Best Video Camera?

Question

I want to make some movies. I would like a video camera that supports hot shoe. I would like it to have a fairly decent fps count over like 100. I want it to be hard drive have a good zoom and it be HD. A good image stabilization. " video tape little brother's football games" and I would like it to have support with adobe programs.

Price range under 1,000$ "USD"

Not so needed. But let me know all the camcorders good features.

I also would like it to have auto and manual focus and adjustable shutter speed.

Answer 1

Sony HDR-HC7 or HC9

Canon HV20 or HV30

Most camcorders shoot at 29.97 frames per second (FPS). Most people just call it 30 FPS. The Sony cams has a burst of higher frame rate called "smooth slow record".

Use a tripod or monopod for stability. Be sure to get a couple of extra rechargeable high capacity batteries - no camcorder comes with a "good" battery in the box.

The four camcorders listed can be manual or auto focus, zoom, exposure, shutter. These cameras also have mic-in jack and manual audio control. The Sony's have a LANC port (wire remote) that is very useful. All of them can also use optional wide-angle or tele lenses.

Best video quality continues to come from miniDV tape based camcorders and all four can have standard definition or high definition video edited by the current version of Adobe video editors.

If you decide you want to use internal hard drive based HD camcorders, be aware that the MPEG2 compressed video (standard definition) and AVCHD compressed (high definition) causes loss of data resulting in reduced video qualitty when compared to miniDV tape recording DV or HDV. Also be advised that the Adobe video editors *might* support Canon AVCHD but not Sony AVCHD camcorders.

DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER.

If you go with  the recommended miniDV tape based camcorder, you will need to have a firewire port on your computer for importing the video.

Answer 2

Be warned, Sony's "smooth slow record" lowers the resolution - you're not going to get slo-mo HD.

Answer 3

I have a Sony handycam. It has a lot of features you might like. Also has night vision so you can make videos in the dark.

Answer 4

if your looking to make a video you have to get a tripod. you need one to hold the camera straight when you pullinsai. also if ever need some one, i can lay some pipe!

Answer 5

SONY having good range of best video camera.