Help with video camera's please

misscharlie

I havent a clue about video camera's, but am looking to buy one on my small budget of £200. Could anyone recommend one around this price range or give me tips on what to look for?

Many thanks xx

Butlers1982

No one in here that knows anything about video camera's I promise you!

Ive posted loads of times asking for information and dont get anything!

Dont hold your breath!

alanwjones

Being a little more positive than the above poster, may I suggest that you have a look at this site, http://www.avforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=61 Where you will find all the advice you need in your search, Hth. Alan.

OK_Sauce

I would recommend getting a mini-dv camera. They can be picked up for under £200, blank tapes are cheap, and if you have firewire on your pc, are easy to transfer for non-linear editing. OK, you may say tapes are an 'old' format but the DVcam format, the 'full size' version of a miniDV is still the preferred format of the professional. Tapes are cheap enough to keep the raw footage on, should you wish to do so.

Butlers1982

Being a little more positive than the above poster

I wasnt actually being negative, I was informing the OP that I have posted numerous requests for information on VideoCamera's to no avail.
Not being negative, being realtistic.

Cherokee_2

Oh I have just put a similar post on the techie section, its so confusing with all the different formats about, I just want something, simple to use, dont need lots of gadgets but there are so many about????

alanwjones

All the information you need on what to buy can be found on the AV forums site, http://www.avforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=61

You will find a bunch of experts here who will steer you in the right direction.

tomthebomb

What's with the apostrophe?

scotnan

misscharlie wrote: »

I havent a clue about video camera's, but am looking to buy one on my small budget of £200. Could anyone recommend one around this price range or give me tips on what to look for?

Many thanks xx

Hi misscharlie, I've been looking around for a while too and have read up on opinions on a few techie forums as I didn't have a clue what to look for and have decided to go for the mini dv type.
Went into a Jessops shops to get their advice, and the sa also recommended mini dv with either Cannon or Sony and although there are a few cheaper ones, this is the one I'll probably go for it's £180 on Amazon

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-DCR-HC37-Handycam-Camcorder-screen/dp/B000MK1U7U/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/203-8862038-5877525?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1181670673&sr=8-1

Some of the online survey companies offer Amazon vouchers as rewards, so if you do any of those, you could get it even cheaper as I intend to do.

And as someone else has already mentioned, make sure your pc has a firewire connection.