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I'm looking for a camcorder...

Jul 14, 2006 7:07AM PDT

Which has brilliant sound capture (for recording concerts), brilliant video capture, and which is really good in low-light. Plus, this may be pushing it but i have a very tight budget with the most i can spend is

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How many LUX is low light.
Jul 14, 2006 7:14AM PDT

Please tell.

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How many LUX is low light.
Jul 14, 2006 8:03AM PDT

I don't really know. I basically would like a decent, built-in light on the camera.

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Basics?
Jul 14, 2006 11:41AM PDT

If we don't know the lighting condition then how would we know if the camcorder will work? That is, look at camcorder specs and you'll see the rated minimum LUX. Measure it and then you'll have a starting point.

Bob