Looking for my next camcorders

[Joshua Porter]

I don’t think you can get both-low budget price and quality ENG camera.

How about going truely digital and buy the RedOne for 17k and a couple JVC-GYHD110 cameras. I think the new JVC HD hard drives has a DVCpro codec or similar.

That’s an awesome mix.

Joshua Porter
Producer/Director/DP
I AMedia
http://www.visions2video.com

[John Cummings]

It’s funny how people tend to get hung up on specs. All these cameras look great. In your particular case, durability is as important as what format you shoot.

Students are notoriously hard on gear (think the old samsonite commercial with the gorilla…)

A full size camera like the HPX300 (or the Sony PDW) will be much more durable than the JVC’s or the Sony EX. It is hands down the closest you’ll get to a real ENG-style camera, uses your batteries and is in your price range.

Avoid the heartbreak of seeing those “plasticams” come back with broken and missing parts and stripped screw holes.

Pretty much a no-brainer from my perspective.

J Cummings
Cameralogic/Chicago
cameralogic.tv
HDX-900/HDW-730S/DXC-D50