Best Hybrid Camcorders
Camcorder that works with Mac OS X?
HI,
I was looking to purchase a good quality camera and have a budget of £300 (but would preferably like to spend less than this)
which camcorders work best with mac or don’t work with mac at all. is this an issue?
The JVC GZ-MG330H Slim HDD/microSD Hybrid Camcorder With Konica Minolta Lens (35x Optical Zoom) and Sony DCR SR35 E 30GB Hard Disc Drive Handycam Camcorder both look pretty good.
any recommendations?
Thankx
It depends on the Macintosh…
Almost ALL Macs made in the last 10 years have a firewire port. If your Mac has a firewire port, then any MiniDV tape based camcorder will work great. The new MacBooks and MacBook Air do not have a firewire port and no way to add one. All other Macs made in the last ten years have a firewire port.
ALL Macs made in the last 10 years have a USB port. This means Flash memory and hard disc drive camcorders can connect. The video from these camcorders may need to be converted using StreamClip
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html
DVD based camcorders barely make useful doorstops.
Sony unveils hybrid Handycam camcorder
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Elgato EyeTV 250 Plus Digital/Analog TV Receiver and Video Converter (10020780) $159.00 Watch, record, edit and enjoy TV on your Mac and convert analog source video to digital files. EyeTV 250 Plus receives free over-the-air (OTA) HDTV, Clear QAM, and traditional analog TV. And thanks to EyeTV 250 Plus’ built-in hardware encoder, it quickly converts analog video to high quality digital video without using your Mac’s processor.EyeTV 250 Plus comes with a composite video and S-Video br… |
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Sabrent TV-PCIRC TV Tuner PCI Card with Remote Control $18.94 Capture video from your digital camcorder, watch TV, all from your PC with the MicroPac Tech PCI capture card! Easily connect a DVD player, VCR or a game console to your PC with the S-Video and composite A/V jack. MicroPac Tech PC to TV can also record, now you can watch TV on your monitor and record your favorite show at the same time!… |
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Sony DVDirect DVD Recorder VRDMC5 $191.81 V1)SONY VRD-MC5 DVDIRECT DVD BURNER… |
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Joby GP1-A1EN Gorillapod Flexible Tripod (Grey and Black) $11.24 The Joby Gorillapod makes taking digital photos more fun than ever. Designed with self-timer photography in mind, the Gorillapod lets you mount your camera just about anywhere you want so that you can include everyone in your automatic shots. All you need to do is use the universal 1/4-20 screw to attach your camera to the standard tripod mount, then wrap the three flexible segmented legs secure… |