Q. I am looking for an entry level Mini DV camcorder that will provide zero lux or near zero lux recording at night? Any suggestions on model numbers (available in UK/Ireland)
A. Lux is a measurement of the intensity of light spread over a large area. 1 lux is similar to the amount of light on a clear night with a full moon directly overhead.
0 lux means that there is absolutely no light. Many camera systems can record as low as 1 lux, but your camera need some kind of light in order to work. In a 0 lux situation, you must use some kind a light system, but this changes the situation from an area without light (0 lux) to an area with light.
You can find many cameras with a lighting device on it. Many companies like Sony add a Nightshot capability. The Nightshot system has an Infrared (IR) emitter that sends out invisible IR light to record video without adding visible light that can disrupt your filming situation. Other cameras have a small light affixed to the camera for adding minimal levels of visible light. You can also purchase much more powerful lighting systems to your camcorder for much better recording. Most professionals add external lighting to the camera or on a stand nearby.
0 lux means that there is absolutely no light. Many camera systems can record as low as 1 lux, but your camera need some kind of light in order to work. In a 0 lux situation, you must use some kind a light system, but this changes the situation from an area without light (0 lux) to an area with light.
You can find many cameras with a lighting device on it. Many companies like Sony add a Nightshot capability. The Nightshot system has an Infrared (IR) emitter that sends out invisible IR light to record video without adding visible light that can disrupt your filming situation. Other cameras have a small light affixed to the camera for adding minimal levels of visible light. You can also purchase much more powerful lighting systems to your camcorder for much better recording. Most professionals add external lighting to the camera or on a stand nearby.
is this camcorder good?
Q. sony camcorder DCR SR 46 I want to know from experts is it a decent camera?. If not plz tell me another one. I travel alot and I dont want to carry alot of dvds and I use the camera alot. is it better to use tapes or hard disk? another question is this camcorder old?
I want to capture intersting places in countries that I travel to in normal light
and yes I want to edit the videos that I capture. can u please suggest sony camcorders and the budget is about 400-500$
what about this DCR-SR67 80GB Handycam® Camcorder?
I want to capture intersting places in countries that I travel to in normal light
and yes I want to edit the videos that I capture. can u please suggest sony camcorders and the budget is about 400-500$
what about this DCR-SR67 80GB Handycam® Camcorder?
A. The Sony DCR-SR46 was an entry-level consumer-grade hard disc drive camcorder when it was first release for sale a couple of years ago.
As with all consumer grade standard definition, hard drive based, camcorders, the video files save to a vey highly compressed MPEG2 format that would generally require some sort of decompression (like StreamClip) transcoding before any editong can be done. It has consumer-grade small lenses and imaging chip so low-light behavior is not so good. It does not have a mic jack for external audio connectivity. It has Sony's "NightShot" mode - a built-in infrared emitter for zero-light, monochrome (think "Ghost Hunters" or "Blair Witch Project"), video capture.
As with all hard disc drive based consumer camcorders, what are you planning to do if you fill that internal hard drive and have no place to dump video files? What happens when the camcorder breaks or is stolen and you have not transferred any of that video to a computer? Camcorders with removable memory (flash or miniDV tape) reduce your exposure to lost video - but you have some responsibility to carry spare blank media.
As with all consumer hard disc drive camcorders, the drives have known problems associated with high levels of prolonged vibration or high altitude. Neither flash memory nor miniDV tape suffer from either of these issues.
Hard disc drive camcorders and flash memory camcorder generally save to the same highly compressed MPEG2 video formats. MiniDV tape is much less compressed... more video compression = more discarded video data = reduced video quality.
With flash or miniDV, fill a card/tape, pop it out, put in a blank and keep shooting. You will also want a high capacity battery from the manufacturer.
You did not state your budget. I estimate $500 or so. I ouwld skip HDD camcorders. If you stay in the standard definition environment, then the Canon FS series is worth looking at. If you make the jump to high definition, the Canon HF series. Both the FS and HF series computers are flash memory based - and all have a mic jack. The Canon ZR900, ZR930 and ZR960 are miniDV tape based and have a mic jack (the ZR950 does not). None have manual audio control.
The least expensive camcorders with a mic jack AND manual audio control are the Canon HV30 and the Sony HDR-HC9 miniDV camcorders.
You did not tell us what you want to capture to video when you "travel all the time". You did not tell us if you plan to edit - and if so, what on and with.
The camcorder - by itself - is a small part of a much larger process... "Better" depends on your requirements and we don't have all of yours...
As with all consumer grade standard definition, hard drive based, camcorders, the video files save to a vey highly compressed MPEG2 format that would generally require some sort of decompression (like StreamClip) transcoding before any editong can be done. It has consumer-grade small lenses and imaging chip so low-light behavior is not so good. It does not have a mic jack for external audio connectivity. It has Sony's "NightShot" mode - a built-in infrared emitter for zero-light, monochrome (think "Ghost Hunters" or "Blair Witch Project"), video capture.
As with all hard disc drive based consumer camcorders, what are you planning to do if you fill that internal hard drive and have no place to dump video files? What happens when the camcorder breaks or is stolen and you have not transferred any of that video to a computer? Camcorders with removable memory (flash or miniDV tape) reduce your exposure to lost video - but you have some responsibility to carry spare blank media.
As with all consumer hard disc drive camcorders, the drives have known problems associated with high levels of prolonged vibration or high altitude. Neither flash memory nor miniDV tape suffer from either of these issues.
Hard disc drive camcorders and flash memory camcorder generally save to the same highly compressed MPEG2 video formats. MiniDV tape is much less compressed... more video compression = more discarded video data = reduced video quality.
With flash or miniDV, fill a card/tape, pop it out, put in a blank and keep shooting. You will also want a high capacity battery from the manufacturer.
You did not state your budget. I estimate $500 or so. I ouwld skip HDD camcorders. If you stay in the standard definition environment, then the Canon FS series is worth looking at. If you make the jump to high definition, the Canon HF series. Both the FS and HF series computers are flash memory based - and all have a mic jack. The Canon ZR900, ZR930 and ZR960 are miniDV tape based and have a mic jack (the ZR950 does not). None have manual audio control.
The least expensive camcorders with a mic jack AND manual audio control are the Canon HV30 and the Sony HDR-HC9 miniDV camcorders.
You did not tell us what you want to capture to video when you "travel all the time". You did not tell us if you plan to edit - and if so, what on and with.
The camcorder - by itself - is a small part of a much larger process... "Better" depends on your requirements and we don't have all of yours...
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