Buying A Video Camera... But I Know Nothing About Them! |
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Buying A Video Camera... But I Know Nothing About Them! |
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Jul 2 2008, 11:01 PM |
Vacation time is near, and I'm thinking of getting a video camera, both to shoot some silly vacation vids, but also to maybe record some guitar stuff and post some small vids on youtube and whatnot...
But... I know NOTHING about video cameras I did some research and there seem to be three kinds: Mini DV (they record on a small digital tape), DVD (they record on a small size DVD), and HD (They record on... surprise!... HD). I don't want to spend much on a video camera, won't use it that often, and I'm unsure what to get. I guess HD cameras are the best, but they are quite pricey. The ones that use miniDV seem old, and the ones that use DVD might be good... but I have some doubts: What kind of file do these cameras record the movie in? normal .mpg? .avi? Other strange kind of file? I'd like a file that is easy to transfer to the computer so I can upload/change it's format easily. Is that possible with any kind of camera? Can you take a movie from a mini DV camera and put it on your hard drive as an mpg? And from a DVD camera? Too many questions, I'll stop now Long question short: what camera to get for a newbie who wants to upload some stuff on youtube and shoot some vacation clips? -------------------- Guitars:
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