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Gettin a camcord

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Gr33nThumb
Posts: 144 - Karma: 10
Whats the best kind of Camcord to get , for a cheap price?
May 3 2008 2:18PM
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Owen.
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Yo holmes, to be honest, you're not gonna get a cheap camcorder thats good, you gotta be willing to drop some solid scrill on a good one, somethin like $800 will get you something that'll lay down some decent footage, or at least decent enough for a passable edit
May 3 2008 4:28PM
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Jacuse
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How much do you consider cheap? Panasonic Pv gs 500 is one of the best you can get in the $700 range. just go to http://www.camcorderinfo.com/ they do a bunch of testing on cameras of all prices.
May 3 2008 5:30PM
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dave44
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We can't really recommend anything until you tell us what you mean by 'cheap price', as well as what you're looking for. Small and portable? Good for editing? High quality?

May 3 2008 7:25PM
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Nighthawk
Posts: 300 - Karma: 37
i have a panasonic pv gs500. I got it for 600$ and im very pleased with it.
May 3 2008 7:27PM
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TerminatorX
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same here. and i have footage with stuff from my panasonic and footage from a vx2100 on the same tape and i can hardly see the difference in quality (you can only notice a difference when you use the panasonic in bad light). i think that just as long as its a 3ccd camera, the quality will be great.
May 3 2008 8:00PM
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sol.
Posts: 231 - Karma: 181

u should only drop that much money on it if ur really serious about editing and filming and if ur gonna use the thing a lot.  i bought a cheap, small, portable one for 300 and its worked really well for me.  if you spend a shitload of money and dont use the thing often, you'll just regret buying it.

May 3 2008 8:21PM
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chicken
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i have an hv20 it is really nice. now they have and HV30 and its like HD for under 1000.
its good for beginners like me but has very little manual controll (not focus ring or nothing)

but the quality is unbelievable for a 1000 dollar camera
May 3 2008 9:19PM
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Ronix
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If I we're you I'd go with the panasonic gs320 or gs500 depending on how much cash you wanna drop.
May 4 2008 1:25AM
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Gr33nThumb
Posts: 144 - Karma: 10
Just looking for a decent price one that can i could make a couple decent edits
May 10 2008 11:53AM
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