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Can you recommend a good camcorder?
Hi,
Recently, I was clearing out the garage and came across some old home movies. I found loads from when I was just two days old, still at the hospital.
It seemed my family were really good in thinking ahead, and I think it would be a shame if I didn't capture a lot of the memories of this day and age for us all to look back on in 20 years.
I've tried looking for a good camcorder on amazon and so on. But they all seem to be terribly expensive. I've checked review sites, but there are so many models out there! I recently bought a 'vivitar' model, which was horrendous! The picture was grainy, and the mic wasn't sensitive enough. So I want to avoid this brand.
But do you have a good one? I'm not a fan of these new, small ones that are flat? But if it is good, I don't mind investing in it. Do you have a model that you use and enjoy?
It'll be used for loud, large family gatherings. Mostly indoors, but also outdoors now and again. My budget is maybe $200? The most important things are 1. Picture quality 2. Sound quality 3. Battery life
Like I said, there are so many different models, and in instances like these, google is little help.
Thanks!
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I have a Flip camera and I absolutely love it. They're amazingly simple to use and shoot quality video. I'm not sure they make them anymore, but you can get one on Amazon still. The prices aren't inflated or anything. Make sure you get an HD one. There's no need to get the more expensive ones that have more space on them. I've never recorded more than an hour of video at a time. The only complaint I have about them is that if you zoom in and out while you're recording it's not always a smooth zoom and you may hear a faint noise in the recording. This is nothing though, considering the quality of the video that it produces and the very low price. My husband and I shot our wedding video with one and we couldn't be happier. Good luck in finding something! If you don't like the Flip idea, just go into a store like WalMart and check out the cameras on display. There are often inexpensive video cameras mixed in with the regular cameras.
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Plenty of good footage shot on Sony. A used professional model can be picked-up at a fraction of what it cost new and will buy you very sharp images & fair-to-good sound with a half decent mic & wind-shield plugged in. Better picture quality than a new bargain-basement low-end/consumer model. Built-in condenser mics are notoriously crap at recording anything (except the sound of the cameras own AF & zoom motors!). There are lots of models, usually with names in the form HDRxxxxxxxx(long list of numbers & the odd letter). If you can find a pro camera that hasn't been subjected to heavy pro use they're hard to beat. Sony hand held cameras have been pretty much the 'industry standard' for a long time. (Cinema motion-picture quality cameras are a law unto themselves and cost as much as houses, but 'broadcast quality' is well within reach, especially pre-owned). Old batteries, recharged many times don't hold a charge long so budget for a brand new battery and you've got a classic shooting machine. Never know where it might lead! I don't work for Sony by the way....
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