Hey,
I am planning to get anew camcorder. Since I am an IT person(I am programmer) . I like to edit my videos add music , mix videos and create interesting movies. Now I use 5 years old Digital 8 camcorder. Now, its time to buy a new toy. Can't deside what to get. Plus i do not like quality....
It takes too long to transfer video from camcorder to computer for dv. Hardrive camcorders looks better in this case.What about picture quality? Will i loose quality if i will buy hardrive camcorders instead of mini dv?
Any particular Models in mind?
2006-10-26 09:38:20 · 5 answers · asked by maximyshka 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Camcorders
I recently bought the DCR-SR100, and I'm very happy with the video quality. While it's true that it records in mpeg2 (same format as DVD) and the quality suffers when compared to mini-dv. But will you be making DVD's of you videos? If so, you would be converting (compressing) the mini-DV video to mpeg2 format anyway.
As for editing mpeg2 videos, there are fewer choices vs. mini-dv. Here are a couple of mpeg2 editors that I know of that won't re-encode mpeg2 video other than the transitions (to minimize further compression and loss of video quality).
http://www.womble.com/
http://www.ulead.com/vs/runme.htm
Free trial versions are available for downloading at their respective websites.
Personally, I enjoy the convenience of copying the video files over to my computer. I am now able to burn my videos to DVD much faster than when I used my mini-dv camcorder.
Here's a review of the DCR-SR100
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Sony-DCR-SR100-Camcorder-Review.htm
and the recently release HCR-SR1 (records in High Def Video)
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Sony-HDR-SR1-Camcorder-Review.htm
2006-10-27 12:45:08 · answer #1 · answered by Chuckie 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I had a mini dv and i just hate buying tapes also when you want to playback you just cant never seem to find that scene your looking for but now I got a jvc hd camcorder and its way better just hook up the usb and in less than five min you can upload your videos to your cpu also I dont see a difference in quality between the two. Get the new jvc's I think their cheaper now and you can take 3mp pics with them too and the hardrives come in 20 and 30 gb ranging which model you get.
2006-10-26 15:43:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't lose quality by *buying* a particular type of camcorder. You lose it by editing the video.
Hard drive and DVD camcorders encode in MPEG2, which is lossy compression. Each time you open/save, you lose more quality.
Best quality, if you plan to edit, is MiniDV, which is less compressed.
2006-10-26 10:28:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-26 12:20:47 · answer #5 · answered by LOST 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋