First Video Camera....

jcb33 · 25 Oct 2006 at 20:10

Hi all, I have recently developed an interest in making movies, My webcam is great quality but not portable, and my digi cam has very poor quality recordings.l

So I was just wondering what is a good video camera, for a first time buyer, I will be wanting to make movies with it, e.g for youtube, and I want them to be a good quality, clear, nice resolution etc... Budget will be about £300, thanks

nath042 · 26 Oct 2006 at 21:09

hey there id reccommend a sony DCR-TRV270E. I have one it has amaising night shot and bright light. As well as a good zoom and nice little screen you can also use it for streaming to a pc. Its a nice first or second cam. Its not too expensive either! Heres a link http://www.sony.co.uk/view/ShowProd...=odw_en_GB&pageType=3D&category=CAM+Digital+8

Nath042

jcb33 · 27 Oct 2006 at 12:44

Just wondering how would that compare to a Panasonic Mini DV digital cam, and is it easy to transfer the data onto pc?

jcb33 · 29 Oct 2006 at 22:59

Anyone?

Bones · 30 Oct 2006 at 10:05

with miniDV i use a firewire cable to stream the footage onto PC in Adobe Premiere. You can use Micorsoft Movie Maker 2 aswell which is a freebie.

Raw footage takes up a lot of hardrive space though, roughly 15-20gb per full tape.

jcb33 · 1 Nov 2006 at 22:31

Bones said:
with miniDV i use a firewire cable to stream the footage onto PC in Adobe Premiere. You can use Micorsoft Movie Maker 2 aswell which is a freebie.

Raw footage takes up a lot of hardrive space though, roughly 15-20gb per full tape.

Does it compress down?