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Good HD camera?

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Armada+ar5
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Ya so i have been searching around for a HD camera and was wondering if anyone has experianced one they really like for not to much money.
May 9 2006 7:06PM
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sampsihoyos
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sony z1 is incredible but expensive. ask ATA what they use for hd
May 9 2006 7:07PM
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sundayriverboy3
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i strongly reccomend the panasonic ag dvc7 professional 1/4 inch ccd for maxium performance
May 9 2006 7:13PM
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Matty.
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If you can really afford it...the Panasonic HVX200.
May 9 2006 7:23PM
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thejackal1177
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Thats a big step up in cost's...... your 3ccd should do just fine
May 9 2006 7:51PM
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Digital_Dave
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Make sure you got a dank quad proc G5 with minimum 2 gigs of ram to edit on if you're gonna be shooting in HD.
May 9 2006 7:52PM
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DynastarriderGP
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HDR-FX1 is pretty good, don't get the sony HD camera the small one that's not 3CCD because unless it's not blue bird the shots aren't very good and it's horrible in low light
May 9 2006 7:56PM
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fouldsys
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the sony hd one that really expensive is unbelievable
May 9 2006 8:02PM
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DavidStewart
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HDR - FX1 is dope, if your using it for skiing, no need to get the Sony HD with the nice audio... kinda pointless.
May 9 2006 8:18PM
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nilzlet
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so in not sure if you mean High Def, or Hard disk.....
May 9 2006 9:16PM
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WIllW
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My dad has a jvc HD cam that came out shortly before the sonys, They are now down around 1000 I think, not positive, I just know they are way way cheaper than new sony or panasonics

http://blog.indosiar.com/jeprutz/pic/jeprutz_93200551653PM_jvc_hd_cam.jpg
May 9 2006 10:14PM
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Static
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right now I think the JVC HD100 is the best camera in the under $8,000 hd camera range.
May 9 2006 10:47PM
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kyle-decker
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go get an FX1 sony. its where its at. you can shoot a really dope 24 fps "look"
May 10 2006 12:55AM
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Holte
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FX1 all the way unless you want to shoot true HD. Great cam for such a cheap price.
May 10 2006 4:40AM
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Gfa
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is there really a need for an hd?
May 10 2006 9:19AM
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4ReeL_
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the pv400 is better than the gl2 and the pv500
May 10 2006 9:24AM
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dlite!
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save your money and stick with 3ccd

get the dvx1oob by panasonic
it is good i have 3!
May 10 2006 3:37PM
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thejackal1177
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^ what he said.... not worth high deff for most people
May 10 2006 3:43PM
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BK
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message me on july 25th when i finish my next project and ill send you some nighttime HC1 shots. and then you will see what its really like in low light.
May 10 2006 4:06PM
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HEAD
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ok, our 3ccd 6 year old sony dcr-vx1000 broke, not actually but it was too expensieve to repair, so we invested our money in a fx1 and it is amazing. at the moment we can't edit in hd (no problem in dv, for little things), but we bought the camera from a semi-pro filmer which I know, who has everything for HD edits...but I hope in a year or so, it is easier to cut hd on your own "little" system...with blu-ray discs..and so on..invest in the future..hahahaha
May 10 2006 4:30PM
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Calrin
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^yeah you pretty much covered it. For now though HD is kinda pointless if your making a ski movie because no one will be able to watch it in the native format.
May 10 2006 6:12PM
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Grimace.
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if you have a graphics card over 64mb i believer you can view hd
May 10 2006 6:23PM
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DynastarriderGP
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ya but i think that one doesn't shoot 1080iX720p
May 10 2006 8:00PM
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DynastarriderGP
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i think you need the proper plugin as well
May 10 2006 8:01PM
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pat-rickdaigle
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pana AG-HVX200
May 10 2006 8:07PM
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kyle-decker
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PM me or IM me if you want some advice on HD or HDV. I used an FX1 at my work and i just bought one to shoot ski movies. There is definately some technical things that you wanna know before you get involved with HDV. Tapes alone at 15 a piece....
May 10 2006 8:10PM
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ILOVE2SKI
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If you are smart, you will read a bunch of reviews on www.camcorderinfo.com and then post on the forums at www.camcorderinfo.com/bbs
May 10 2006 8:19PM
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dirty_dreb
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canon gl2.. cheap and good
May 10 2006 11:50PM
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Static
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you can shoot hdv on regular minidv tapes. without a noticable loss.
May 11 2006 12:08AM
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Deezl
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Really wouldn't make a difference if it's a quad or a double or a single. The RAM matters but FCP is not optimized for mutiple procs.


Based on affordability, the Sony FX1 would be your best option.

If you've got ching to spare go for the HVX200.
May 11 2006 12:55AM
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DynastarriderGP
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that camera is not HD though
May 11 2006 8:04AM
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