dmegatool
2006-11-20, 00:04
Hi !
I'm planning to make the acquisition of a brand new baby from my wife. She's not pregnant yet but we are trying hard (fun part here)... I think a camcorder will be nice since it's gonna be my first kid.
I don't really know what I want because I don't know if I really need some features. I'm ready to spend around 600-800$ but if someone recommend me a 1000-1200$ that I really, really should get, I can negociate with my wife :).
Ok here somes I want :
-manual focus
-16:9
-24p (frame mode/whatever)
-that's all ?...
I wondering things like :
-Should I get a cam that shot in HD (I don't own hdtv/hd-dvd/bluray). Does the quality is better when shot in HD and tranfered to dvd ?
-Does a handy cam does the job compared to a shoulder one ? If the size isn't a problem...
-What about storage ? What kind is better ? HDD, mini-dv, ...
I don't know that much about camcorder, lens, etc. I just want a nice image quality. I know I will be able to adjust things in finalcut but you know. Anyway I'm really impatient to get my hands on FC. I never used it. In my college we were learning Adobe Premiere (I think it was 6.0) because it was cross platform. Eewwww
I'm planning to make the acquisition of a brand new baby from my wife. She's not pregnant yet but we are trying hard (fun part here)... I think a camcorder will be nice since it's gonna be my first kid.
I don't really know what I want because I don't know if I really need some features. I'm ready to spend around 600-800$ but if someone recommend me a 1000-1200$ that I really, really should get, I can negociate with my wife :).
Ok here somes I want :
-manual focus
-16:9
-24p (frame mode/whatever)
-that's all ?...
I wondering things like :
-Should I get a cam that shot in HD (I don't own hdtv/hd-dvd/bluray). Does the quality is better when shot in HD and tranfered to dvd ?
-Does a handy cam does the job compared to a shoulder one ? If the size isn't a problem...
-What about storage ? What kind is better ? HDD, mini-dv, ...
I don't know that much about camcorder, lens, etc. I just want a nice image quality. I know I will be able to adjust things in finalcut but you know. Anyway I'm really impatient to get my hands on FC. I never used it. In my college we were learning Adobe Premiere (I think it was 6.0) because it was cross platform. Eewwww