canon digital camera 30x optical zoom image
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Is a digital movie camera with 30X plus even better for taking distance snap shots?
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You get what you pay for!!! Plain and Simple! you want Optical Zoom. Digital zoom is not going to give you a good picture! I would suggest the Canon S5. Its a great camera and has a great optical zoom. It will give you the best Bang for the buck! As for movie camera, NO. Would you Take your Car to a bus repair shop??? No, get oen that is designed for the job you want done!
You get what you pay for!!! Plain and Simple! you want Optical Zoom. Digital zoom is not going to give you a good picture! I would suggest the Canon S5. Its a great camera and has a great optical zoom. It will give you the best Bang for the buck! As for movie camera, NO. Would you Take your Car to a bus repair shop??? No, get oen that is designed for the job you want done!
Should I buy the Canon Vixia HV40 camcorder or the Sony HDR-CX260V camcorder?
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The HV40 records on minidv tapes and the Handycam is digital. Which will give me the best quality video and which is the best camera to use in general? I will be using it often because I want to start recording a lot of random things in my life. I will also probably post some YouTube videos. The Handycam is $500 but I am going to get the built-in projector which is an extra $100, and the HV40 is $600. So I will be spending around $600 no matter what. If you have any other suggestions please post them! :D Thanks a ton.
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The Canon HV40 is a miniDV tape based camcorder that records high quality, low compression, HDV format *digital* high definition video. The zeros and ones recorded to the *digital* tape are the same zeros and ones recorded by other digital media (i.e., flash memory, hard disc drive, optical disc), but in a different format (low compression). The "DV" in "miniDV" = Digital Video.
The storage media should not matter. The file type, compression (low is better; high means discarding more video data - if it is not there, it needs to be reconstructed as "best guess")... and the largest lens diameter and imaging chip you can afford along with a mic jack are the things to have on your shopping list. Please note that camcorders like the Sony HDR-FX7, HDR-FX1000, HVR-Z5, HVR-Z7, Canon XHA1, and XLH2 continue to be in demand and all use miniDV tape. As for low compression, HDCAM (Sony), DVCPro/HD (Panasonic), and MXF (Canon) are favired by professionals (typically not AVCHD commonly found in consumer high definition camcorders).
But this all may not be your concern... A miniDV tape camcorder can get its video into a computer only if the computer has a firewire port. Connect the camcorder's DV port (not USB) to the computer's firewire port (not USB) with a firewire cable (not USB). If your computer has no firewire port, adding one may be possible. Firewire, IEEE1394, DV and i.link are all the same... and they are not USB. USB-to-firewire cable/adapter/converter things will not work. If your computer has a Thunderbolt port, a Thunderbolt to firewire adapter is available - and it works.
For the AVCHD cams, USB is fine.
In this case, compare:
Video capture: HDV vs AVCHD. Winner: HDV (low compression).
Media: MiniDV tape vs flash memory: depends on your requirements. I prefer the use of digital tape for long-term archiving. You need to define your planes for getting to the video from flash memory in 1, 5, 10 years or more.
Lens diameter:
HV40: 43mm
CX260: not listed - likely 30mm or 37mm.
Winner: HV40
Imaging chip size:
HV40: single 1/2.7 inch
CX260: single 1/3.91 inch
Winner: HV40
The larger lens diameter combined with larger imaging will provide better low light video behavior.
Mic input: Yes for both - 3.5mm stereo connection.
headphone jack
HV40: Yes
CX260: no
Other features:
The HV40 has AV-input recording external sources; manual shared thumbwheel (use for manual zoom - much better than menu driven); built-in flash for stills,
The CX 260 has "golf shot", 30x optical zoom, geo-tagging (built-in GPS)
Suggestions: If you need flash memory, at your price range, check the Canon HF M series. Check the lens diameter and imaging chip size compared to the CX260... and no projector.
The Canon HV40 is a miniDV tape based camcorder that records high quality, low compression, HDV format *digital* high definition video. The zeros and ones recorded to the *digital* tape are the same zeros and ones recorded by other digital media (i.e., flash memory, hard disc drive, optical disc), but in a different format (low compression). The "DV" in "miniDV" = Digital Video.
The storage media should not matter. The file type, compression (low is better; high means discarding more video data - if it is not there, it needs to be reconstructed as "best guess")... and the largest lens diameter and imaging chip you can afford along with a mic jack are the things to have on your shopping list. Please note that camcorders like the Sony HDR-FX7, HDR-FX1000, HVR-Z5, HVR-Z7, Canon XHA1, and XLH2 continue to be in demand and all use miniDV tape. As for low compression, HDCAM (Sony), DVCPro/HD (Panasonic), and MXF (Canon) are favired by professionals (typically not AVCHD commonly found in consumer high definition camcorders).
But this all may not be your concern... A miniDV tape camcorder can get its video into a computer only if the computer has a firewire port. Connect the camcorder's DV port (not USB) to the computer's firewire port (not USB) with a firewire cable (not USB). If your computer has no firewire port, adding one may be possible. Firewire, IEEE1394, DV and i.link are all the same... and they are not USB. USB-to-firewire cable/adapter/converter things will not work. If your computer has a Thunderbolt port, a Thunderbolt to firewire adapter is available - and it works.
For the AVCHD cams, USB is fine.
In this case, compare:
Video capture: HDV vs AVCHD. Winner: HDV (low compression).
Media: MiniDV tape vs flash memory: depends on your requirements. I prefer the use of digital tape for long-term archiving. You need to define your planes for getting to the video from flash memory in 1, 5, 10 years or more.
Lens diameter:
HV40: 43mm
CX260: not listed - likely 30mm or 37mm.
Winner: HV40
Imaging chip size:
HV40: single 1/2.7 inch
CX260: single 1/3.91 inch
Winner: HV40
The larger lens diameter combined with larger imaging will provide better low light video behavior.
Mic input: Yes for both - 3.5mm stereo connection.
headphone jack
HV40: Yes
CX260: no
Other features:
The HV40 has AV-input recording external sources; manual shared thumbwheel (use for manual zoom - much better than menu driven); built-in flash for stills,
The CX 260 has "golf shot", 30x optical zoom, geo-tagging (built-in GPS)
Suggestions: If you need flash memory, at your price range, check the Canon HF M series. Check the lens diameter and imaging chip size compared to the CX260... and no projector.
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