality video and audio than any sub $3000 camcorder.
DSLR vs Camcorders for professional filming?
Q. I currently have a Sony Handycam DCR-VX100. Its from the late nineties, I believe. It was around 1000 dollars I believe (im not quite sure, I got it as a gift). My question is for the same price roughly there is also the Canon T2i, which I have seen shoot video and it seems like really good quality. (also there's the canon 550D, but much more expensive.) Both of these Canon cameras are DSLRs. They both have mic inputs and are video enabled. The only con to using a DSLR versus a regular camcorder would be the rolling shutter, which my camcorder doesn't do. My question:
Since DSLRs are so much cheaper, how come everyone doesn't use those? Is there some major negative to using one that I'm missing?
Since DSLRs are so much cheaper, how come everyone doesn't use those? Is there some major negative to using one that I'm missing?
A. one thing that you are missing is the 2011 price for a camcorder identical in performance to the Sony DCR-VX100 is $250. It is made by Sony's trading partner, Canon, and it is the ZR960 model.
When it comes to shooting a still photo, a modern camcorder does a job equal to any dSLR under ideal conditions. Where the dSLR shines is the versatility in handling less than ideal situations.
Same thing is true of the dSLR, it can shoot amazing video, under perfect conditions. Where the camcorder shines is its ability to handle moving objects, change focus and zoom on the fly, while maintaining critical exposure and white balance.
if by professional you mean shooting trained actors that can hit their marks, under controlled studio lighting, recording audio separately,... then yes, you can get a more convincing hollywood look. but a camcorder is useful in many more situations, like sports where the subjects are playing the game and not listening to the film directors instructions. or nature, in a blind, shooting wild animals in the early morning/late afternoon when light conditions and white balance changes minute by minute.
When it comes to shooting a still photo, a modern camcorder does a job equal to any dSLR under ideal conditions. Where the dSLR shines is the versatility in handling less than ideal situations.
Same thing is true of the dSLR, it can shoot amazing video, under perfect conditions. Where the camcorder shines is its ability to handle moving objects, change focus and zoom on the fly, while maintaining critical exposure and white balance.
if by professional you mean shooting trained actors that can hit their marks, under controlled studio lighting, recording audio separately,... then yes, you can get a more convincing hollywood look. but a camcorder is useful in many more situations, like sports where the subjects are playing the game and not listening to the film directors instructions. or nature, in a blind, shooting wild animals in the early morning/late afternoon when light conditions and white balance changes minute by minute.
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