On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 09:19:03PM CST, Joar Wingfors <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 25 jan 2011, at 08.43, Gregg Dinse wrote: > > > Instead of buying a new battery and investing more in this old > > camcorder, I am thinking about upgrading to an HD camcorder and I am > > looking for recommendations. Are there certain brands that work > > best with a Mac and iMovie? Is it best (and most convenient) to get > > one that records to a hard drive, or is it better to stick with > > tapes (or CDs)? In fact, do they have some that record to flash > > memory? My main use is to record an occasional concert, so it would > > be nice to be able to record for 2-3 hours. > > I looked long and hard at camcorders last summer [...] > I eventually selected the Sony HDR-CX550 which has been excellent. I > choose this one because of its low light sensitivity, image > stabilization, storage space and manual controls. It was their top of > the line model at the time (for consumers), but I'm sure that the > cheaper versions in the same generation of cameras work just as well.
I'll be in the market for an HD camcorder too. But my main concern is with USB. Are there still performance issues, especially when recording video straight to the computer via USB? The pros prefer Firewire, but the consumer camcorder space is mostly USB. > Finally, I'd like to call out that the video camera that I use the > most is my iPhone 4 (and that I'll probably end up selling my Sony > camcorder). You know what they say - The best camera is the one that > you have with you. It certainly helps that it also captures great > video (for most purposes, although probably not for your concerts), > and that it's so extremely easy to share your pictures and movies with > friends and family. Moreover, proper lighting will make a mediocre camcorder look amazing, while poor lighting will make an amazing camcorder look mediocre. -- Eugene http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
