Panasonic Camcorders Hdv
Which do you get more bang for your buck–prosumer tapeless or HDV camcorders?
I’ve been researching online and can only find a few tapeless HD camcorders including Panasonic AG-HMC150 and AVCCAM
AG-HMC70U. There are many more HDV camcorders than SD–so if what I hear about the SD’s being better, why can’t I find more than just a few?
Thanks!!
You need to do more research then. Tapeless (no hard drive) camcorders are all over the place.
Look here:
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/
At the prosumer (i.e. below pro-level), you’ll find camcorders that utilize hard disk drives and/or flash memory, such as the Panasonic AG-HSC1U.
For prosumers, your choices are going to be limited to Panasonic, Sony, Canon, and JVC.
The only limiting factor (i.e. why there aren’t more) is that editing high-def video take an intensive CPU and well-spec’d computer. HDV uses MPEG encoding, which is well-established and easier to deal with. Most tapeless recorders use AVCHD, and that requires a lot more horsepower to edit. That has to be holding back camcorder development.
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