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Cameras u use? whats your pick?
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theres tons of different cameras to choose from... so if u had a budget of around $700-$1000 and looking for the best quality possible and a durable camera what would you choose? and would you rather have a casset camera or a dvd camera?
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I think Sony has some good cameras
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cameras i use:
sony HDR-FX1
sony HDR-HC3
Nikon d-80
Seagull medium format twin lens reflex
Arriflex 16-BL
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is solid state a brand or something? will ya check this camera and tell me if its what your talking about?
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDi
splay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=11039061
thanks bro
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I agree and disagree with this...i'm gonna wait another year or two, just because flash media is so expensive, and if you're going HD, its still not enough memory at all, especially since in the next 2 years, Ultra HD is going to be the standard in the pro-am camcorder industry.... i think
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mini dv isn't an analog format
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i'm not sure what word youre looking for but analog tape formats include 8mm, hi8, vhs, vhs c and others. i dont think there are any analog cameras produced anymore
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i have never used any type of solid state video camera but i would assume that you would just drag and drop clips which would be extremely useful and save time. with a mini dv tape you have to transfer it in real time which consumes a lot of time
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My dad has a Nikon D40. Its good and I recomend it, but if you have more $ get the D80.
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no, i dont think there is any conversion because you can dub tapes between cameras with firewire, capture it, send it back to the camera, dub it again without any loss of quality. you just have to do it in real time because thats the speed the camera reads it, kind of like a 5400 rpm hard drive. i am way out of my knowledge zone but i have done the dub capture dub without noticing any loss of quality
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well i would think that as technology gets better solid state will be the way to go; faster captures, no need to worry about tape damage, no need to clean or replace heads, but mini dv is great for archiving; once you capture just put your tape in a box and forget about it until your hard drive crashes 6 years down the road and you want some of your old footage for something
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dude...go with a sony hd cam that uses dv tapes, the hc3 has amazing quality for the price, you may have seen it before, it's used to film shows like mythbusters and other hd shows on tv...i have one, and despite it's lack of manual-ness, it is an amazing camera
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hc3's are good, just sold mine!
FX1, and nikon D80, as well as a canon 514XLS and scoopic!
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8mm...nice...i got one too...some jap model...getting my first rolls developed next week
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vx2100 son! soon as i get it haha
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so this solid state thing... its like a memory card type deal right? not a dvd or cassette?
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i just got an hv20, i like it, did alot of reasearch on what camera to get in the same price range as yours, and luckly stumbled apon the hv20. really happy with my choice.
goold luck finding your camera
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yeah the 514 is super 8, scoopic is a battery powered 16mm.
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it's true, they use many cameras including fx1's and big ass jvc's, but they also use hc3's in some instances, but it's true, solid state sucks right now and its way too expensive
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cannon power shoot is good for starting out....but if your going technical nikon D40 or the D80...both good
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Sony's are great to just get this started. there new XDCAM EX is dropping soon i believe. Which shoots in a true 1080p in multiple formats and frame rates up to 30fps. Now when shooting in 720p mode you can acheive up to 60fps. The camera also uses 3 CMOS processor chips, rather than your pretty standard 3CCD. Â
Continuing on sony, while HDV may not be around much longer it certainly is as good, and better of a format than SD, and achieves very nearly that sharp HD quality and was standard until the prosumer panasonic AG-HVX200 came along.
The HVX is actually used as more then a B-Roll camera for most film companies that use it, infact Mack Dawg shot primarily onto the P2 form of media provided by this camera. Poor Boyz also uses the HVX as there primary film camera as do multiple other compaines at this point in time. The only realy downsides to the HVX are the fact that when shooting in 1080p, its mearly a stretched 720p image, rather than being true 1080. Another downside is the cost, while for its technology its reasonabally priced, and the fact that the p2 cards have dropped a good amnt in price, P2 cards still rape your wallet. The sony cards are nearly half the price, and if you have a MacBook Pro you can directly insert the cards into your computer without having to run a firewire to your camera! NEATO!
I'm a sony fan, i'm sure it shows. Both are great cameras and both are VERY near the same cost after you get all your accesories to go along for each camera. From what i've read on the Sony, in my mind it has a slight edge.
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whaty s the advange to the canon 514XLS? better quality? and how is the transfer to the comuter like?Â
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and wow! i bet you've been saving for that for awhile!
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i just creamed myself...man i cant wait for 1080p
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yeah its starting to fade out very slowly, but it will be a very long time before they actually do fade out. and for a 1000 dollar camera, you are never gonna find a solid state camera that gets a better picture than a 3ccd cam using mini dv. when you start spending like more than 3000 then yeah solid state cameras might be the way to go. and mini dv is still gonna be popular for a pretty damn long time. and its not really time consuming.
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