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1st Time Buyer Advice

Oct 5, 2011 6:53AM PDT

<span id="INSERTION_MARKER">Hey everyone. I wanted to start getting into making videos with a friend for youtube or any other sight. Im looking for a HD camera, for less than $200. A 720p (or more) with a appropriate type for making videos, also a trustworthy brand. If anyone has some suggestions please help me out. Thank You

-Walden

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In your budget range,
Oct 7, 2011 8:13PM PDT

there are a couple of "pocket cams" like the Flip, Aiptek, AluraTek, Polaroid, Kodak, and a few others. There's no real huge difference between them. All have small lenses and single small imaging chip - other than nice bright daylight, adding light when indoors or otherwise in low-light situations will provide good video and not adding light under lowlight conditions will provide grainy video. I think one of the Kodaks is the only with a mic jack (but no manual audio control). Loud audio (with not manual audio gain control) will be a problem (muddy and static audio recorded).

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Canon
Oct 9, 2011 11:50PM PDT

I believe Canon has a solid line of moderatly priced cameras. Have you looked in that make?