Hey guys, well I posted a question about a week ago basically saying I will be making a movie in the theme of CKY and asked what kind of camcorder I should get because I was looking for a professional standard not just one suited for home movies. I got some good answers so I headed over to Best Buy to see what they had and the guy told me for my intentions the best bet would be to get a Hard Disk Drive because it can hold 7 hours of film. This was only $499 by the way. I also heard however that the picture quality on those are not as good as a direct DVD camera. But dvd ones are harder to edit. so basically my question is, would a Hard Disk Drive be my best bet?
2007-03-06 01:13:11 · 4 answers · asked by David M 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Camcorders
HDD camcorders record in mpeg2 format - same as the DVD camcorders....so you would experience the same difficulties in editing the HDD videos.
I assume that you will be doing lots of editing for your movie - therefore, I recommend that you stick with a DV (or mini DV) camcorder.
2007-03-06 05:34:09 · answer #1 · answered by Chuckie 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You said you want to make a movie (which involves editing), and have one of higher quality than a consumer camera. Unfortunately, HDD and DVDs ARE consumer formats, no matter how much bull crap the Best Buy (or circuit city, etc.) guy says about how good they are. A miniDV cam is the only way to go if you want to create above average productions without spending a fortune. With that said, there many cheap high-quality minDV cams out there. If you have the money, a canon GL2 is a great choice (I got mine on eBay for $1500). However, if you're tight on cash, panasonic's upper end of the pv-gs series is a great choice. They offer 3ccds, lots of manual controls, and cost less than $1000. One note: if you're planning to buy on eBay, look for the pv-gs400. While it is older than the gs300 and gs500, it offers more performance for the price than those cams, especially when you find a cheap used gs400. Also, in order to edit miniDV footage, you will need to capture the video to your computer via a firewire port (some models support USB for video transfer, but firewire is still the best choice). If your computer doesn't have a firewire port, a firewire adapter card can be purchased cheaply at your local electronics store (just don't ask for the Best Buy guy's opinion! :-) Hope this helps!
2007-03-07 02:26:26 · answer #2 · answered by evilgenius4930 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have thought the camera connected to the hard drive would have more of a bearing on quality than the drive itself. I think you need both - a good camera to film the movie, and a hard drive to store the movie.
2007-03-06 02:56:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I woudl say if you're doing CKY type stuff you're risking screwing up a hard drive!
Asides from which if you want 'pro' not 'home' quality you can't be expecing to really fork out anythign less than $10,000 (that's my rough guestimate from UK prices for semi pro DV camcorders)
ideally you want something like the link below - oh and get insurance on it
2007-03-06 03:37:59 · answer #4 · answered by circusmort 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋