Whats this camcorder like?

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Nov 26, 2005 | 12:23 AM

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Whats this camcorder like?

Been looking for a camera to take some videos and pics, had a look at a few in the shops and compared prices with secondhand ones and ebay etc..

Looks tiny but is that a good thing?

Any help would be great.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...DME:L:RTQ:UK:1

Nov 26, 2005 | 08:21 AM

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Panasonic make excellent home electronics would take their equipment over SONY without thinking twice. My bro used to work for Comet and they had very few Panasonic/Technics items back as faulty.

I've also got on very well with my Cannon

Nov 26, 2005 | 09:59 AM

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Nov 26, 2005 | 10:07 AM

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I would have a Sony camcorder over a Panny

Nov 26, 2005 | 12:10 PM

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mate if you look up the prices its still selling at 1700-2000 dola gotta be good for that i would think

is it to strap to the dash?

Nov 26, 2005 | 12:18 PM

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looks ok to me.you would just need to get more memory but thats much cheaper these days anyway

Nov 26, 2005 | 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by andyhardy

I would have a Sony camcorder over a Panny

The SOny Camcorders are very good and come with Karl Zeiss lenses (which are the bollocks). From people I knwo in the electronics trade (one who was a SONY Centre manager) I have always been advised to give a very wide birth.

Saying that I have a SONY DVD player and PS2 and both have been trouble free.

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Nov 26, 2005 | 07:01 PM

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is it to strap to the dash?

Not quite mate..

Got a bracket made for a camera, but cant weld it in place on the cage untill i have a camera, obviously be able to set it at the right angle and height..

Does anyone know how good it will be at night?

Nov 26, 2005 | 07:07 PM

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I would have a Sony camcorder over a Panny

same here .. used to work in an independant retail shop .. both very good companies.. but i really do feel that sony have the slight edge over panasonic when it comes to video products... never had any sony or matsushita stuff back ... all top quality stuff ..

Nov 26, 2005 | 07:29 PM

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is it to strap to the dash?

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have you looked into a bullet cam set up i think you can run upto 3 cams at same time to a hard drive recorder

Nov 26, 2005 | 09:33 PM

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Link Rudey??

Nov 27, 2005 | 05:56 PM

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I would have a Sony camcorder over a Panny

Panny if you want a Plasma TV and Sony for camcorders - just what I've found in my experience.

I have a Sony DCR-TRV19e for about 2 years now and it's been fecking brilliant, no problems with dirt on heads or anything and I've been on some very dusty days at rallycross etc. and as Eagle said, the lens on them is brilliant!

I don't see a need to change it even though it's 'old' tech. now

Just my personal experience though - I do look after my equipment though which I think helps my stuff to last longer! Alot of stuff returned to retail outlets is due to people dropping them or just generally not looking after stuff!