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A few camcorder questions

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ski_DC
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I'm considering getting a camcorder for this season to make some edits  and such, and I have a couple questions. I have heard good things about the HV series and was wondering if the 40 is, for my purposes, better than the 30. They are both in my price range, and people who use them seem to like them. Second, might it be better to get a camera with flash memory instead of tapes? I know  Panasonic has a good HD camera similar to the HV series that uses flash based memory, but I'm blanking on which model.
Essentially, I want an HD camcorder to shoot skiing and biking, for less than 1000. Whats my best bet?

Nov 27 2009 2:07PM
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ReedSkis~
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I would stay away from tapes personally as I have had great experiences with hard drives and SD cards.

Look into the canon HF series, they seem to be exactly what your looking for... I have the hf10 and it was great for an under $1000 HD cam. I am actually looking into selling it if your interested Luke...

Good luck man!
Nov 28 2009 7:18PM
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A.Eberhard
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I don't find tapes a big deal to use. With my friends hfs100 it takes longer to import all the footage to a program then you have to export to your computer and it's a bitch. Anyway it's your decision I still believe in tapes, hard copy of footage are always great. I would say hv30 or 40 there pretty much the same just pick the one you get a cheaper price on. (got mine for 500) Then use that extra money for batteries, mebay a lens. If you want solid state I would say hfs100 which would be a 1000 I think. Make sure you computer can handle HD footage before you buy any HD camera.
Happy shopping!
Nov 28 2009 8:34PM
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