Advice on a good digital camcorder

[Chris Wilburn]

In the next couple weeks I am going to be purchasing a digital camcorder for next chase season. Does anybody have any good suggestions from either owning a particular one or by using one? If so let me know.

Thanks

 

[Mike Hollingshead]

http://www.stormtrack.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8494

I am sure there are other camcorder threads filled with stuff on here but that is the first one I found. Might look in the archive section too. Good luck.

 

[HankBaker]

I would get a used sony trv18, 20, or 25. They are the best built camera with the most features out there. These new consumer grade camcorders will not hold up. They are not built as well as the older models. The models i mentioned have low light HAD technology, still photo memory stick, and high quality mini DV tape. You can pick these up on ebay for around 250.00-300.00 they are built very well. This is all I will buy now.

Of course if money is not an issue just buy a new HD cam.

 

[Kurt Hulst]

There are single chip MiniDV cameras out there that are good in low light. the image sensor for those is usually 1/3. The Canon Optura 600 has a 1/2.8 chip in it. But you can also go to

http://camcorderinfo.com

to do more research and find camera reviews.