sbk1972

Good morning gents,

Need to sip from the fountain of knowlegde again.

Im considering buying a video camera to record my nephew growing up, and other events in my life, i.e. my g/f stripping :-)

Been looking around, not sure what type to go for ? small dvd recorders, hard state ones ?? Im not after a bulky unit as I know that I wont use it, would love a small camera size one, as my g/f camera takes pics, and little videos.

Also, scared I might go for a format that is out of date in a few years. If I go for the hardrive one, I suppose I can down load that to my pc, but then need to convert it too DVD, which is a ball ache.

Or go for the DVD recorder one, but they are quite bulky.

So, need your wisdom gents. Also, whats a good place to buy them from ?

Cheers all

SBK

sbk1972

No ideas gents ?? No one here has a video / camcorder ??

SBK

bootsy

i sold mine because of lack of use.i use a sony cyber shot camera for filming and some photos.no need for a bag of bits to go with it

sbk1972

:-) wow, after all these years didnt realise there was a photography section. Sorry about that. I tend to go to non scooby, then other motors, then the sale sections. Wow, live and learn.

Cheers

SBK

Simon 69

Id stick to Mini-DV. Both DVD and fixed disk-type recorders convert the images to MPEG2 on-the-fly; Mini-DV uses MJPEG, which results in a far better inamge.

Bug Eyed Peas

I too went through this debate about a year ago. I decided to buy a half decent digi cam with video facility.
I`d personally go for a digi cam. But, its your choice at the end of the day.
You pay your money, you make the decision at the end of the day.
Just some impartial advice.

Ant