Camera Help Please?

Question

I need to buy a video camera to make a movie.

Can anyone recommend, by name, a good video camera?

Like could you tell me the name of it and if you can where I can buy it?

so that the movie can look as professionaly as possible.

thanks.

Answer 1

What is your budget?

All miniDV camcorders use firewire to transfer video (from the DV port on the camcorder to the firewire port on your computer). MiniDV tape will provide yuo the best available video quality.

Pricing camcorders is odd... there are lots of choices from about $300 to $500 for standard definition (DV) palmcorder-handycam types. Like the Canon ZR family and the Sony DCR family.

Then there is a jump to around $700-$800. The Canon HV20, HV30, Sony HDR-HC7 and HC9 do both standard definition (DV) and high definition (HDV) and have external mic jacks and have full manual audio control...

Then there is a jump to $2000 and more...

Sony VX2100 (DV only)

Canon GL2 (DV only)

Panasonic DVX100b (DV only)

Sony HVR-A1U (DV & HDV)

Canon XHA1 (DV & HDV)

Sony HDR-FX1; HVR-Z1U (DV & HDV)

Sony HDR-FX7; HVR-V1U (DV & HDV)

Panasonic HDX200 (DV & HDV)