Re: Video/camcorder purchase

2010-11-10 Thread Marlene Oostryck
Hastings Sent: Wednesday, 10 November 2010 10:46 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Video/camcorder purchase Unfortunately, the Nikon D3100 has possibly the worst video of all the DSLRs, so I would go with the Canon 550D which was recommended by someone who actually has one and knows what

RE: Video/camcorder purchase

2010-11-10 Thread Hugh Griffiths
...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Susan Hastings Sent: Wednesday, 10 November 2010 10:46 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Video/camcorder purchase Unfortunately, the Nikon D3100 has possibly the worst video of all the DSLRs, so I would go with the Canon 550D which was recommended by someone who actually

Re: Video/camcorder purchase

2010-11-10 Thread Susan Hastings
Unfortunately, the Nikon D3100 has possibly the worst video of all the DSLRs, so I would go with the Canon 550D which was recommended by someone who actually has one and knows what the camera can do. The Nikon D3100 is apparently quite good for still photography, just the video that sucks, acco

Re: Video/camcorder purchase

2010-11-10 Thread Justin Davies
Hi Just to add to this - I've been looking at buying nikon 3100D which gives you most of what the canon does but cheaper - no external sound microphone possible tho - happy to hear from anyone who has one or is using nikon with mac I borrowed a friend's Canon EOS 400D today which did a good job

Re: Video/camcorder purchase

2010-11-10 Thread Ray Forma
Marlene, This may be a bit expensive, but a very convenient two-in-one solution. A Canon EOS 550D gives you an 18 MPixel digital SLR camera, as well as a 1920 x 1080 25 fps (full HD) movie camera. Mono sound built-in; stereo sound with external microphone. About AU$ 1500 with twin-lens kit an

Re: Video/camcorder purchase

2010-10-28 Thread Ken Jackson
Hi folks, I'd also suggest ( I have a Sanyo still/vid Xacti) the Canon SX 20 with full HD video & a classic 50x zoom. Bought it in the US for about $375 USD. Check it out, Ken On 28/10/2010, at 9:35 PM, Martin Hill wrote: Good to hear the Sanyo Xacti HD2000 has worked well for you Dani

Re: Video/camcorder purchase

2010-10-28 Thread Martin Hill
Good to hear the Sanyo Xacti HD2000 has worked well for you Daniel. Sanyo has actually now released an even more Mac-compatible version of this camera called the HD2000A which boasts a Mac Logo and "Works with iMovie" badge. http://sanyo.com/xacti/english/products/vpc_hd2000a/index.html From t

Re: Video/camcorder purchase

2010-10-28 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Marlene I'm going to "borrow" one of Martin's posts he had quite a while back in the archives,... We bought one of these video camera's based on his recommendation and it's fantastic! Great quality and works very well,... I think the one we got from memory was the HD2000. Hope that helps. Ki