is Sony Handycam HD Camcorder (HDRCX110/R) is a good startig off camera for film?

i want to make a feature film and im only 19, so im starting out and i dont have the money for the 5k cameras so i gotta go with a cheap camcorder…is the Sony Handycam HD Camcorder (HDRCX110/R) a fantastic cheap camera to start off by making a small indepedant film? and does anyone have any films they can show me that was filmed with that camera?

Answer by Mandy
The link below has numerous videos made with the Sony HDRCX110. As far as the camera being a excellent starter for your intentions, you may not like the video format it records in; AVCHD as it is a very compressed format and many computer systems can not handle it. The HDRCX110 lacks an external microphone port, which used with a excellent quality microphone will signal much better than the on-baord cam mic. But ideally you should use a separate audio recorder for your projects. For the price of the camera, it can work for you.

What do you reckon? Answer below!

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Image by kino-eye
The Sony PMW-EX1 XDCAM EX camcorder records onto Sony SxS PRO memory cards. The camera features a 14x zoom lens, full HD resolution (1920 x 1080) 3-1/2-inch CMOS HD sensor, MPEG-2 Long GOP 35 Mb/s VBR HQ recording mode, and the ability to record 30P and 24P. The camera also has a slow shutter mode and can do time-lapse. Read my first impressions of the camera here: kino-eye.com/2008/07/04/sony-pmw-ex1/

I accidentally deleted all the video from my Sony camcorder and now im wondering whether i have a chance of improving the lost data. I am looking to send the camera to Sony media services and they perhaps will solve the conundrum for $ 60.00 but i am not sure if that a excellent thought. Has that ever happened to you before? Any suggestions how to go about this situation?

Answer by Irina K
At first you should connect your camcorder to PC (as removable drive) and then you can try to recover your files with Simple Drive Data Recovery software:

http://www.munsoft.com/EasyDriveDataRecovery/

It uses unique modern algorithms to recover files that other software either recovers incorrectly or is unable to detect.

Answer by snowwillow20
Try this free program, no gaurantees, http://www.recuva.com

Answer by Kate
First of all, do not save any new file to camer’s memory card.

Connect your camera to computer. You should see memory card shown as a drive letter (like H:) in Windows Explorer.

Download recover software asoftech photo recovery. Bed in and open asoftech photo recovery, select the memory card, and click ‘Start’ button.
http://www.asoftech.com/apr/

Answer by Top Chap
You can often fruitfully recover deleted photos and video files from a PC, camera memory card or USB Memory stick, it just depends on what's happened since the files were deleted.

When you rub out files the data itself isn't deleted, just the index entry that says everywhere the data for those files is located. The space containing them is also now marked as free space so it is available to the system for any new files to be written there instead. If and when that happens, then it becomes too late to recover your deleted files so it is very, very vital to not save any new files or data to the device concerned.

One of the simplest ways to see if you can recover deleted video files is to try some photo/video recovery software. There are many such products available, both commercial and free – also of varying quality!

A excellent tip is to try the free trial version of a excellent commercial product that will scan the device for deleted files and show you exactly what can be recovered as thumbnail images in the preview screen. At least that will show you if you can recover them at all or if it's too late already.

You can find more helpful information on how to recover deleted pictures and video files at http://www.RecoverDeletedPictures.com

Answer by vivek
here’s a how-to for recuva:
http://practicalskills.blogspot.com/2009/10/deleted-file-recovery.html

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