Ari Posted May 23, 2005 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 Ben toying with the idea of getting a digital camcorder for a while, but a mate of mine has just ordered one of these, and it seems an absolute bargain! What do we think? DXG DVC301 - 3 in 1 Digital Video Camera with MPEG4 Video Is this a good substitute for a proper camcorder? Seems amazingly cheap and very convenient, no tapes just memory cards. I'm guessing there must be quality compromises or something. Is it just a toy, or is it worth getting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza_g Posted May 23, 2005 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 A mate brought one of these back from Hong Kong for me - Panasonic SV-AV50 - it too does MPEG4 video recording, direct to SD memory. Overall I'd say its a bit of a toy as the video quality is OK for little clips (messing about filming mates snowboarding antics) but its results look poor when made 'full screen' on a laptop and certainly not a replacement for a proper video camera. If you want to replace a video camera I'd go for one of these SV-AV100 which records in MPEG2 - great quality but then a 512mb memory card won't do much more than 10 mins recording and you end up paying twice as much as a good miniDV camcorder costs ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted May 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 Good advice, cheers Bazza. So basically, don't buy one as a camcorder substitute, but as a cheap and easy way of grabbing low quality but viewable movie clips they're ok. Wonder how much a 1/2 gig card would be..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza_g Posted May 23, 2005 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 you now get 1GB SD cards around the £50 mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted May 23, 2005 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 Ari, do you have a set budget in mind for a digital camcorder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted May 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 Not really. It's just been kicking around on the "one day" pile, and when my mate ordered this DV camera I thought that might be a cheap route to getting something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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