Looking for a camcorder and really need some help. My old Canon XM2 (GL2) is just not doing the job anymore, and I am tired of tapes and standard res. Not to mention it's starting to look antique, so it's not really giving me that professional confidence boost when I pull it out.
What I am looking for is something like this:
- Full HD avchd
- Midsize with handle. Need a pro look for my business so a small one, won't do the job.
- Record to SD card and/or internal memory (flash or HD)
- Decent wide angle (or a cam to which a good wide-adapter can be bought at a reasonable price)
- Decent battery time.
- Heavy enough for steady handling, light enough to be able to shoot using the handle for some time.
- Good low light quality as I will be shooting lots inside and not always with optimal light.
- Generally speaking, image quality more important than audio quality.
- Maximum price: Around 4,500 USD / 2.800 GBP (but preferably less
These are the cams I have been looking at:
- Sony HXR-NX70E
- Canon XF100
- Panasonic AG-HMC40/41
- Sony NEX-VG2OEH
The Sony HXR-NX70 gets great lowlight reviews, but it's expensive and I don't know if I would be paying for lots of stuff I will never need (like the jungle-thing, waterproof, dustproof etc)
The Canon XF100 also at the very top of my budget, but seems like an overall great camera.
The Panasonic is affordable and I think would certainly do the job had I always a perfect light set-up, but I am worried that the lense is small and that it does a bad job in less than great light. I am tempted by an offer right now of 2040 GBP for the camera + XLR-adapter + iPad.
The Sony NEX-VG2, i Just saw this, looks different and interesting, but can't compare the lense really, so am fairly clueless.
Any cams I have left out?
And which of these would you suggest and why?
What I am looking for is something like this:
- Full HD avchd
- Midsize with handle. Need a pro look for my business so a small one, won't do the job.
- Record to SD card and/or internal memory (flash or HD)
- Decent wide angle (or a cam to which a good wide-adapter can be bought at a reasonable price)
- Decent battery time.
- Heavy enough for steady handling, light enough to be able to shoot using the handle for some time.
- Good low light quality as I will be shooting lots inside and not always with optimal light.
- Generally speaking, image quality more important than audio quality.
- Maximum price: Around 4,500 USD / 2.800 GBP (but preferably less
These are the cams I have been looking at:
- Sony HXR-NX70E
- Canon XF100
- Panasonic AG-HMC40/41
- Sony NEX-VG2OEH
The Sony HXR-NX70 gets great lowlight reviews, but it's expensive and I don't know if I would be paying for lots of stuff I will never need (like the jungle-thing, waterproof, dustproof etc)
The Canon XF100 also at the very top of my budget, but seems like an overall great camera.
The Panasonic is affordable and I think would certainly do the job had I always a perfect light set-up, but I am worried that the lense is small and that it does a bad job in less than great light. I am tempted by an offer right now of 2040 GBP for the camera + XLR-adapter + iPad.
The Sony NEX-VG2, i Just saw this, looks different and interesting, but can't compare the lense really, so am fairly clueless.
Any cams I have left out?
And which of these would you suggest and why?