firstly i dont know whether to buy a camcorder and a digital camera. i also want to know what format of digital camera people would suggest. i am taking my lap top so i want the format that is easiest to transfer onto pc. i have shortlisted HDD mini DV or dvd rw
2006-09-14 07:51:05 · 10 answers · asked by sirjuliusbellmont 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Camcorders
unless you have great skill at making great looking videos, it might be better to stick with a still camera instead. however, if you do decide to do video, dont get anything too expensive since it is your first purchase, and edit as much of it as you can while shooting (i.e. plan your shots, and shoot in the order you want them to) if you can. and although not totally necessary, edit if possible on the laptop using windows movie maker or something like that. hope this helps! p.s. i almost forgot. minidv is probably the best choice for using your laptop
2006-09-14 14:59:33 · answer #1 · answered by evilgenius4930 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you buy a camcorder, you will end up looking at some of the world's greatest sites through a viewfinder or on a tiny screen, and when you get back, you will wonder why you bothered, and there will be great feelings of disappointment.
With a digital camera, you will stop and get great stills of the places, and that will be much better for you both at the time and afterwards.
2006-09-14 14:54:18 · answer #2 · answered by Ian H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The important thing is to take pictures! Lots of pictures! You can never take too many & you regret the ones you missed. I still haven't gone digital. Used my 35 mm in Europe. Make sure if it's digital that it's a high megapixel to get good quality shots. A camcorder is neat too. Just try not to overuse it because home movies can be boring. Limit it to things that are better shown on video than photo (music, dance etc.) I love photography. & the key to great photography is quantity. If you take 100 photos 10 of them might be brilliant enough for National Geographic. If you only take 10 & one of them is blurry, that's a loss. That's one advantage of digital over film, you can see them immediately & delete ones that don't turn out.
Good luck! I envy you!
Photos are tangible memories. Life goes by so quickly it's nice to hold onto little pieces of it...
2006-09-14 15:09:25 · answer #3 · answered by amp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I would pack light and not go with the laptop. I would pick a digital camera with video capabilities like the Canon S3 or Sony R1. I would take a device like the Wolverine 80GB FlashPac (probably 2 of them). This device will let you move video from your removable media to its hard drive without a computer. It also acts as a USB flash Reader and HardDrive. No heavy laptop the fire up everytime your removable memory is full. It will copy the entire contents of the removable media to its hard drive. Keep 2 removable media cards with you for fast swapping and continous shooting. The S3 will shoot video as long as there is room on the removable media. Takes great pictures also with the 12X IS lens.
2006-09-15 16:09:57 · answer #4 · answered by bondoman01 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree with Ian H, don't miss out by hiding behind a camcorder! Invest in a good digital camera - get advice from a specialist shop.
Have a great time!
2006-09-14 15:00:42 · answer #5 · answered by Purple 8 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is what I would do:
Go to Bestbuy (or that sort of stores) and get a camera with HD, or one that uses memorysticks
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?navLevel=4&type=category&navHistory=cat00000%2Bcat04000%2Bcat04014&id=pcmcat91400050051
If you are going with your laptop also buy an 80GB portable drive, this will give you the ability to download thing from your camera memory and get them backed-up. So you will have enough memory and can tape and take pictures. Yes, they can e a little expensive, but they are better than the ones you have to go an keep looking for the right kind of tape or R-DVD
Once you come back check this site: www.mypublisher.com
and get a great album. I did it myself and they are great and not so expensive.
2006-09-14 15:23:09 · answer #6 · answered by xavier_del_rio 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think that digital camera would be better. it's kind of boring to be watching somebody's video where as looking at pictures are more interesting.
go for a ultra compact digital camera with bluetooth so that it is easier to transfer pictures into your laptop. a bigger LCD - 3" will be good so that you can view it properly, anything higher than 6 mega pixels is recommendable for better quality pictures, the higher the better. try checking http://www.dpreview.com/ and go to buying guide. it might help you choose the digital camera you need.
2006-09-14 15:41:26 · answer #7 · answered by the big black bat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go with HDD, its easiest to put on laptop with a usb. dvd rw will be second difficult as finalizing and formatting will be unreliable, minidv is the most complex you will need firewire, pron to physical damage and space problems will come into play.
you will never know where you might end up and can't find required accessories all the time.
with HDD 30GB will give you about 14hrs of footage on regular quality and upto 33hrs on economy.
2006-09-15 15:49:23 · answer #8 · answered by ok 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
buy a good camera that will take a large memory card 2gb + then you can have both without the bulk
2006-09-18 11:01:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is an interesting way to go about it:
http://www.wherethehellismatt.com/
2006-09-14 14:59:41 · answer #10 · answered by jb_cpq 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋