Camcorders Terminology
buying a camcorder?
I am looking to buy a new Camcorder and i am having a little trouble. First off i have a small understanding of digital camera terminology so bare with me but here is what i am looking for…
Traveling
Snowboarding
School Projects
Fun with Friends
I would totally use it snorkeling
Shock resistance would be nice
Underwater housing
Very nice quality
$600 or less
I would prefer a hard drive but any would be okay
I use imovie for editing
Long Battery Life
Night Vision
these are the main features im looking for and im pretty sure that there are no Camcorders with these features but i need to find one thats right for me
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Thanks
I have a Canon FS11 and it could do all of the above except for:
-snorkeling
-underwater housing
-night vision (it has a powerful LED light but not necessarily for night vision)
The FS11 is $600 and has an internal 16GB flash memory. The battery lasts 3 hours while recording and can capture up to 3h 45m worth of high quality video (on the highest setting). The on-board flash memory has few moving parts so it’s more shock-proof than other camcorders. And one more thing about this camcorder, it has 48x zoom. It’s freaking crazy!!!!!
If you really want the underwater capabilities, check out the Panasonic SDR-SW20R Digital Camcorder. It has OK video capabilities and I don’t really know anything about it other than it is fully underwater submersible without a housing. I guess that’s the only cool thing about it.
So these two cameras are pretty good and has their own unique strengths. Click on the links to check them out =)
Canon FS11:
http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=2544&modelid=16183
Panasonic SDR-SW20R Digital:
http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/shop/Cameras-Camcorders/Camcorders/Hard-Disk-Drive/SD-Camcorders/model.SDR-SW20R_11002_7000000000000005702
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