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Title: Best consumer/home use video Camera
Post by: Bearhunter on December 20, 2008, 08:19:56 PM: Whats you guys opinion on the best consumer/ home use video camera on the market. My wife wants a small camera, she doesnt like using my bigger canon GL2, so whats good, maybe we can use it for a second while out in the woods. Any opinions?
Title: Re: Best consumer/home use video Camera
Post by: ShotgunSniper on December 23, 2008, 09:43:53 AM: Hey bearhunter,

I thought you already had a video camera? What kind of videos are interested in making now? Your posting says "home use", hmmmmmm interesting. I'm not sure if I want to see those vid's.
Title: Re: Best consumer/home use video Camera
Post by: bucklucky on December 23, 2008, 11:05:35 AM: I was wondering the same thing. I want to get a gl2 but cant afford it right now :bash:
Title: Re: Best consumer/home use video Camera
Post by: DeerHarvester on December 26, 2008, 03:33:22 AM: Make sure you get one with "HD". Not sure which brands are the best, but I have seen some video from a consumer "HD" video camera and it was amazing. I would also go with the hard drive model, lots of record time with no tapes to worry about. Should be a great second camera to go with you new mac book.
Josh
Title: Re: Best consumer/home use video Camera
Post by: billythekidrock on December 26, 2008, 04:41:24 AM: Make sure you get one with at least 20x optical zoom and forget digital zoom.
Title: Re: Best consumer/home use video Camera
Post by: bucklucky on December 26, 2008, 09:45:21 AM: That digital zoom is worthless, I turn it off when I can.
Title: Re: Best consumer/home use video Camera
Post by: FrankDown on December 28, 2008, 02:08:34 PM: I like my GL2. IT maybe a little bulky compared to the little sony cigarette pack models but the pic quality is much much better too...
Title: Re: Best consumer/home use video Camera
Post by: Slider on December 28, 2008, 05:23:08 PM: Quote from: FrankDown on December 28, 2008, 02:08:34 PM
I like my GL2. IT maybe a little bulky compared to the little sony cigarette pack models but the pic quality is much much better too...
+1 :yeah:
Title: Re: Best consumer/home use video Camera
Post by: rainshadow1 on December 28, 2008, 05:36:51 PM: I don't know them well, but I've got a little Sony that uses the mini dvd's, I've got nothing but praise for it. Really like it.

My FiL got a JVC hard drive camera, but he has the shakes so he doesn't use it much. I don't know if it's any good or not. I sure like that idea though. The mini dvd's are 30 min, the hard drive on that JVC is something like 30 hours!
Title: Re: Best consumer/home use video Camera
Post by: stumprat on December 28, 2008, 06:02:41 PM: I have a JVC harddrive camera. Certainly not the best but seems to work fine.
Title: Re: Best consumer/home use video Camera
Post by: Bearhunter on December 29, 2008, 01:10:03 PM: You guys are funny :chuckle: Ive got a canon GL2 but my wife doesnt like it its to big, so she wants her own, so I bought her one of them little tiny jobs, Panasonic with the built in harddrive, to dang small for me. Ya digital zoom is worthless. The one thing that the canon Gl2 has over the Sony VX2100 is a higher zoom, the Sony is better in low light conditions though.
Title: Re: Best consumer/home use video Camera
Post by: ShotgunSniper on December 29, 2008, 02:50:31 PM: You say you're wife doesn't like em big, eh? Sounds like she's got the right hunter! With you it would always have to be "low light" conditions right?
Title: Re: Best consumer/home use video Camera
Post by: Bearhunter on December 29, 2008, 03:54:31 PM: Sounds like you have all the answers for her, come and get her along with all the payments BUD!
Title: Re: Best consumer/home use video Camera
Post by: billythekidrock on December 29, 2008, 04:11:39 PM: Quote from: Bearhunter on December 29, 2008, 03:54:31 PM
Sounds like you have all the answers for her, come and get her along with all the payments BUD!

Yea, probably cheaper to let someone else take over payments. :IBCOOL: