Camcorder for less than $1500 SGD? and other questions...

[TsQ]

AVHCD save more space... i think u guys just use AVCHD... its really not that hard to edit it... anyway AVCHD lite has smaller bandwidth means its even easier to edit then the camcorder one

i tried AVCHD from a proconsumer cam and i cannot edit... the mbps rate is way way to high and need quadcore processor...

 

[coffee3in1]

AVHCD save more space... i think u guys just use AVCHD... its really not that hard to edit it... anyway AVCHD lite has smaller bandwidth means its even easier to edit then the camcorder one

i tried AVCHD from a proconsumer cam and i cannot edit... the mbps rate is way way to high and need quadcore processor...

Yup, I'm using the Canon HF S10 that can do full HD, but I only shoot with 720p :sweat: because my PC cannot handle the bandwidth.

 

[TsQ]

Yup, I'm using the Canon HF S10 that can do full HD, but I only shoot with 720p :sweat: because my PC cannot handle the bandwidth.

u shld just go record 1080p as it will be ur only chance to hv these footage in full HD as permanant storage, what u can do is get ur PC to render the 1080p files to 720p (may take many hrs) .. than from there edit the 720p with ur current PC while the 1080p just store it as master copy, so at least u hv a full HD version of what u are recording.

 

[westknight]

Problem with sanyo so far is the weak image stabilizer.. its not optical, but electronic only , however if u look at sony low end models which is also electronic stabilizer theirs are so much better

If u just want to hv full HD, good video at cheaper px.. sanyo is hard to beat ... but if u hate shaky video and ur hand is not always that stable ... u might want to consider others...

at the end its depands how u want ur video to be... the lower end Sony and PAnasonic full HD wont hv video quality as good as sanyo hD2000 but their image stabilizer is much better... so if u want best of every features, go for a higher end model like the Panaosnic TM300 or something similar from Canon ...

Also one thing to note, the "gun" type of holding a camcorder is cool looking but that way of holding will subject to a lot of hand movement after holding the camera for a min or so...

chk out Xacti 2010 model that holds like conventional camcorder... that one looks quite good... hope they hv imporved their stabilizer this time round

for me, i hate shaky videos... so what 1080P for when everything shakes with a minimal hand movement? so stabilizer to me is very important in a camcorder.

lucky i didn't get the gun type cam when the saleman keep pushing it to me