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Camera Recommendations
Hi,
I’m Looking for a new camcorder. Is Mini DV still the way to go with Vegas Pro 8? They are getting harder to find but I’ve heard that hard drive or DVD camcorders don’t edit well in most nle programs. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -
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I would go with a tape based HDV camera. I have a Sony HVR-A1U and love it. I payed less for it than my Canon GL1. It uses the .m2t format which most nle’s can handle. Most HDV cameras can also down convert to standard definition DV as well if needed. Vegas pro 8 can handle the hard drive camera files that are AVCHD files but most other nle’s need to have them converted before they can work with them. The reason I say tape based is it’s an inexpensive way to store video but even more important to me is if you record long sections of video without stopping the recording, you have to import the whole thing to your hard drive even if you only want a small part of the video. I believe Vegas sees those cameras as a hard drive and cannot capture just a section of a long clip.
Hope this helps. Danny Hays -
Hi Danny,
Thanks-that does help. Amazon sells that camera with a $300 rebate. -
just beware of sellers that sound too good to be true. Because they are. I found many sellers that sell the camera body and then try and sell you the normally included accesories. Call and ask if it comes with all the accesories and the one year US warrenty. I payed about $1700.00 a little over a year ago. If you do get one I believe you’ll be very happy with it. Danny Hays
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