Not sure where to put this, looking for some advice.

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saintnicks

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Hello there, I am taking a seven week trip through Europe this summer and I plan to document the entire trip in HD.

I have a few ideas about what do to. Firstly I was thinking about simply bringing a small camera and a huge amount of tapes with me and then uploading them all when I returned home. The more practical idea that occurred to me was to bring my Mac book along. That way every evening i would be able to dump all of the footage I took to the hard drive and name the clips as I went. Once I returned home I would transfer all of the footage to a Mac Pro equipped with Final Cut Pro for editing and so on.

So a few questions:

What medium should I record onto? Tapes? Flash Memory? Hard Drive? DVD's?

What camera would be able to deliver fairly high quality yet be relatively small, I am going to be carrying it with me practically everywhere so the smaller the better.
(I am willing to sacrifice smallness for higher quality, lower price, etc.)

Is my transfer idea viable? Or is there a better way I might go about doing this?
(I own a 250g portable hard drive)

The cost I'm aiming for is less than $1200 (Willing to go a bit higher)

Any other suggestions would be wholeheartedly appreciated!

Thank you!

-saint
 
Canon Hv20

Canon Hv20

This might be your camera.

I found that trying to download , and carrying all the gear, and all the converters etc. is a pain in the ass.

Just makes more sense to have the camera, invest in some extra batteries (from any number of places on the internet) and an extra charger and by a bunch of mid-range tapes (i.e. you don't have to buy the fancy expensive HDV tapes - it's really not necessary).

People might disagree with me, I just found this to be what would work in your cost (and best of all you would be able to buy and own all of the above for that amount). pretty darn good.

Kevin
 
Thanks!

Thanks!

Thanks for the tip Kevin!

I did a lot more research and ended up going with the HV20, I was able to grab the last floor model from a circuit city for only $510. Including 1 year warranty and all included accessories, it was a steal.

I plan on using the rest of the money to buy tapes, a sturdy carrying case, a small onboard mic, and possibly a couple lenses.

Got any suggestions regarding those? :]
 
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