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feihlination

feihlination

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hey guys,

i am looking for a camcorder for mostly filming sports (biking, skiing, you know)...

we used some old SD-cams for our films now two years in a row. and i think that theyre enough (even though they werent too expensive, like 200-300 bucks) for what we did.

but now i want to push our movies a little more. editing is getting better, skiing gets better and so i want the cams to keep up with the progression.

so my question is: which cameras are you guys using? i am talking to people that know a little about videography and had possibilites to try a few different cams.

my problem is, that i could get a damn good SD-cam for like 1500 (the XM series) but i am not sure if a decent HD cam will end up in a better picture on modern flat tvs or high resolution computer screens.

infact, i want to spend as less money as possible to get semi-pro-images.

thx alot
 
I haven't used an Hc9, but an HV20/30 is amazing quality. you seriously will crap your pants. Far better than a GL2/XM2. If the professional looking form factor is important to you, you can save up for a sony HDR FX7 as mentioned above, however, it uses 3 1/4 inch CMOS chips as opposed to an HV30's single 1/2.7 inch CMOS chip. HV30 should produce a much cleaner images, and perform better in low light.

Keep in mind, i have never used an FX7 so I don't have first hand experience regarding it's performance. I have extensively used canon's HV20/30, GL2, and XHA1, and if you're on a budget and want super crisp images, buy an HV30, and a canon WD-H43 wide angle lens. It'll be money well spent.
 
how is it with lenses standardizations? i mean, can i use the lenses i need for this cam with a better cam, that i might buy in the future, or are they bound to type/brand?
 
3 chip > 1 chip. HV30 and fx7 will have similar sharpness seeing how they are both 1080i but the fx7 will be better in low light and have much better color.
 
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