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| Thread ID: 81255 | 2007-07-22 02:31:00 | Camcorder Buying Advice | infinix (5274) | PC World Chat |
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| 571350 | 2007-07-22 09:43:00 | Raw video is what you get directly from the camera which can either be burned straight to DVD as mpg2 or edited and rendered in a suitable video editing application. Much like the RAW images that come from a digital camera that are then converted into jpegs. If you go for the cam corder that records to tape then you just need to make sure that you have a supply of cassettes $$$, but make sure that you go for the cam corder that has the better quality images. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 571351 | 2007-07-22 10:29:00 | At the end of the day, is the picture quality differance really noticable? if not the more storage. |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 571352 | 2007-07-22 10:42:00 | I gather there is a noticeable improvement between HD footage and Standard Def footage although I don't have any problems with recording on my Sony handy cam. Cassettes themselves are very small and easy to carry around. The main issue regarding storage for digital footage to disk or HD is having enough space of either as raw handy cam footage takes up about 1GB of HD space for every 20 minutes I think. Footage with edited effects takes up even more space. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 571353 | 2007-07-22 20:02:00 | Raw Video is the BEST the camera can record maximum picture information. You only get that on tape MiniDV. You keep your tapes for backup. Hard Drive Recorders store the info in MPEG2 normally which is a compressed format and yes, you do loose some quality over MiniDV. There is enough web sites around that support this. Hard Drive Recorders once full you either transfer it to your Computer then burn to DVD or similar to keep it, whereas Tapes you just put in a new one and keep the full one. MiniDV over Hard Drive or DVD I would opt for MiniDV anytime. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 571354 | 2007-07-22 21:20:00 | I gather there is a noticeable improvement between HD footage and Standard Def footage although I don't have any problems with recording on my Sony handy cam. Cassettes themselves are very small and easy to carry around. The main issue regarding storage for digital footage to disk or HD is having enough space of either as raw handy cam footage takes up about 1GB of HD space for every 20 minutes I think. Footage with edited effects takes up even more space. Big difference winmacguy. I currently have a Sony HC3 (6th camcorder) and went to this one from a 3CCD Sony. Picture is stunning on my LCD via HDMI cable. HDV is saved on the tape as a special MPEG2 format and is about 13GB/hour. And yes, you are right, tapes are still a great media option. Cheap and probably still the best for archive purposes. Ken :thumbs: |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 571355 | 2007-07-23 00:46:00 | I bought some more cassettes from the Sony store in Newmarket and now I am just waiting to go skiing again so that I can get some more footage to finish of my skiing video, so far I only have footage from the drive down to the mountain and up the mountain road but no decent skiing footage. Once I have that I will edit the video footage and import the audio tracks from iTunes into iMovie then burn in iDVD. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 571356 | 2007-07-23 00:53:00 | I personally wouldn't purchase a camcorder if I couldn't get a detailed review on it, Salesmen are after all paid to sell you their junk so will do whatever it takes, Which doesn't include letting you know your about to purchase a lemon. The two models listed seem to being in mostly NZ resilts, indicating that its been given that model number primarily for the asia-pacific market, I wouldn't be surprised if its sold elsewhere with a different model number, If you were keen you could compare specs with an international site and attempt to identify it. And while I don't want to tell you your own bizzo, Its obvious you will be better served in all aspects by a camcorder that uses tapes. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 571357 | 2007-07-23 01:02:00 | Picture is stunning on my LCD via HDMI cable. HDV is saved on the tape as a special MPEG2 format and is about 13GB/hour. And yes, you are right, tapes are still a great media option. Cheap and probably still the best for archive purposes. Ken :thumbs: Also important to note that H.264 is the HD MPEG codec which the latest video editing software should be supporting if your wanting to burn your DVDs to HD instead of SD. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 571358 | 2007-07-23 01:22:00 | Also important to note that H.264 is the HD MPEG codec which the latest video editing software should be supporting if your wanting to burn your DVDs to HD instead of SD. Yes, I believe it is in most of the new releases of several editing programs, including the new version of Pinnacle, Studio 11. I am still using studio 10 so haven't tried it yet. I have been editing the video and writing it back to the tape. Then recording it on my Sony Hard drive recorder via firewire and playing it on the TV via HDMI (upscaled to 1080i). It gives a pretty darned good picture, I would say around 80% as good as Hi Def? What I want is a Hi Def HDD recorder, but I reckon they are a couple of years away yet. Ken PS should 1080i not be written as i1080 :cool: |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 571359 | 2007-07-23 01:29:00 | I just checked the Photo Wharehouse web site and they have a good selection of DV cameras. I would recommed going to these guys as they offer excellent professional advice on all aspects of all cameras. They service a lot of the professional photographer market. www.photowarehouse.co.nz |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
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