[Suley Suleman]

Thanks Steve I did consider that however my current cam does not have a mic port, its hd but only at 2mb so some low light scene’s are less desireable (I planned to use sme external light). I did look into adding a mic port but could not find anyone who wanted to do it. That lead me to decide sell the old and probably get sme dslr as all the camcorders looked the same no mic port. If u know smeone who can add then its a lot cheaper. The alternative is use an external audio system but I’m not sure how much time it would take in editing etc

[Suley Suleman]

Thanks Peter for your reply. I have been looking into the models you sugested, The Canon looks really great and footage on youtube is shows some good shots however it seems over my budget if i were able to wait till the end of the year then it would be ideal but im going to need something in the next few weeks as we have a few big interviews planned again. I did manage to get hold of a 550d for testing from an artist i was supposed to interview but cancelled on as our cam was in for repair. The footage is seen here https://bit.ly/m2YCms on youtube (not footage is not live yet, you can see the samsung shot stuff on the rest of the account) i didnt have an audio kit but just placed it on a tripod. It does look nice but the background seems to have some waves or something, im not sure if that was because it was standard lens or what. I was also looking at some Panasonic HDC-SD900 or the Panasonic HDC-MDH1 (which is more bulky to carry and shoot in outdoor locations) both of which are around the same range. Im now confused as to get a dslr or the camcorder option. Camcorder would have stabliser and shoot without stopping above 29 mins where as dslr have better lens and are in some cases better at handling light.

Peter i would apreciate your input and thanks all

[Suley Suleman]

Thanks for your reply Peter. I should have said more around the £500 mark as the 550d costs around 560 with some basic lens kit. The external mic is something I was thinking. What confuses me about dslr’s is all these lens and getting one that would be ok for general use. I’m in 2 minds weather to buy the kits new which will cost more or get a mix and match ie new cam and second hand lens or vice versa. Out of intrest what prosumer cam would you recomend? As most are low on pixels from what I see and dslr wise what would you recomend there also?

Thanks as always