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HD professional camcorders

by gogux May 31, 2009 7:29PM PDT

Wondering what professional 1080 camcorder @3k USD is best(image quality wise). Pls advise. Thx

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The camcorders in a similar

by boya84 May 31, 2009 10:46PM PDT

category will be pretty similar, video qiality wise...

Canon XHA1
Sony HDR-FX1000 (prosumer)

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Another option

by mattdot Jun 3, 2009 6:23PM PDT

Another option you might consider is the Canon 5D Mark II DSLR camera. It shoots 1080p with interchangable lenses, and a lot of commercials, documentaries, videos are being shot on this camera now. Not your traditional recommendation, I know, but some thing to look at. There are ton of examples of 5d video on the web.

Samples from canon's web site

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Agree - there are

by boya84 Jun 3, 2009 10:39PM PDT

some audio considerations with this camera not in the original post...

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