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Canon HV40

by Ferlon Feb 27, 2009 2:11PM PST

hey everyone, I wanted to know what you thought about the canon hv40. I was thinking on getting it. I want to start making some kind of films, and documentaries maybe. I just joined the video production club at my school. I'm working on a budget here, about $800-$1000, or a little more. I don't want my video to be compressed like it is on my gz-hd6 and I would love a format that is much easier to edit (I have so many problems with jvc's files it's ridiculous and I'm tired of dealing with it, everytime I record a service for my church I lose precious material, at times 20 to 30 minutes of the work i've done, even after I have converted the files to work in premiere pro cs3). I'm not worried about the switch to tape from a hdd, I'd rather have a longer wait time with better quality. I guess I'm asking is this the camera to do film with or is there some other out there within my budget.

I thank you all in advance for your help!!!! Thanks!!!!!

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Seems like it will do the job...
by whizkid454 Feb 27, 2009 8:42PM PST

However, have you looked at the HV30, the earlier model? You may be able to find it much cheaper than the HV40 and use the saved money for tapes, lights, tripod, microphones, etc.

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by Ferlon Feb 28, 2009 7:01AM PST

That actually makes a lot of sense and thank you very much! But does the native 24p in the HV40 really make that much difference from the HV30

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Unless you want it for the specs...
by whizkid454 Feb 28, 2009 11:53AM PST

But I have heard from others that the "24f" mode (faux-24p) on the HV30 does a pretty good job when compared to true 24p.

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thanks
by Ferlon Feb 28, 2009 12:50PM PST

thanks again whizkid!

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