Handycam or still cam with HD recording ?

by John.Karakatsanis

I am looking for a decent digital video camera. I shortlisted canon legria fs200 and sony sx-68E (recording size 720*480) models. Sony also offers digital still cameras with HD resolution video recording for lesser price. My friends advise to go for digital still cameras with HD recording capacity. They also say only resolution will differ between them and the quality will be the same since both are digital. Please suggest.

Answer by Rugratzzzzzzzzzzz
Ignore your friends, its called hoses for courses, Video cameras are best for video and stills cameras are best for photographs.

Sure they will both take video or pictures, but they are not designed for it. You have to decide which is more important to you video or still.

Obviously its up to you, but check them both out, get your hand on them and look at the quality, and you will see the difference.

RR

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Photo taken with Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc


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Photo taken with Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc (8.1 Megapixel). Φωτογραφία τραβηγμένη με το Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc.

Camera 8.1 Megapixel (3264 x 2448 pixels), LED flash, Auto focus, Image stabilizer, Video stabilizer, Face detection, Smile detection, Digital zoom, Geo tagging, Video capture HD 1280 x 720p.

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I have an Sony HDV 1080i Digital HD Video Camera Recorder Just got this new Sony Memory Stick PRO Duo Card (Mark 2) because my mini DV tapes aren’t working correctly and I’m just tired of wasting money on them. So, I got an 8 GB Sony Mem. Stick PRO Duo which I thought would work perfectly. I put it in, thought I set up everything, but I tried to record and it says, Movie recording on memory stick is not supported and I can only take pictures. So, if I don’t have the right Memory Stick for filming, and the people at the store told me that my camera isn’t new enough to support other SD Cards…What do I do to get this to record or what type of Memory Stick PRO Duo card do I need?
I have a HVR-A1…What CF/SD card is compatible to use for actually filming on it?
I guess I have the Moisture Condensation. I had my camera in cold weather for a couple days, took it out and it built up Condensation. The biggest problem was I didn’t let it sit with the DV lid open for an hour. Its been a few months since then, but I just left it open. I don’t know how much help it’ll do.

Answer by Little Dog
Too bad you did not provide the camcorder’s model number – but none of the Sony miniDV tape based HDV camcorders I know of (HDR-HC1, HC3, HC5, HC7, HC9, FX7, FX1, HVR-A1, V1, Z1, Z5) allow any video capture to the memory card. As you have discovered, the memory card is for stills, only.

If you don’t have the manual for your camcorder, you can download it from the sony.com support area… In the manual there will be instructions on recording video. I don’t believe you will find any instructions for directing the digital video stream to the memory card.

Answer by Iridflare
You don’t – you can only record video to tape. What’s the problem with using tape?

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