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Aug 18 2007, 02:24 AM
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I had very little experience with camcorders and i can only tell you which one am i using for lessons:
Sony DCR-HC24 - it was around 390$ when i was buying it half a year ago and i bought it in Croatia so i believe it's cheaper in America. Also, little tip: if you plan on using it for YouTube - YouTube has a small resolution FlashPlayer just like GMC so if you record a video on resolution of 800x600 and later use video editing software for rendering - you can easily render it at 320x240 and add a low SHARPEN effect and you'll get awesome picture. Btw. what you see in my lessons - i don't know why but in the lessons the video quality is worse than i have it rendered on PC. I think the system of GMC does some kind of re-compressing when i upload it. When you get your camcorder i can help you with video settings for rendering! 
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Aug 18 2007, 02:29 AM
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arg pavel... mine was $1000+ and urs seems to have better quality
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Aug 18 2007, 03:11 AM
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No m8! I bet your cam-corder is WAY better than mine - it depends on how you edit your video and how you compress it!
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Aug 18 2007, 04:53 AM
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If you plan to move what you record to a computer I suggest you get a cam coder with a built in harddrive, I don't have one but I supposes a HD would make it less a hassle compared with tapes.
EDIT: I will read all the recommendations with great interest too since our cam coder went wierd, I can play but for recording the screen went black. Maybe it can record anyway, I will try. But for the record it's a bad camera so I will enter a second criteria thta I think is important, more than resolution really. 1'st - A built in harddrive 2'nd - Being able to record in darkness. Mine was supposed to but when I do it's all choppy and blur This post has been edited by MickeM: Aug 18 2007, 05:01 AM -------------------- My bands homepage
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Aug 18 2007, 05:37 AM
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QUOTE (fkalich @ Aug 18 2007, 05:43 AM)  I've never thought of your videos as having bad quality. If you could see the vids on my hard drive before uploading - they have better quality than after uploading. So you can imagine than how good the picture is! HC-28 was pretty expensive here when i was buying camcorder so i guess you can easily get it! HD Camcorders are much more expensive - at least in Croatia. The hard drive makes it attractive but considering i only use mine for firewire streaming - i don't need one as i always stream directly to PC. -------------------- "It isn't how many years you have been playing, it's how many hours." -- Prashant Aswani "PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!" -- Michael Angelo Batio Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Aug 18 2007, 06:01 AM
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Yeah! Those HC are TAPE recorders! But it was the same to me as i explained above! And - just as you - i didn't want to spend enormous amount of money on it!
Let us know what you get when you decide what to buy! Would like to know!
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Aug 18 2007, 06:06 AM
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Also, don't confuse HD with Hard Drive - HD on its own usually means High Definition, which in turn usually means immense cost!
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Aug 18 2007, 06:08 AM
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You can't confuse it in small camcorders because High Definition cameras cost MUCH MORE than these amateur camcorders!
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