Q&A: What is the best video camera with decent sound recording (fit for beginner movie making) for under $1000?
Question by mendwolf: What is the best video camera with decent sound recording (fit for beginner movie making) for under 00?
I am primarily interested in basic filming equipment which would be used to film trips to haunted locations. These locations will often be very dark, so infrared, and decent low-light recording is a must.
Thanks!
Best answer:
Answer by Little Dog
The only camcorders that have a built-in infrared emitter are made by Sony and have the “SuperNightShot” or “NightShot” feature. If the feature is not listed, then the camcorder does not have the built-in emitter.
There is no consumer camcorder under $ 1,300 with “decent low light recording” behavior. The lenses and imaging chips are too small.
The least expensive Sony camcorder with an infrared emitter and a mic jack (required for any serious or semi-serious “film making”) is the Sony HDR-HC9. As a miniDV tape based camcorder, transferring video (DV or HDV) to a computer requires a firewire cable to connect the camcorder’s DV port to the computer’s firewire port. USB will not work and USB-firewire converter/adapter/cable things won’t work.
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