Good video camera for filiming hunts??

[DBHAWTHORNE]

Any thoughts on like the canon xa10 or xa20...or something in the 1-2k price range?

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I have an XA-10... Love it... If I was buying today I would go with the XA20 (wasn't out when I bought mine)

[JPhelps]

Also the reason DSLRs have become so popular is the size of the sensor. It takes about a $100,000 video camera to get the size of a sensor in the $500 and up DSLRs.

[MtnMuley]

I was in the market to upgrade my vcam last year, and after a lot of research and reading reviews, I chose a Panasonic HD vcam.  I wanted compact and the most clear (optical) zoom I could find in a compact HD cam. Price wasn't an issue.  After I decided on the model, I shopped around on the internet and all said and done got it for $350 to my door.  I used it this last fall, and the quality is better than expected and I'd recpommed this vcam to any other hunter wanting to take great quality HD videos.  I think people would be surprised how much footage they watch on TV these days is shot with these smaller HD cams, that fit into most people's budget.

[lamrith]

I was in the market to upgrade my vcam last year, and after a lot of research and reading reviews, I chose a Panasonic HD vcam.  I wanted compact and the most clear (optical) zoom I could find in a compact HD cam. Price wasn't an issue.  After I decided on the model, I shopped around on the internet and all said and done got it for $350 to my door.  I used it this last fall, and the quality is better than expected and I'd recpommed this vcam to any other hunter wanting to take great quality HD videos.  I think people would be surprised how much footage they watch on TV these days is shot with these smaller HD cams, that fit into most people's budget.

which model did you go with exactly?

[MtnMuley]

HC-V520

[huntnnw]

Problem with alot of DSLR's is the abilty to shoot in low light...most lens are not F1.4 like you can find in vid cams. then the massive lens you would have to buy to even come close to the zoom of a small camera and the price  great B roll, but this guy is wanting to film for himself and not make a tv show

[idahohuntr]

Thanks for all of the help and advice...I'm definitely more clued in to what I think I need from the input here...definitely not looking to break into the hunting video production business, although some of what I see being done (e.g., full draw film tour) is pretty frickin awesome and motivates me to think about all the creative things I could do!      My wife thinks my hunting is obsessive...not sure how she would take my idea to buy lots of new equipment and spend hundreds of hours editing and creating and filming scenes 

[Romulus1297]

WOW You are polite on this question. Look at Cannons HF G20, HF G30 or on up @Crutchfield.com. You get what you pay for.  Why aren't you so polite on other posts? Why are some other topics the end of the world for you? We are not bergdahl. Why do you post so harshly against other people?