Which is the best camera?
Which is the best camera?- special effects and filmmaking
What is the best digtal video camera for around $1000 and under.
Which firewire card is the best?
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BigJgRIMZ
the sony dcr trv-120 is an excellent digital 8 camera
[This message has been edited by Sluggo (edited 03-05-2001).]
double post!
[This message has been edited by dss (edited 03-05-2001).]
For low budgets, I highly recommend what I got:
Sony Digital8 TRV-310 (nice screen for price)
Pinnacle DV300 (comes w/ Adobe Premiere 5.1)
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-DSS-
Director, Producer,
Editor, and Actor of
Counter-Strike: The Movie
Hey Dss, I have almost the exact same setup as you!
I'd reccomend the sony TRV-310 digital 8, like dss said. It's reliable, has good picture and sound quality, and some pretty cool features. 
I have the DV200, which also comes with Premiere 5.1. The capturing works great for me, but i still haven't been able to export video to tape. This may not be a software problem though. Perhaps I'm just stupid.
If anyone knows how to export to video with the DV200, though...
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Andy Holmes
-artist, animator
does the SONY DCRTRV320?
Connect thru firewire?
How good is it?
I NEED a good quality camera!
but not expensive!
I have a CCD-TRV37 now!
and want to go digtal!
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BigJgRIMZ
[This message has been edited by BigJgrimz (edited 03-05-2001).]
Don't we all.
Unfortunately, you'll need to sacrafice SOMETHING, SOMEWHERE. So, if you want to sacrifice quality, it'll be cheaper, and vice versa. Truthfully, the GL-1 is the only "low end" dv camera that I've liked. I've seen the canon optura and optura pi for about 1000. I've never actually used it, but it has a progressive scan movie mode, optical image stabilizer. A couple nice features for low budget movie making. I bought a digital8 about a year ago. it does a nice job for the price, but I find myself really wanting those features on the canon models.A gl1 is probably going to be my next camera.
why do you people always ask this? if you're considering buying a $1000 camera spend the cash, buy a mag that reviews them, then take the time to go someplace and compare them head to head, buy a tape and actually record on some on each camera, then watch the playback. Talk to the sales people, they usually know the cameras good & bad features. subject the camera to all sorts of endurance tests, like bright and dim lighting, zoom speed, test the picture stabilizers, all that kind of stuff and buy a camera that fits your style, needs, and price range.
dont ask people who you've never met on a message board, who (more then likely) didnt buy the cameras themselves what a good camera is. you may use their answers as a "starting point" read up on the others in that range then do the above.
later
Tom
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Mr. Hutt: You probably need the latest drivers. The drivers are for both DV200/300. The have great features and fix many problems.
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-DSS-
Director, Producer,
Editor, and Actor of
Counter-Strike: The Movie
does a digtal 8 camera connect digtal thru firewire?
Which would be better Digtal 8 or Mini DV?
I dont know much about digtal cam's.
Can someone show me a site or something helpful?
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BigJgRIMZ
MiniDV will be better quality, Digital 8 will be cheaper.
I bought the DCR-TRV320!
And Studio DV
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BigJgRIMZ
Big Jim Slate:
Actually, Digital8 cameras are supriorer in features and quality to some MiniDV cameras! In a large digital camcorder review in MaximumPC magazine a few months ago, they reviewed about 4 MiniDV cameras and a Digital8, and the Digital8 was the best reviewed! It made me even more happy as that Digital8 model was the same as mine! Of course any 3-chip MiniDV camera will beat a D8.
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-DSS-
Director, Producer,
Editor, and Actor of
Counter-Strike: The Movie
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