buying new camcorder and need advice..(high tech questions )?
Ok first of all i would like to mention i am not a total noob i actually do research on stuff like this but i still need oppinions though,
(my needs : pc conection for editing and also making transfers to dvd and vhs)
ok .. here goes.
Mini dv which are digital i heard are really good which replaced old analog vhs-c which i currently own but its really hard to upload to pc. anyways mini dv’s are still popular i belive sony took one out that records high def which i am not interested in yet.
ok now alos mind dvd recoreds are ok and hard drive seem cool too..
what do u reccomed that i could go straght to my vcr using component cable (yellow red white) from camcorder.
u recomend
mini dv
dvd
harddrive
? please help and give me ur opinions i am looking foward to hard drive or mini dv the most.
i am mostly afraid of mini dv going out of business like poor vhs-c and hi8 and all those analog ones did….
well at least i know minidv are digtal and are great for editing since file are comp
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Mini DV still has the best quality and it’s cheap. It’s not hard to upload to a PC, but you need a firewire card (<$20) and the transfer’s in real time i.e. it takes an hour to transfer an hour of video. That’s not a big issue though – just review your footage before you transfer it and then be selective about what you use.
I wouldn’t worry about MiniDV becoming obsolete any time soon – it’s still used by the pros in preference to DVD or HD.
High def camcorders use MiniDV tapes, but they record in a highly compressed format, so it’s not the same.
I have a miniDV camcorder, and it’s really great. You don’t need to worry about it dying any time soon. I heard for Hard Drive you have to pay a huge huge huge amount for descent video quality, something you get much cheaper for miniDV and DVD is designed not to be edited, just to have on DVD.
Panasonic’s PV-GS camcorders are actually really good.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000M4GT68?ie=UTF8&seller=A326ULTVXM6E5D&sn=sunshine-purchase