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Posted by idiotprogrammer on 10/05/70 11:38
I recently faced a similar choice. After months of research I decided
on a Sony HCR-HC1, which is a 1 CMOS camera. It records HDV. Sells for
$1499 at B & H. That's great!
Low lighting is not great, but it's not terrible. (It would not be the
ideal camera for weddings though). It's about average.
It's a great learning camera because it lets you get into the HDV, but
you can always use it simply to record regular SD (and you can always
use the original footage later).
The problems with HDV: it means buying a fancy HD Monitor (and maybe
even TV), and prices on those are horrendous. Obviously there's no
DVD's to show it on, although see my solution below. (Interestingly
divx has divx-HD DVDs that are supposed to work to fit on a DVd player)
The two options I considered were Sony VX2100 (for exceptional low
lighting--ideal for weddings) and Panasonic GS-400. VX2100 cost around
2000-2100, and there's a lot of extras. Panasonic GS-400 costs around
$1100, lots of features, great 3CCD, but mediocre for low-lighting.
There's a lot to be said for shooting in traditional SD video for your
budget and using the extra dough to buy a super tripod/microphone, etc.
You don't spend much on the camera itself, learn the ropes and by the
time you are comfortable with all that, the High Def cameras have all
come down under 2000$ (and when there's actually demand for HD video).
then again, i could afford the extras required to do HDV (even though I
won't have a good monitor solution. Believe it or not, I'm going to buy
linkplayer
http://www.iodata.com/products/products.php?cat=HNP&sc=AVEL&ts=2&tsc=15&sc=AVEL&pId=AVLP2%2FDVDLA06
to connect to my HDTV. I'm going to put my high def files on a usb hard
drive which I'm going to hook up to the linkplayer to view on HDTV.
this is not an ideal solution, but one I'm probably stuck with until
the cost of monitors come down.
Those are my thoughts. And Good Luck.
robert Nagle
Houston, Texas
idiotprogrammer
http://www.imaginaryplanet.net/weblogs/idiotprogrammer/
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