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Good Camcorders for under $1000

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mastamike6969
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Just wondering what you guys are using, and what you would reccomend.

I like the idea of hard disk storage, full manual controls, 3ccd (and HD, but I'll probably only upload to web sources, so that's not a huge deal). 



Cheers,

Mike
Oct 13 2008 2:22PM
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eheath
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Tip 1: you don't want a hard drive storage camera.
Oct 13 2008 2:35PM
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Ronix
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Stay away from hard drive cams man. Their video quality sucks because of their codec or something. If I were in your situation I'd go for a Canon hv20. It's an HD consumer level mini DV cam and it shoots absolutely stunning quality video. Also it has all the basic manual controls you'll need.
Oct 13 2008 2:39PM
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chicken
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what he said. I got mine through airmiles and it's amazing
Oct 13 2008 4:45PM
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tBatt
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Oct 13 2008 7:10PM
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grown-ninja
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shit i sorta wanted a cam that stors to a harddrive thats good to know i guess

Oct 13 2008 9:14PM
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mastamike6969
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Thanks for the help guys; I've been looking around, and it seems like the HV20 might be my choice!

Here's a great website for all things camcorders.  It has the most thorough and scientific reviews of almost any camcorder, and is definitely worth checking out if you're looking for a new camcorder!
http://www.camcorderinfo.com
Oct 14 2008 2:15AM
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dergblerp
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BTW
HV30's have been selling cheaper than HV20's lately. Hv30 is the upgrade, so i'd go for that one over the 20.
Oct 14 2008 2:35AM
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unchyll
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werd my sis has one
the only bad thing is that it takes up mad space on your computer cus of the HD
Oct 14 2008 2:37AM
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eheath
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You think hdv footage takes up mad space, you should check out how much HVXs do.
Oct 14 2008 3:43AM
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