There are a lot of compatibility issues when attempting to put HD video onto a Mac to edit. I know there are ways around it but from what I understand, when burning to a DVD it converts it to SD format anyway. (Unless I went the blue ray route. Which I don’t want to do) So, is it pointless to get a HD camcorder if i’ll never end up seeing the video in HD. Or is it a better quality because it was shot in HD regardless of the fact that it was converted to SD?
Lynn
I’m looking into purchasing a digital camcorder and I noticed that the optical zoom on standard def camcorders goes up to 40x, whereas high def camcorders only have 10x optical zoom. Why is this?
note: I’m aware that they also have the digital zoom, but there is a generally a loss in picture quality when digital zoom is used.
Herman
Ok guys, I really need some “specific” advice. I own a website that takes pictures and videos in nightclub environments and I have been starting to put more videos on the website. i eventually convert the video from whatever source to flash video and stream it on the site. i have been recently just using my point and shoot digital snapshot camera that has the video feature ( 640 by 480) to take the clips but OBVIOUSLY the video is horrible and the sound is even worse. what i really need is a small camcorder.
basically after i shoot the videos, i will have to transfer them to my pc and then ill eventually encode them to flash.
what is the best camera format for this need. mini dv? harddrive type? etc. i basically need a small camcorder that shoots great video and audio ( good with lo light) and is not killer expensive with the best format for editing later.. any specific models come to mind? also, do I really need HIGH-Def?
Holly
if i do not have a high def tv, why should i buy a high def camcorder? what do users of HD camcorders have to say about their ease of use, editing, media used, etc.?
do all digital camcorders have this CCD thing? what does it mean as opposed to whatever else there is out there? what other than the CCD thingie is in digital camcorders?
what media do you really like and why? hi-8, 8mm, dvd, hard drive? is a hard drive media the same as having a memory card/stick in a digital camera, that downloads to your hard drive? what else would a digital camcorder’s having a hard drive mean?
which digital camcorders have the best automatic settings for, especially, zooming really close into flowers/taking movies of insects? as well as other automatic settings like for distance (”mountains”), portraits, action, normal?
that is optical zoom opposed to digital zoom? what meaning does each one have?
what about sound? what types of sound capabilities should i look for?
Nathaniel
i mean i want to take party with HD camcorder and then writ it on cd/dvd with my computer. is it possible? if yes how? please answer if you know. thanks to everyone!
Arlene