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Posted by doc on 02/02/06 22:26
you can pick up a panasonic dvc60 for the money ur talking and have money
left over for other things like mics. it's not the top of the line but a
great entry 3 of 6 levels in 4:3, 3 ccd camera and it will do 16:9. has a
lot of features and offers manual opertion on light, iris, focus, etc. the
lcd is a bit small but the viewfinder has great res and a great energy
conformer with nearly 4.5 to 5.5 hours of filming with the supplied battery.
we use it to produce TV programs and it works great. also, for weddings, my
personal experience says that the clients like something that looks big,
professional, like they want from a pro. 2 cents worth.
drd
"idiotprogrammer" <idiotprogrammer@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>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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