Comments on: Digital Video Cameras

By: -dsr-

-dsr- — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:12:18 +0000

At the other end of the spectrum, I bought a great still camera that is also an acceptable 1080P video camera. It’s a Nikon P100. 10 megapixels, CMOS sensor, 18x optical zoom, tripod mountable. It’s a pretty good camera and a pretty good vidcam, and it costs under $400 US.

http://www.digitalcamerareview.com/default.asp?newsID=4300&review=nikon+coolpix+p100

By: etbe

etbe — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:11:49 +0000

Niko: that’s a nice list of features, but for well over $2,000 it’s out of range of home and hobby use.

By: Niko Lewman

Niko Lewman — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:59:52 +0000

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
21.1-megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor, 14-bit A/D conversion, wide range ISO setting 100-6400, DIGIC 4 Image Processor; high-performance 3.9 fps continuous shooting; Live View Function for stills; Full HD video capture at 1920×1080 resolution for up to 4GB per clip ; HDMI output Updated EOS Integrated Cleaning System specifically designed to work with a full-frame sensor. Our add company uses it make tv-commercials ;)

By: etbe

etbe — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:55:50 +0000

Aigars: Good point. I guess that something half decent will be in excess of $1,000 then. Maybe Brendan’s $1,500 (or $1,350 – I saw Brendan’s comment after writing this one) DVC isn’t so expensive after all!

By: Brendan

Brendan — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:37:07 +0000

$1350 in Sydney – still a little over your budget. They have outlets in Syd, Mel and Bris:

http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/prod2587.htm

By: Aigars Mahinovs

Aigars Mahinovs — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:25:41 +0000

Note that 1080i is not the same a 1920×1080, it is more like 1920×540 with the other half of the height interpolated from the surrounding information. If you want real full HD, you need to look for 1080p. i = interlaced, p = progressive.