Sony HDD videocams

[fengwei]

Besides Alan, MS Color also sells Sony camcorders. can check them out too.

Thanks. I'll sure drop by AP when I decide on the model to buy

 

[fengwei]

The output from a 1/3" sensor such as that of the DCR-SR100E is like that of a DSLR, better noise control and image quality. The 1/6" sensor such as that of the DCR-SR60E is crap in low light i.e. anything that is not outdoors is basically crap like the PnS digital cameras. I am speaking from experience, both camcorders will give images that are world's apart in image quality.

Given the option between the Sony DCR-SR60E and the Panasonic SDR-S150, I would go for the Panasonic. I have had an opportuity to try out the video image from it at Cathay Marina a long time ago, when the earlier version called SDR-S100 was available. The image quality was indeed sharp, albeit with some noise. But compared to the HDR-S100E, the HDR-S100E will be better by a significant margin.

I have been reading up on AVCHD too. Somehow, I get the feeling that you will need some powerful hardware convert the output effectively.

Thanks Parchiao. I'm not interested in still image, but I guess the video from the SR60E is crap too :think: I know it only has a tiny CCD sensor, but if the video quality is okay, I might just be okay as well For me, the most important thing is to keep the fun moments w/ the kids and not really that interested in the quality. The Panasonic S150 uses SD card, which isn't ideal for our purpose ('cause mostly my wife would be the one who takes videos while I take care of photos ).

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll take a look at them in stores and decide ...

Happy Holiday!

 

[mpenza]

maybe can attach a video light for indoor use....

was having fun with the Canon DC20 (1/3.9" CCD). it's a bit noisy and dark indoors but otherwise ok. Found the built-in video light a bit too bright (point source) and cause discomfort to people.

 

[holeinone]

The Canon DC series has quite a nice feel, but the top of the line model is a little too ex for my liking.

Video is a whole new thing to me.... got lots to learn.

 

[lwm]

Hi, if my intention is just to copy the video to one of those HDD/DVD recorder (like Pioneer DVR-645H) through firewire, and burn into DVD, will there be any difference in quality in transferring in terms of HDD, DVD or DV formats for videocam? I don't plan to do any editing on the PC, and have no idea what format the DVD recorder stores the recorded video.

Thanks.

 

[mpenza]

I'm new to this.... but believe DV will give the best quality (25mbps uncompressed).

HDD and DVD videocams record at max 9mbps compressed, so you'll only lose some data. Doing another digitisation and compression to HDD/DVD recorder will result in some more data loss.

 

[kristian]

I'm new to this.... but believe DV will give the best quality (25mbps uncompressed).

DV is also compressed and it's uses 4:2:0 sampling for PAL.

 

[ilovehouse]

but but...XDCAM also mpeg. XDCAM HD also mpeg. HDCAM also compressed. How? Which camera shoots pure raw AVI?

Yes.

I see we all need more resolution.

if we can afford it, www.red.com

its sure isnt pure raw AVI, but i believe it kicks a hell lot of ass out of AVI.

 

[mpenza]

DV is also compressed and it's uses 4:2:0 sampling for PAL.

lightly compressed though vs MPEG2 ;p

 

[holeinone]

I have been playing around with the Panasonic GS300... love it! I find the video quality quite good in avi format, after I have transferred it to the harddisk.

But somehow after I convert to mpeg2, the quality suffers and there seems to be some jerkiness. I dunno if it's the settings I used. I am using Premiere Elements 2.0 for the editing and conversion. Newbie here, so I cant be using those professional level software, which I figure is probably much better (but more complex too).

Anyone can shed some light on this?

 

[trucatus]

Yes.

I see we all need more resolution.

if we can afford it, www.red.com

its sure isnt pure raw AVI, but i believe it kicks a hell lot of ass out of AVI.

Brother knows his stuff....If this camera is out it is a killer.