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Question

best camcorder to buy

Sep 14, 2011 6:04AM PDT

Music video's will be primarily what i will use the camcorder for. On bord editing softwar is NOT necessary, I've been useing sony vegas. My budget is about $1,300 I was all set to buy a Sony HVR-HD 1000 HDV when i saw that it records on mini dv and i dont want to lose quality between the camera and loading the video into vegas. I was thinking that i would be better off getting a camera that saves the video on either a SD card or an internal hard drive . So im also wondering if one of the smaller hd camcorders would be a better buy. The thing that I liked about the sony HVR-HD1000 is its professional look. Any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you

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The HDV Sony HVR-HD1000
Sep 14, 2011 9:25AM PDT

is a shoulder-mount camcorder with a 37mm lens filter diameter, single small CMOS chip and 1/8" (3.5mm) stereo audio-in jack.

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oops... forgot to mention...
Sep 14, 2011 9:30AM PDT

Does your budget include:
tripod or other steadying device;
high capacity rechargeable battery from the camcorder manufacturer;
case (like a Pelican 1500);
external mics (stereo?);
and a bunch more stuff...

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i have a 12core mac pro with firewire
Sep 14, 2011 2:06PM PDT

But i usually edit on my pc with vegas im more proficient with vegas. im really taking head to your advice.
I have a tripod but its older. I am more interested in getting the best camcorder possible then upgrading the tripod later. the other thing i was wondering is about 720p vs 1080 p.
as far as external mics ect.. ill upgrade and aquire those later

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sony
Sep 14, 2011 3:26PM PDT

on top of that ive been lookin at Sony HDR-FX7 its only 1080i when some of the smaller high def 1080p cameras ar only a fraction of the cost why is that

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If the computers
Sep 15, 2011 12:29AM PDT

are of equal power, then your editing environment is fine - assuming the Windows hardware includes a 1394 port. Final Cut is more closely aligned with Vegas...

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sony
Sep 15, 2011 4:57AM PDT

Obviously you are very educated on these matters.. so i will not take up anymore of your time. Just one more question. Do you Know of any camcorders in my price range with big glass and a big silicone imaging chip that record in high def 1080p

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In your budget range?
Sep 15, 2011 5:34AM PDT

Onto miniDV tape? No. I think the least expensive is the Sony HVR-Z5.

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sony
Sep 15, 2011 10:46AM PDT

the sony dslr is a camera with camcord capability? so the mini dv tapes is the cleanest way to save the media? over the mini dvd's and over the internal hard drive? interesting you shoud recommend a didgital camera for recording the video you are the second person to hand down that recommendation. I have been recoring in interlaced format and i dont like the blurr i get with movement. thats why im am so set on a progressive format

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There are several
Sep 16, 2011 6:31AM PDT

dSLRs (by Sony, Nokon, Canon and others) that recorder 1080 i/p. The video is very compressed when compared to the DV/HDV datastream. DV/HDV has been the goal at 25 mbps. Many flash memory and hard disk drive cameras and camcorders compress the datastream and result is something less than the 25 mbps. Data compression - video compression - discards video data... forever. When decompressed, the replaced data is "best guess". Personally, I would rather work with as much original data as I can when capturing and leave compression to the last steps of the process when rendering different files of the same project for the different viewer media. But that is me.