Armat Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 Hi everyone. I need to buy camcorder around $500.00 That's my budget. Any inputs from personal experience? Any suggestions? I consider Sony DCR-HC40 Mini DV but not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasun Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 Armat, good choice. I am thinking to get one too and that's one of my choices too(except I am debating to get a sony that writes on a DVD). I owned a sony before, gave to my brother. It is still alive after 4 years of use and functions as it was new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 I'm biased against Sony. And after being burned a few times, I no longer support them/but their products. In all fairness I do not own a miniDV camera, and Sony is well reputed in that field. For good measure, you may want to compare feature sets of similarly priced units made by other brands, say, Canon or JVC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasun Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 One thing I forgot to mention, the software that came with my old camcorder looked amateurish and sucked. I hope they have improved it by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 (edited) Armat, I highly recommend the Canon ZR200 Camcorder(about 400ish) and if you can go a bit higher I would say get the Canon Elura 70(500ish) and for about 650 the Elure 85 Personally have used the ZR65 for couple of years and it is amazing and zr35 prior to that. Edited April 18, 2005 by Azat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 have been usung zr45 for 3 years - for the last year it's zr90 22x optical zoom lens and you can get one under $350 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armat Posted April 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 Thanks guys for your inputs.The sony software does suck.I went to sony forum and they all use pinnacle and studio etc. for downloading to pc. Sony does have a drawback.It has a ducking station which is needed if used direct wall plug in. I like cannon myself but was not sure.The low end ones have a poor performance in low light situation like recording birthday candle party. Since you guys used it and like it then that's more valuable then press infos.I am not looking for top shelf since I can't afford it anyway but decent middle road.Thanks for the inputs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 Armat jan, that is true about the Canon and the problem is not that it cant film under low lite but that it has a hard time auto focusing. in those situations what I do it switch just the focusing to manual focus and it works great. I am not sure if they have fixed this issue in the new models or if the Elura line has this same issue. In general they are very very easy to operate. take great video with vibrant color, are light and have a great CCD and leans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 Armat jan, that is true about the Canon and the problem is not that it cant film under low lite but that it has a hard time auto focusing. in those situations what I do it switch just the focusing to manual focus and it works great. I am not sure if they have fixed this issue in the new models or if the Elura line has this same issue. In general they are very very easy to operate. take great video with vibrant color, are light and have a great CCD and leans style_images/master/snapback.png Azat jan stop! You're going to make me want to but a camcorder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakersfieldian Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I don't know where you are located but if you are near a Fry's Electronics, I highly recommend you go there. I hate them but always end up going back due to price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 heyyyyyy Boris... I love Boris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominO123 Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 heyyyyyy Boris... I love Boris style_images/master/snapback.png Are you gay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 Domino, do you even know who Boris Badenov is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominO123 Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 Domino, do you even know who Boris Badenov is? style_images/master/snapback.png Azat, is he a guy or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 Domino, dont make me come to Montreal to kick your ass you smart asssss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 See Azat, I told you you're going there two days ago. And some say I don't have abilities to predict stuff... I am coming with you. We're gonna make that city Mon-unreal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 you're both welcome :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 and i'll gladly join Fadiushka's butt kicking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 Run Domino Run.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armat Posted April 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Anyone ordered from this on line store.They seem legit.Best prices and the cannon is $80.00 less then reg store.Here is the link http://www.mpsuperstore.com/Video/discr105...source=dealtime Now ideally I would like to buy from mega stores but their sale price is 399.95 which is pretty steep.What do you guys think.Should I go ahead?buy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasun Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Armat jan, if you are going to buy from an unknown place you might as well buy this one http://store.wawadigital.net/cazrmidica.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anileve Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Geeks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Geeks with cool toys to play with. Armat jan, I personally am not a huge fan of those small shops, but you can just charge it on a gold or plat charge card and if they screw up refuse to pay for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominO123 Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 http://www.camcorderinfo.com/ Armat, this site test camcorders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armat Posted April 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 http://www.camcorderinfo.com/ Armat, this site test camcorders. style_images/master/snapback.png Thanks for the link!!!It seems ZR300 is few $ more but it has great low light performance as compare to ZR200. Sas that store seems really screwed up.I bet they take everything from the box and charge you the content like battery charger,cable etc. extra besides the store I am considering to buy has a good rating and delivers the whole camera box with everything including the pinnacle studio which lot of people think is a great editing software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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