Help for choosing a video camera

[wootsk]

Hi, I am looking for a portable HDD video camera.

Budget is maximun SGD1.5K.
Easy to use.
Decent battery life.
Min 24 FPS. (Should be around there for a smooth video)
Prefered with long optical zoom and big aperture (think video camera also use aperture ba).

I am a decent user for camera and a total liability for video camera, so I am not sure of the fuctions of video camera. BTW I am helping my friend to scout for one and seriously hope some guru of video camera is able to recommand one to me. I apologise if the details is poor as I am really a newbie and thank you for those able to recommand one to me.
:lovegrin::lovegrin::lovegrin:

 

[hotwork77]

Hi, I am looking for a portable HDD video camera.

Budget is maximun SGD1.5K.
Easy to use.
Decent battery life.
Min 24 FPS. (Should be around there for a smooth video)
Prefered with long optical zoom and big aperture (think video camera also use aperture ba).

I am a decent user for camera and a total liability for video camera, so I am not sure of the fuctions of video camera. BTW I am helping my friend to scout for one and seriously hope some guru of video camera is able to recommand one to me. I apologise if the details is poor as I am really a newbie and thank you for those able to recommand one to me.
:lovegrin::lovegrin::lovegrin:

Get a Legria. Fulfill all your requirements. :what:

 

[wootsk]

Get a Legeria. Fulfill all your requirements. :what:

Thank you for your reply, but HDD --> Hard disk. I am looking for a hard disk portable video camera with build in memory.
Read http://www.canon.com.sg/personal/pr...camcorders/legria-hf-m300#specificationAnchor and found no inbuilt hard disk capacity specification.

 

[wootsk]

Sorry for wrong info, found http://www.canon.com.sg/personal/pr...-camcorders/legria-hf-r18#specificationAnchor and it happens to have inbuilt 32gb memory.

 

[hotwork77]

Sorry for wrong info, found http://www.canon.com.sg/personal/pr...-camcorders/legria-hf-r18#specificationAnchor and it happens to have inbuilt 32gb memory.

Sorry didn't write it out in full. Don't buy a HDD cos it may have a shorter lifespan if you mishandle the camcorder. My Legria uses SDHC and I brought mine to Alaska and Sub-Sahara and it still perform beautifully after so much abuse. In Africa I drop the camcorder from a camel to the floor and it works as if nothing happened. I can't say the same if the inside is a HDD.

Best of all you can get the HiDef version for less than $1100.

 

[wootsk]

Ya, but my boss wants a inbuilt memory one. Anyway the canon site wrote that it is flash memory inbuilt, so should be ok. Thanks for the concern anyway

 

[killerslayer92]

Ya, but my boss wants a inbuilt memory one. Anyway the canon site wrote that it is flash memory inbuilt, so should be ok. Thanks for the concern anyway

HDD or flash it doesnt matter, built in memory is not recommended. when u wanna transfer the footage out of the cam, u MUST connect the camera to a power source and that is very annoying. imagine rushing to transfer files for a meeting on the go or smth and u cant transfer.. SD cards are cheaper and if u run out of space, switch them out.

 

[jaegersing]

HDD or flash it doesnt matter, built in memory is not recommended. when u wanna transfer the footage out of the cam, u MUST connect the camera to a power source and that is very annoying.

Sounds like you got a Canon camera?

 

[killerslayer92]

Sounds like you got a Canon camera?

Nop but i used hs200 and hf11 frequently B4

 

[wootsk]

Thanks for all the reply, it helps alot in my decision making.