Choosing a New Video Camera
When my husband and I decided that we wanted to get a new video camera, we did a lot of comparison shopping. We wanted to produce some good video footage for his band, but we did not want to spend a lot to do it. We found that when you look, you can find good prices in the stores, and you can find comparable prices online. We went with what we found in the store, but you should also look online because you may find the best price there. It depends on what you want to spend, what you need, and even when you decide to look.
We found that most of the video cameras out there today are digital, and that is a very good thing. Though analog has worked well for some time, they do not have the quality that digital has, and they lose quality as they are transferred from source to computer. When you get a digital video camera, you have a few options for saving your footage. You can get one with a small tape, one with a digital card, or both. You can also get a video camera that records on tiny DVDs. Whatever you like can be found.
Our digital camera was only two hundred dollars. I could not believe we saved so much money, and our camera is a Sony. It works very well and the quality is amazing. We saved a lot of money by looking around in many stores in our area, and comparing cameras and prices online as well. We were not afraid to look at the floor models in the stores and the lines that were soon to be discontinued. Those are often marked down and that is what we went with. We are completely happy and had so much money left over we could buy good editing software to go along with our purchase of a video camera.
What you want to know when you get a digital video camera is that you may not want to transfer your footage to your computer by using a USB cable. This is because you are turning the signal to analog this way, and you do lose some quality. Instead, you may have to get what is called a FireWire (or other product of the same type). This will require a plug-in for your computer and a new type of cable. When you get this, you can then transfer your digital information from your video camera into your computer without losing any quality.
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