Cheaper Camera Help

Alkyy

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So my experience with cameras is always looking at the 3-5000 cameras. A friend of mine wanted advice on what to get for something that will run her like 300, im at a loss for what to get.

1) What is your budget? 300

2) She has experince with slrs and SLRs, looking to get into video

2) What gear, if any, do you currently have? cheap wallmart style tripod

4) What are you planning to shoot and how do you want to use your camera? Are you going to use this with the sole purpose of shooting skiing? or do you think you might try other stuff as well? Mostly skiing, might want to shoot some other random stuff but mainly skiing

5) Do you want a camera that you can hand to your friends, that could or could not have film experience, and let them shoot you? or will you be doing all the filming? would be ideal to have something that if need be can be passed on, i cant imagine this will be much of an issue in this price range

6) When filming skiing, how do you tend to shoot? It'll be her first time shooting at a mtn, would like to do some follow cam stuff and also throw it on a tripod-wasnt feeling the go pro so much so thats more or less out

7) What computer do you currently have/use to edit-Mac book, same thing that i use to edit xh and hvx footage on so i can handle anything other then maybe avchd format

7) What program do you currently edit on? How familiar are you with it- I movie, id say aorund a 3

 
im a total n00b on cameras so i dont really know what your talking about but i got the kodak playsport which is shock and water proof, small, easy to use and can shoot in 720p 60fps (which looks great). Im fine with my friends using it because i know if the drop it that it will be fine. i got it for $130

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I have a panasonic SDR S26. i got it last year for 200$ and ive learned a bunch about filming from it. It has some manual settings too play around with and learn about, but theres also full auto. Its SD but not horrible quality. i filmed this edit with it: http://vimeo.com/15972572 like i said, not the best footage but pretty good for so cheap. and you can obtain better quality then that from it, this was right when i got the cam. now i get better shots because i know the camera inside out.
 
check the canon hf200. You can get it for 400 refurb and it's a great entry level hd camera. easy to use. only downside is that it's AVCHD, but I don't think it will cause you any problems if you can do hvx footage and such
 
I have a panasonic Pv-gs 320 10/10 with extra's that i'm looking to sell. Peep my threads and pm me if your interested.
 
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