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Chamber005
06-24-2009, 10:17 AM
I'm about to purchase a small, used camera for a small used price.

I don't care about audio (that's taken care of on a separate machine). I just need to know which image is better, overall, for well-lit, indoor shooting of narrative video for web-based presentation.

The HV20, 30 and the hf200 -- I'd like to hear a final on those.

I can also get a GL1 for the same price. Overall my budget is between 200-400 bucks. I can get the GL1 and the HF200 in that price range locally, but I might be able to save even more money if I grab the HV20/30.

So, again, completely ignoring audio, which camera is going to give me thet best picture. 30p/60i is probably going to be the speed.

Thanks guys! I'm buying in the next couple days so any thoughts are appreciated!!
ThunderousProductions
06-24-2009, 05:37 PM
an HF200 for 400 bucks! I need to know where :)
Chamber005
06-25-2009, 07:32 AM
an HF200 for 400 bucks! I need to know where :)

lol! Knowing this guy, I'm 99.9% sure it's stolen. It's brand new in the box and everything.

And he's actually selling it to me for under 400.

So is your final verdict the HF200 for the price then???
DigitalBard
06-27-2009, 04:40 AM
If your computer can handle AVCHD, then I'd go for the HF200. If not, go for the HVx. But with proper indoor lighting, the HF200 does every well. But if you have poor lighting or your lighting setup is not right, you'll get a LOT of noise.
Chamber005
06-27-2009, 11:42 AM
If your computer can handle AVCHD, then I'd go for the HF200. If not, go for the HVx. But with proper indoor lighting, the HF200 does every well. But if you have poor lighting or your lighting setup is not right, you'll get a LOT of noise.

Yeah, I went with the HF200 -- and then found out that my computer can't handle it! lol!

I was going to go out and grab a dual core job with the necessary specs, but my dad already had a decent set-up at his house, so he's going to convert the AVCHD 24mbps footage over to MPEG4 for me. Then I can put it into my editing program and work with it just fine.

And just so I'm clear, for web-based media, MPEG4 is the best choice? Or should I go with MOV instead?

Also, yeah -- luckily my girlfriend has a good friend who does commercial lighting professionally. Everything we're shooting is indoors and he's helping us do all the set-ups, etc. Pretty invaluable resource. Ive also got a friend who is a pro sound man and has his own recording studio. Not sure I could even consider shooting anything without having these cats at my disposal, even though we're just doing little webisodes.