Camcorders How To Buy
Where can I go to do in-depth research on camcorders?
I’m thinking about buying one (either a DVD or DVR) and I want to find out ALOT about what they can do. I’ve looked for web sites and found stuff on Wikipedia & How Stuff Works. I want a site that has practically EVERYTHING on camcorders and the different types. Can you help me?
Check out www.camcorderinfo.com if you really want to learn about camcorders. They go farther on indepth testing than most consumers have the stomach to read, and even though they can’t test every single camcorder on the market, they get to most of them, let alone the important ones. You’ll find info about a camcorder low light capabilities, controls, and other stuff that will allow you to make clear comparisons between models better than you will any where else. If your looking at prosumer or professional level, they’ve done limited reviews on some, but ultimately you’ll have to just find what reviews you can on the web or sites like dv.com, videographer.com or look up cinematography.
If you just want to shoot and watch, then DVD’s OK. However, I haven’t read or experienced anyone that I know whose been able to get miniDVD or DVD into an editor without a lot of pain, if they got it at all! DVD camcorders are not made for the shoot and edit videographers, because when the DVD is finalized, it’s formatted in the same filetype as commercial DVDs to ensure it’s playability in set-top DVD players. A photographer I know bought a DVDcam which came with software for editing. As far as editing goes, it was more limited than movie maker, but what was absolutely intolerable was that it wouldn’t keep the audio in sync with the video. Not good! Another way is buying a third party software to rip the video off the DVD, but it’s a crapshoot getting it to display properly.
If you’re going to get into editing, tests have proven that miniDV cassettes handled properly have a shelf life nearly equal to DVD! The only drawback is that it’s more time consuming to transfer the video off tape than it is off of a HDD camcorder, or a DVD (assuming you can.) I’m only guessing that by “DVR”, you mean HDD, because DVR actually refers to a tape or hard disc recorder/player. HDD seems really cool for the transfer rate or even being able to review footage in a nonlinear fashion in the camcorder, but make sure your nonlinear editor supports it before blowing the money, and finding out you can’t make your movies.
Another place you check out is Cnet.com. It’s not as extensive, but a good second opinion if the review is there. If there are any others, you may be able to find them off of those sites. Good luck to you, it’s neat finding someone else who actually wants to learn about camcorders.
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