Oh, and how could I forget - the Flip camcorders will do acceptable 720P video. $150 at Amazon now with free shipping.
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Tony B <ton...@gmail.com> wrote: > The XM2 (or GL2?) would not be a wise investment at this point. I know > you'll see lots of cheap used ones for sale, but that's for two > reasons: 1) it uses tape, and those mechanisms wear badly, and 2) it > is SD only. Avoid it. > > If you want a cheapo all-around camcorder right now consider the Canon > HV40 HDV ($700). More tempting in the <$1000 department would be the > Sony HDR-CX100 AVCHD HD Camcorder ($360). There's a lot to be said for > a tapeless workflow, not the least of which is the fragile and > expensive tape heads. > > However, AVCHD will be difficult to edit on the best of systems today > without resorting to "intermediate" codecs. > > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 5:26 AM, Victor Subervi <victorsube...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Tony B asks what kind of video I'm editing. I'll be buying a high-end video >> cam (probably a Canon XM2) to shoot for Web sites. > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
