Posted by Patrick Woolmer on Wed 13th June 2007 at 06:00 AM, Filed in Camcorders
Canon really do have a number of seriously good camcorders on the market and the HV10 is one of them. It’s expensive, retailing at around $1650 (£849) but it promises high definition without resembling a pro camera.
The HV10 is compact and rated as one of the smallest HD cameras on the market capturing 1080i pictures. It’s a shame that the medium is MiniDV tape and not a hefty hard drive, but it’s tricky to have your cake and eat it I guess.
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Posted by Patrick Woolmer on Mon 11th June 2007 at 08:45 AM, Filed in Camcorders
I’m currently looking around for the best camcorder to buy (what a minefield!) and wanted to share some of the best buys I have discovered.
The technology at the moment seems to be at a bit of a crossroads and in a way everybody is waiting to see when we get to the next strata of technology. That next strata as far I am concerned is the camcorder with a substantial hard drive with picture quality to match. Yes there are a few hard drive camcorders that are getting very close to the finished article but their still not quite up to scratch. It won’t be long in my view.
Nonetheless on my travels in cyberspace I managed to pin down some products that crop up time and again as being worth the investment.
The first is the Ultra Slim Sanyo Xacti VPC C6.
Personally, I love a camcorder that is compact, but in the past there have always been question marks over the lack of stability that ensues. Anti camera shake engineering claims to eradicate this but it’s still not a total solution. Nonetheless, the advantages of a smaller camcorder far outweigh the disadvantages in my opinion.
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