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Nick
I want a camcorder, what do you suggest?
EXCELLENT HD
EXCELLENT HQ
EXCELLENT AUDIO
But big enough to hold in hand.....:D
Answer
Hi Nick,
When looking at camcorders, make sure you look at their maximum data rate (best quality recording). Within a given price range, this will be key to quality. Here is what you will find.
Lower priced HD camcorders will record as low as 5-6 gigs/ hour of video. Under $2000, the best you will find is 11 gigs/hour.
Now, look closely at the few remaining MiniDv tape (still digital) camcorders. MiniDv records at 13 gigs/hour.
To fully appreciate this, do the math! MiniDv has 15% MORE data for a frame size that is 1/6 the size of HD.
Fact is, HD is a marketing term and is a step backward in quality. The lower data rate for a bigger picture are accomplished with huge compression rates. HD relies on reference frames, as few as 2 a second. The remaining 28 frames record only a specific threshold of difference, and are interpreted from the reference frames for most of their image. MiniDv is uncompressed in the brightness channel (important for how we see the image) and has a very low compression in color. Most important, compression is done within each frame. No frame relies on its neighbors for data.
The combination of high data and better compression means that in practice, MiniDv video can be up-converted in editing and have a better picture quality than native HD!
You also mentioned audio. MiniDv excels at audio and records at better than CD quality.
The only functional difference is your MiniDv camera will need a firewire cable (usually extra) and your computer will need a firewire port (expansion PCI cards are about $20.00).
Unfortunately, HD dominates the market. Canon is still producing the ZR960 for $250 and this is a bargain camera. At the $1000 mark, there is the HDV format (Also MiniDv tape but a 1440 x 1080 frame).
Since you did not mention a price range, I'll add that the least expensive camera that is card based HD and meets all your specs is the $3300 Canon XF100
And because most people are falling for the marketing and ease of card cameras, outstanding cameras like the Canon GL-1, GL-2, and XL series are going for under $1000 in the used market. Down the road, if you want card storage, any of these can be connected to an external digital recorder (about $1000).
Hi Nick,
When looking at camcorders, make sure you look at their maximum data rate (best quality recording). Within a given price range, this will be key to quality. Here is what you will find.
Lower priced HD camcorders will record as low as 5-6 gigs/ hour of video. Under $2000, the best you will find is 11 gigs/hour.
Now, look closely at the few remaining MiniDv tape (still digital) camcorders. MiniDv records at 13 gigs/hour.
To fully appreciate this, do the math! MiniDv has 15% MORE data for a frame size that is 1/6 the size of HD.
Fact is, HD is a marketing term and is a step backward in quality. The lower data rate for a bigger picture are accomplished with huge compression rates. HD relies on reference frames, as few as 2 a second. The remaining 28 frames record only a specific threshold of difference, and are interpreted from the reference frames for most of their image. MiniDv is uncompressed in the brightness channel (important for how we see the image) and has a very low compression in color. Most important, compression is done within each frame. No frame relies on its neighbors for data.
The combination of high data and better compression means that in practice, MiniDv video can be up-converted in editing and have a better picture quality than native HD!
You also mentioned audio. MiniDv excels at audio and records at better than CD quality.
The only functional difference is your MiniDv camera will need a firewire cable (usually extra) and your computer will need a firewire port (expansion PCI cards are about $20.00).
Unfortunately, HD dominates the market. Canon is still producing the ZR960 for $250 and this is a bargain camera. At the $1000 mark, there is the HDV format (Also MiniDv tape but a 1440 x 1080 frame).
Since you did not mention a price range, I'll add that the least expensive camera that is card based HD and meets all your specs is the $3300 Canon XF100
And because most people are falling for the marketing and ease of card cameras, outstanding cameras like the Canon GL-1, GL-2, and XL series are going for under $1000 in the used market. Down the road, if you want card storage, any of these can be connected to an external digital recorder (about $1000).
Whats the difference between handheld camcorders and those massive film cameras?
Jack
I mean I would have thought the large heavy film cameras would have been much more expensive and yes, some of them are 1000's of £. But look at this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Panasonic-NV-M50-VHS-Pro-Movie-Camera-0-7-Lux-Wide-Lens-Digital-Zoom-X-28-/190753412856?pt=UK_Movie_Cameras&hash=item2c69ca16f8
And then you've got things like this - http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5627622.htm?CMPID=GS001&_$ja=tsid:11527%7Ccc:%7Cprd:5627622%7Ccat:technology+%2F+cameras+and+camcorders+%2F+camcorders+%2F
Whats the difference, which should I buy for proffesional film making small handheld or heavy?
Answer
If you showed up for a paid shoot with either, I'd send you packing and sue for misrepresentation UNLESS you were very clear you were using either an effective antique or a consumer's toy.
The first is a VHS machine. In spite of it's large size, this was a consumer camcorder when it was made. Barely suitable for good old tube, standard def TV's, this analog camera has a single 320K sensor and equates to about 330 x 480 (Ntsc) or about 1/6 of 1mp. Among other issues, production of the tapes has ended, some time ago now.
The Current Sony HD cam is just as far from being a pro camera as the panasonic was in its day. The Sony gets somewhere between 4 and 8 gigs of data. The better CONSUMER hd cameras get 11 gigs and are available in this price range...problem is even at 11 gigs/hour you are less than 1/2 the data rate (resolution) of the BOTTOM end of what would be considered a pro camera, such as the $3300 Canon XF100 (Again, this is the bottom of the pro-line HD cameras).
Now, between the 2, the HD camera will be much more usable and have a better editing work-flow. Again, be very clear with potential clients that you are using consumer gear.
Pro cameras can pass $100,000 easily. Lenses for pro-cameras can pass $50,000 easily. And data-rates from these cameras can be more than 1 gig/min.
If you showed up for a paid shoot with either, I'd send you packing and sue for misrepresentation UNLESS you were very clear you were using either an effective antique or a consumer's toy.
The first is a VHS machine. In spite of it's large size, this was a consumer camcorder when it was made. Barely suitable for good old tube, standard def TV's, this analog camera has a single 320K sensor and equates to about 330 x 480 (Ntsc) or about 1/6 of 1mp. Among other issues, production of the tapes has ended, some time ago now.
The Current Sony HD cam is just as far from being a pro camera as the panasonic was in its day. The Sony gets somewhere between 4 and 8 gigs of data. The better CONSUMER hd cameras get 11 gigs and are available in this price range...problem is even at 11 gigs/hour you are less than 1/2 the data rate (resolution) of the BOTTOM end of what would be considered a pro camera, such as the $3300 Canon XF100 (Again, this is the bottom of the pro-line HD cameras).
Now, between the 2, the HD camera will be much more usable and have a better editing work-flow. Again, be very clear with potential clients that you are using consumer gear.
Pro cameras can pass $100,000 easily. Lenses for pro-cameras can pass $50,000 easily. And data-rates from these cameras can be more than 1 gig/min.
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