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I’m looking to set myself up as a videographer for a junior sports association this summer. I’ve been looking into purchasing a decent camcorder because prosumer equipment, as much as I would like to own it, is out of my price range. I’ve researched up and down through the HDD flash and hard drive camcorders, and found just too many issues be it battery life or editing compatibility with Final Cut Pro. So after days of research, I’ve ended up where I started, looking at the Canon HV30 as my best option.
The issue for me is that my budget for a full package is in the range of $1500 CDN. A HV30 package will run me around $900. A mini jack mic or XLR adapter pushes me up to $1100 or so (+ a mic if I go the XLR adapter route. ) Then I need something to capture the DV tapes with, and a deck is not an option due to the price.
If I’m capturing HD footage shot on the HV30, do I need a camera equivalent to the HV30 to capture on? Or can I use a cheap standard def camcorder to capture with? (i. e. http://www. futureshop. ca/catalog/proddetail. asp?sku_id=0665000FS10103916&catid=10545&logon=&langid=EN) Will I lose resolution? Do I have other options?
(If not, can you recommend an HD camcorder with decent compatibility with Final Cut Pro?)
Thanks for your help.
Cheers,
Daniel
I would prefer not to use the HV30 to capture with for fear of wearing out the heads.
I have found an increase in inquiries lately from people who have purchased AVCHD camcorders who find themselves with a full camera and no idea how to get the footage off or how to edit the AVCHD footage. The problem stops here, as a workaround I am introducing here, all the AVCHD files can be taken good care as you wish with ease.
AVCHD (. M2TS) video is recorded using the MPEG-4 AVC/H. 264 video compression codec. And chances are you will come in contact with it more and more in the future. Presently, the default media players from Microsoft (Windows Media Player) will not play AVCHD natively. That’s why third party decoders are required.
AVCHD video Converter can play, edit and convert AVCHD files simply by importing the footage from hard drive, the powerful codec pack designed within the program will then automatically analyze AVCHD format then transcode them to your delivery formats. All the process can be done within minimum time at fast speed, while original video quality is kept.
AVCHD video converter enables you to convert AVCHD to friendly video formats like avi, mpg, wmv, mp4, mov, flv, asf, rm so that you can easily work on them with Windows Movie Maker or Windows Media Player. Its simple yet powerful video editing capacity allows you to compress AVCHD to different video sizes in different resolution, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, depending on your project. If you would like to view AVCHD video on your portable devices like iPhone, iPod, Blackberry, go ahead, it can do more than you can imagine.
Supported AVCHD camcorders (including but not limited to)
Panasonic AVCHD camcorders, Sony AVCHD camcorders, Hitachi, Cannon AVCHD camcorders and JVC
Supported video formats:
m2ts, mts, . ts, td, trp, mod, tod, wmv, 3gp, 3g2, mov, vob, mpg, asf, flv, avi, rm , rmvb, dv, mpeg-1, mpeg-2, mp4, mkv.
Supported audio formats:
mka, mp3, wav, m4a, aac, ac3, aiff, amr, flac, wma, mp2
Snap still picture from images
Save pictures as BMP. PNG, JPG
Various portables devices and media player are supported
iPhone, iPod, Blackberry, Creative Zen, PSP, iRiver, Apple TV, 3G phone, Gphone
Powerful video editing
You will be able to trim, crop, add effect, rotate, merge files into one, adjust aspect ratio, bitrate, frame rate, brightness, contrast, saturation, etc.
Fast speed and minimum time
The batch mode support to import as many as AVCHD files at one time, the conversion speed is fast while still output high quality video result.
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