Compare Sony Camcorders
How do modern camcorders like sony sr12 compare to the old sony vx2000 ?
picture quality etc
It depends.
The HDR-SR12 is a consumer-grade, hard drive based, camcorder that records standard definition to very highly compressed MPEG2 files or high definition to REALLY highly compressed AVCHD files that can be challenging to edit unless you have current hardware or software. As with all consumer grade camcorders, the lenses are relatively small and the imaging chips are relatively small, so low light video is generally not very good. Hard drive camcorders, in general, cannot handle vibration well (the hard drive sensors will park the heads to protect the hard drive), so recording loud audio (bands with or without amplifiers, planes, heavy machinery, race car motors, etc) is pretty much impossible. As well, hard drive camcorders need air… any high-altitude video capture above ~9500 feet won’t happen.
The Sony DCR-VX2000 is a “prosumer”-grade, miniDV tape based camcorder that records standard definition to DV format. It does not do high definition. If that is a requirement, then consider the HDR-FX1. Pretty much ALL video editors can deal with the relatively lightly compressed DV format. As with most pro-sumer or low-end pro grade camcorders, the lenses and imaging chips are bigger than consumer grade camcorders and the manual controls (zoom, focus, iris, shutter, audio, etc) are easier to get to using buttons or knobs or other body-mounted controls (rather then the LCD panel controls Sony uses). Because of the bigger lens and imaging chips, low-light behavior is typically MUCH better than consumer-grade cams. MiniDV tape (and flash memory, for that matter) do not have the vibration and altitude issues hard drive camcorders suffer from.
In normal, good, daylight, the SR12 standard definition and VX2000 standard definition will likely be indistinguishable. Of course, even with the really highly compressed AVCHD high definition, the high def video of the SR12 will be a lot better than the standard def VX2000. If you were to compare the HDR-FX1 high def to the SR12, the FX1 would be superior. But we don’t always shoot in normal, good, daylight. As the light gets less and less, the VX2000 (and the FX1) will be a LOT better than the SR12.
At least one other thing to consider:
If you have 3 hours of video captured to the SR12′s hard drive and drop/break the SR12, you may be challenged to get that video off of the hard drive. Expect to pay some $ to a data recovery service + a new camera.
If you have 3 hours of video captured to the VX2000, you will have three miniDV tapes. Drop and break the camcorder and all you need to do is get another miniDV tape based camcorder for playback/transfer.
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