GARETH T

any adivce,, i wanna buy a cam corder for my hols in feb
but there is soo many to choose from
different makes,,dvd-r's,, hi 8's mini dv,,,, ahhh what do i buy?

one thing,, i would like it small

thanks

gaeth

rsnissan

iTrader: (9)

mini DV will be the smallest i reckon (handy for in car footage with a suction cup holder thingy ) i got one a couple of years ago and still look relatively small................just firewire to PC and burn to what format you like SVCD VCD or DVD

job done

some of the smaller ones have a shorter battery life tho so you might want to get some extra batteries or heavy duty ones.

GARETH T

thanks

any makes to go for,,, or to run away from?

RANJ

im going for the sony dvd jobbie mate

rsnissan

iTrader: (9)

well mines a JVC and has been problem free even has card slot to use a digi cam...........i think only Hi-8 is a sony only btw

GARETH T

i love sony stuff myself,, ummm ill have a look to whats about

GARETH T

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=62869

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=83461

both look cool to me,, but i havent a clue really

Ish

i was going to buy my panasonic mini dv cam from argos

i got it £150 cheaper on the internet using those price comparison sites

GT2

If you want a really small but still good videocamera... look at the
Sony DCR-PC109E top quality and pretty small compared to the ones you listed

GARETH T

Ish, bargin,, i will shop about once ive found the one i want

theres soo fucking many though,,, im stumped

i may buy a dirty cheap one,, as on only going to crash using it

GARETH T

http://www.dabs.com/uk/Search2/Produ...ase=DCR-PC109E

looks nice

GT2

http://www.shopgenie.co.uk/listing/g...000071876.html

Ish

i would advise people against using ebuyer now. their prices are really good but their if something goes wrong their customer support i shite

you cannot contact them by email or phone. the only way is to send the an 'enote' which they never reply to

have a look at http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...omplaint&meta= to see how bad ebuyer is getting!

like you say the best plan is to decide on amodel and then use the price comparison sites to see who will do you the best deal

EscortWRC

I was originally going to buy one of those spiffy Sony ones that record directly to Mini DVD, but found out that the format is proprietary so you can only play the disc and NOT download or edit any of the video.

After doing LOTS of reading on the subject, I ended up buying a Panasonic PV-GS200 and have been REALLY happy with it.

Check out: http://www.camcorderinfo.com/ratings.php

Do some reading on that site and check out their comparisons, they are pretty interesting.

rsnissan

iTrader: (9)

the ones you have listed will be bigger than the equiv mini DV ones

this one is mine pretty old but still smaller than a DVD one i think and the sony equivilents sould be a similar size

GARETH T

Ish, shocking,, ive always be very pleased with them aswell

EscortWRC, well thankd mate,, didnt know that about th dvd stuff,,,


im tired now so cant look no more,, my eyes have gone to sleep

GARETH T

rsnissan, does look small,, like it

Ish

GARETH T, so was i for 2 years i have had problems with my last 2 orders from them and i can't even get in touch with them that's when i found out on google how bad a rep they really have

Ish

mini dv is the best format to go for imo. the tapes and cams are well small!

Ish

if you want a sony one this is their current range of mini dv cams :- http://www.sony.co.uk/PageView.do?si...r%2FCAM+MiniDV

rsnissan

iTrader: (9)

DCR-PC350E

rsnissan

iTrader: (9)

http://www.sony.co.uk/ShowProduct.do...oduct=DCR-IP1E

GT2

350 is way bigger than the 109..and the IP1E is using microMV system..
its compressed video into MPEG2 and tapes are expensive and hard to get hold of... MiniDV is the only system worthwile today imo..

Phil

iTrader: (1)

You can never go wrong with Sony kit Gareth!!

Pick your budget and get whatever Sony sell at that price (or is that just me? )

markk

iTrader: (2)

ive just bought a jvc from dixons, could have got it cheaper but i know where to take it back if i have any probs,

it a mini dv, has the small hour long tape in the side fooki well smart motorised load etc , i was goin to get the mini dvd thing but the discs dont last as long as the tapes , approx 45 mins on the disc , but on std record the digi tape will do 1hour , then you got the long play, also got 3 fookin bright leds on the front for a bit of dark action , and what seams like 10,000,000 times zoom, would recommend the bigger battery as well , got all the lot , cam , tripod, case , three tapes for about £350 - got mem stick for stills as well, or take em on the tape , also - a must have a/v in , can put all your old porno's onto digital then !!!!!

Kevin B

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...837090-2228609

Bought the above back in July just before our daughter was born. Didn't know whether to get mini dv myself, but couldnt justify the extra price just to get a smaller unit etc

Have to say its been a brilliant bit of kit - cant fault it and at the price its at now if you just wanted a cheap unit (like you mentioned a few posts ago) I would say this would be a good buy

CraigN

i have the sony DCR PC105E and it is top

awesome camera has night vision too

ive had it over a year now but i got it for £720 14 months ago online and the retails was £999

GARETH T

thanks everyone,,, there seems to be lots of good ones out there