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I need some advice...

Sep 26, 2011 11:58PM PDT

I'm new to this website and its forums so first of all - Hello!
Now, to business, I can't pretend that I understand an awful lot about camcorders so this is where (hopefully) you guys can help out.. I'm wanting to buy a HD camcorder for the specific purpose of filming aircraft. I would like a camcorder with high resolution image quality but also not massively expensive, so I was wondering what advice you guys might have? Thanks in advance, Steven.

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Just because the subjects are
Sep 28, 2011 4:07PM PDT

"aircraft" does not necessarily denote a special camera or camcorder - but there are more questions...

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doing my best to answer
Sep 29, 2011 12:55AM PDT

Thanks for your reply - you clearly know much more than me about camcorders.

The aircraft will be captured in daylight but the conditions could vary, I simply intend to take the camera to an airshow/military base and film them so for 2) the aircraft will be moving. I'm not entirely sure about the furthest distance away from me any aeroplane will be so that's a tricky one to answer. As for 3) the camera will be on the ground but I'm afraid I can't answer the other two points in that question because I don't understand them. I would like there to audio included in the clips. I think a limited amount of editing would be required to fuse two clips together for example, but i'm not sure how I'd go about that at the moment. My budget is around £500-600. I don't intend to get a tri-pod unless it's absolutely necessary. A single clip could be any amount of time within around 10 minutes. Still images being pulled would be a bonus. I think it's worth pointing out that I'm not intending to film incredibly professionally. I'm simply wanting to record HD videos of the things I love and upload them and watch them. I'm not looking to spend thousands.

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Good stuff...
Sep 29, 2011 4:01AM PDT

The reasons for my questions and more feedback to you... Your budget will be the lowest common denominator with which to work. It is in the US$800-US$900 range. Though I don't know how various taxes impact that. This places you in near the upper end of the consumer camcorder range or perhaps in a dSLR that captures video as a convenience feature.