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« on: November 22, 2010, 05:34:16 PM » |
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HI All,
Could anyone recommend a video camera sub £200? We don't want to go overboard on the spending front, but need one before Xmas for the kids' nativities at Playgroup and Nursery.... Ta
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« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2010, 03:10:47 PM » |
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May try QVC 30 day trial if I see one on there....
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« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2010, 11:32:39 PM » |
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I am thinking of the JVC HM300... anyone had any experience of it...? We want to get one before our eldest's nativity next week...
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« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2010, 08:50:10 PM » |
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Went to Comet today to have a look at what was on display. Couldn't find any model number of product specifications. But on the final occasion, of many, I was approached by an assistant I asked whather they had any camcorders with low light facility."Oh yes" was the reply... assistant then guided me to the digital cameras, and said he didn't know the exact specs... I wanted a camcorder, I said. "Oh Sorry" he replied, and guided me back to where we were a few moments ago. "I don't know the specs really on these" he said. "I can't see anything obvious about low light on these" I said. He then lifted one up, "We have to switch them on and look in the set up" "What?" was my exclamation. He then said "I'll go check on the computer". We waited, and waited, and as I was about to leave, he appeared. "I've checked all the top of the ranges, and nothing has anything for low light level". "Aye right" was my reply, and left. What a f*ckin waste of time.
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« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2010, 10:40:40 AM » |
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Never thought of lookig in Tesco.... so off there today. Noticed they had decent sounding camcorders... we'll just have tos ee what sub-200 gets us....
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« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2010, 06:00:57 PM » |
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I've been impressed by the video quality from my little Canon Ixus still/video camera, excellent sound and picture quality, and you can even grab good quality stills from the video. I paid about £180 a year ago, but I think you can pick one up for a hundred now, plus they fit in your pocket so always handy for capturing adhoc stuff. I've got a higher quality dedicated video camera (Panasonic) but it's so much easier to take the Canon out that I never use it.
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« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2010, 12:53:44 PM » |
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We've just bought a Flip HD jobby. Karl borrowed one from work to test and it was fairly good. Was around £100 IIRC.
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« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2010, 08:42:45 PM » |
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Thanks for the input guys. I got a JVC HM300 off ebay late Sunday night, arrived this morning. From initial playing about the video looks ok but the real tril is tomorrow when I try record our eldest in her nativity.
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« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2010, 03:03:44 PM » |
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Camcorder worked brilliantly and very pleased with the results so I'd highly recommend it. We got ours from ebay with next day delivery fyi.
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« Reply #11 on: December 17, 2010, 01:08:56 AM » |
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I must say that it records in AVCHD, and as a result (?) I can't burn as DVD so now looking for converters online... well I think this is right anyway. AVCHD is connected to Blu-Ray format...? Bummer... need to get a Blu-Ray player now.... lol
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« Reply #12 on: December 17, 2010, 09:50:13 AM » |
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Search for Format Factory and convert to AVI (or whatever)
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« Reply #13 on: December 17, 2010, 01:20:15 PM » |
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I've got Handbreak, but will also follow your suggestion Mike, cheers. I thought it was all going to be so easy. How naive I am... they, JVC, do suggest on their website to buy a piece of software from them for £12, but it is a bit of a cheek I thought.... especially when folk have their own burnign software too.
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« Reply #14 on: December 18, 2010, 05:01:11 AM » |
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HI All,
Could anyone recommend a video camera sub £200? We don't want to go overboard on the spending front, but need one before Xmas for the kids' nativities at Playgroup and Nursery.... Ta
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« Reply #15 on: December 18, 2010, 03:00:00 PM » |
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Oh my, oh my..... I knew someone would have to stoop to this level of reply.... pity Life is QI......  I found Nero7 on my lappy.... it seems to do the job in Nero Vision 4 |
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