Good Camcorders for under $1000

[mastamike6969]

Just wondering what you guys are using, and what you would reccomend.

I like the idea of hard disk storage, full manual controls, 3ccd (and HD, but I'll probably only upload to web sources, so that's not a huge deal).

Cheers,

Mike

 

[eheath]

Tip 1: you don't want a hard drive storage camera.

 

[Ronix]

Stay away from hard drive cams man. Their video quality sucks because

of their codec or something. If I were in your situation I'd go for a Canon

hv20. It's an HD consumer level mini DV cam and it shoots absolutely stunning quality video. Also it has all the basic manual controls you'll need.

 

[chicken]

what he said. I got mine through airmiles and it's amazing

 

[tBatt]

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[grown-ninja]

shit i sorta wanted a cam that stors to a harddrive thats good to know i guess

 

[mastamike6969]

Thanks for the help guys; I've been looking around, and it seems like the HV20 might be my choice!

Here's a great website for all things camcorders. It has the most thorough and scientific reviews of almost any camcorder, and is definitely worth checking out if you're looking for a new camcorder!

http://www.camcorderinfo.com

 

[dergblerp]

BTW
HV30's have been selling cheaper than HV20's lately. Hv30 is the upgrade, so i'd go for that one over the 20.

 

[unchyll]

werd my sis has one
the only bad thing is that it takes up mad space on your computer cus of the HD

 

[eheath]

You think hdv footage takes up mad space, you should check out how much HVXs do.