Camcorder advice

[david.c]

My son currently has a JVC mini DV camcorder that is about 3 years old now, and some bits have started giving up the ghost. So with his birthday coming up, we are looking at getting him a replacement.

Now the dilema is what sort of recording medium to go for? There seems even more choice now    

Want to advoid mini DV because he has had trouble with the tapes on his old one. Don't want to spend more than £200 to £250, so want can people recommend?

Cheers

David

[dombanks]

swmbo bought this sony one dvd 106 i think it may have been replaced with a newer model now. it uses those little dvd's (which when your not inept like i was the other week work ok) and is dead easy to use.

[ludo]

dvd and HD not good for application with loads of vibrations, ie cars for exemple

[david.c]

Looks like a nice little camera, and even the newer version is still £160 so cheaper than I expected. My son uses the camera to make his own little films, adverts and for school projects etc.

His 1st one we made him save up for it because we thought it was going to be a white elephant, but he has proved us wrong and got loads of use out the old one.

David

[nutter426]

Depending on what he uses it for, I would probably say a hard disk camera.

The small DVDs can only hold about 30minutes footage, which isn't a lot.

MiniDV is pretty good with adobe premiere, but has to be copied onto the PC in real time.

[neilb]

panasonic sd card - no moving parts

[jim_l]

Resurrecting this thread as it mentions SD card cameras - anyone have any footage from any of these mounted on a Westy? which models?

       Jim

[SwissWesty]

My simple ( & economical) solution:

- common DigiCam which makes videos (DivX-format) also. Video quality good enough x Youtube as

for instance.

- SD card 2GB (=about 1,5 hours of video), no problems due to vibrations.

- home made support with weather protection, construction material from DIY market + UV/Skylight-Filter.

Worked fine for me up to now.