What is a good video camera for a video blog?

Question

What is a good video camera for a video blog?

Answer 1

ANY camera will work well for a blog.

youtube and common video sharing sites all display images at 320 x 240 resolution.

standard def cams (SD) will go twice as large as that with 720 x 480.

high def even more with around 1440 x 1080 upwards.

so really, any cam will do a good job. even video mode in a stills cam will be good enough as long as the sound is ok.

it depends on how much you want to spend. for budgets under $300 they will all be the same but get mini dv.

from $300 - $800 you can get some with 3 ccd and seperate audio controls which is useful in blogging.

$800 up you can get HD.

hope it helps!

Answer 2

Im in the same situation as you, I got a DVD camcorder, and it was a big mistake becuase you have to extract the footage ect.

Heres some tips for buying a camcorder for video blogs:

1. You could get a HD cam, as youtube now is displaying HD quality videos.

2. Get one that uses SD cards, their nice and fast for editing. No extracting needed.

3. Buy a tripod!

4. Think about voice quality.

I'd reccomend this:

http://geizhals.at/img/pix/280269.jpg

Although the zoom on here isnt exactly great, but its small compact and fairly cheap.