Harwood Butcher Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 My friends and I are planning on making a "Halloween special" for our Youtube channel and we're gonna need to get a better camera/camcorder than the digital camera I'm using now. The main reason we need it is because the video will be at night and in almost complete darkness. So we'll need night vision, which from my understanding is only in Sony camcorders. Here is what I'm looking for. Cost: $300 - $600 (Preferably NEW) At least 720P quality Night vision quality video in low lighting Hard drive I would also like audio zoom, but don't really need it. If at all possible, I would like something relatively small. I'll need to find a camcorder that I could buy some time this weekend. Filming starts on the 9th of October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA Don Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 I found this on BestBuy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Butcher Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 I found this on BestBuy. That looks like a good one, but I need a hard drive...I checked the specs on that one and I didn't see it mention a hard drive anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX22B1998 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 (edited) here i know this is in AUD, atm itd be $560 USD, has a 40GB hard disk. ok i looked on best buy, theres a 30GB version of it, thats 500USD as for HD, that's outta your price range - heres the cheapest HDD based highdef camera, thats 799USD the everio ones have nightmode, also the everio i have has a little light on it, dunno if thats of any use. the only cameras that can record high def in your price range either record to tape, those little dvds, or SD card Edited September 24, 2008 by WRX22B1998 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Butcher Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 herei know this is in AUD, atm itd be $560 USD, has a 40GB hard disk. ok i looked on best buy, theres a 30GB version of it, thats 500USD as for HD, that's outta your price range - heres the cheapest HDD based highdef camera, thats 799USD the everio ones have nightmode, also the everio i have has a little light on it, dunno if thats of any use. the only cameras that can record high def in your price range either record to tape, those little dvds, or SD card SD cards work for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX22B1998 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 (edited) ok hmm would you rather have a hard drive? or high def recording? this has 720p recording H.264, records to SD/SDHC and is only $180..but it is a no-name brand. and lol i just noticed has NO optical zoom. haha. this one is the same brand but it has 3x optical zoom at least. this records in .MOV quicktime. 1920x1080 (30fps) or 1280x720 (720p) at 60fps, has 90mb internal memory, supports SDHC, also has 5MP still camera. $200 this is a samsung one, dont know how they call 720x480 (dvd quality) high definition, but meh. records to SDHC, has 10x optical zoom but costs 550 Edited September 24, 2008 by WRX22B1998 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Butcher Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 ok hmmwould you rather have a hard drive? or high def recording? this has 720p recording H.264, records to SD/SDHC and is only $180..but it is a no-name brand. and lol i just noticed has NO optical zoom. haha. this one is the same brand but it has 3x optical zoom at least. this records in .MOV quicktime. 1920x1080 (30fps) or 1280x720 (720p) at 60fps, has 90mb internal memory, supports SDHC They don't have night vision. That's the main thing I need. I would rather have High deg using SD cards over a hard drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX22B1998 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Night recording technologyLets you capture digital photos and video in low-light situations. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Butcher Posted September 25, 2008 Author Share Posted September 25, 2008 Night recording technologyLets you capture digital photos and video in low-light situations. ? That's not night vision. That's for recording in areas with low lighting, not complete darkness. I need night vision so I could record things in complete darkness. I'm not getting extremely technical, but I hope you know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarrem Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Why do you want a hard drive so badly? You know you can just hook a cable up to the computer from a normal camcorder with a tape right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Butcher Posted September 25, 2008 Author Share Posted September 25, 2008 Why do you want a hard drive so badly? You know you can just hook a cable up to the computer from a normal camcorder with a tape right? Did you not read where I said I'll be fine with an SD card??? I'd actually prefer an SD card because of all the money I spent on one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX22B1998 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Night recording technologyLets you capture digital photos and video in low-light situations. ? That's not night vision. That's for recording in areas with low lighting, not complete darkness. I need night vision so I could record things in complete darkness. I'm not getting extremely technical, but I hope you know what I mean. ahh ok sorry man. well there doesnt seem to be much matching what u want on bestbuy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarrem Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Why do you want a hard drive so badly? You know you can just hook a cable up to the computer from a normal camcorder with a tape right? Did you not read where I said I'll be fine with an SD card??? I'd actually prefer an SD card because of all the money I spent on one. No, actually, I didn't. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Butcher Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 Well today I picked up a Sony Handycam DCR-SR45 It has pretty much everything I wanted and I found out that pretty much every Sony camcorder could record up to 1080p. I got it for $449.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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